“How lucky am I to turn 40?” Kaling tweeted on 24 June, her birthday.

“I would love to express my gratitude by donating $1000 to 40 different charitable orgs that help others. Pls suggest some!”

For those who can’t do maths, that’s $40K (£31K) to various charities. And Kaling’s followers were only too happy to help with suggestions of where her cash should be directed. Recommendations included The Trevor Proje ct, a suicide prevention project for LGBT youth, Food on Foot, a homeless charity in Los Angeles, and Thistle Farms, an enterprise giving employment to victims of sex trafficking. Plus, her A Wrinkle in Time co-star Reese Witherspoon, jumped on board too, pledging in Kaling’s Instagram comments to donate to Girls Inc, a New York charity.

Mindy Kaling celebrated her 40th birthday in an incredibly meaningful way