Comedian, Stephen Colbert via Comedy Central

Steven Colbert just grew on us a little bit, here at New Sky.

Last night, Colbert, with the help of Bing.com, donated $100,000 to a newly formed foundation called “The Colbert Nation Gulf of America Fund”. According to the website for the fund’s manager, the Baton Rouge Area Fund (BRAF), “This fund will be used for general relief. From it, grants will be made to nonprofits that work directly to help the people and wildlife affected by this oil spill.”

Colbert called the Gulf of Mexico the “Gulf of America” during his program last night because, “Nation, we broke it, so we bought it.” The comedian would later go on to reverberate the important announcement via a twitter update around approximately midnight. “donate to the colbert nation gulf of america fund. because if you’re not part of the solution, you’re exactly like bp.”

To make a donation to the fund, or to simply find out more information, please visit the BRAF website.

-Sincerely, the New Sky team.