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# Russell Crowe's Cap Raises Over $400k for Firefighters
- URL: https://celebritykind.ghost.io/russell-crowes-cap-raises-over-400k-for-firefighters-2/
- Published: 2019-11-29T05:59:31.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-30T04:09:37.000Z
- Author: Nehal Dalgliesh
- Tags: Kindness, #Migrated-1790726633553, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-09-30 00:04

Over $400,000 has now been raised for Aussie firefighters thanks to **Russell Crowe,** his sweaty Rabbitohs cap and three billionaire entrepreneurs!

The hat was sold during a Twitter auction to Atlassian co-founder **Mike Cannon-Brookes** who bid $100,000 (US $68k)

"Sign it 'Today is the day' and add your name...then find a kid affected by the bushfires and make his day by giving him the hat," **Cannon-Brookes** tweeted just before the bidding closed.

**Crowe** who had earlier vowed to match the donation, raised the overall total to $200,000 before **Scott Farquhar**, also an Atlassian co-founder, announced he would donate $100,000 along with **Ryan Smith** co-founder of Qualtrics who also contributed the same amount.

As it turned out, **Russell Crowe** ended up donating $105,000 because, as he puts it, he "can't count":

> So... delivered 19 cheques to RFS Captain John Lardner, a total of $105k because I cant count apparently, haha all good[@NSWRFS](https://twitter.com/NSWRFS?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=celebritykind.ghost.io) [pic.twitter.com/QlCEXMBlm6](https://t.co/QlCEXMBlm6?ref=celebritykind.ghost.io)
> 
> — Russell Crowe (@russellcrowe) [November 29, 2019](https://twitter.com/russellcrowe/status/1200256675069874176?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=celebritykind.ghost.io)

Who would've thought, a sweaty, dirty Souths cap could do so much good?