Gwyneth Paltrow has generously donated $75,000 of her own money to the Food Bank of New York City.

OK! magazine reports that the "Shakespeare in Love" star has shelled out the money to match the sum raised at the star-studded benefit bash. She was an honoree at the event held on April 19.

Paltrow, 35, told guests, "I've been thinking about all the crap my children have and how much food we throw away. We have to do better."

The Food Bank is a non-profit organization that distributes free food to 1.5 million hungry people in New Yorkers year.

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