New York Yankee Alex Rodriguez is about to financially back Madonna's charity, Raising Malawi, the New York Daily News reports.

Alex Rodriguez to financially back Madonna's charity

"They've asked him for a million dollars, and I hear he's agreed to give at least $500,000," a source told the paper.

Madonna, 49, found her adopted son David Banda (whose grandmother died Sunday) through her work with Raising Malawi, which benefits the African country's 1 million orphans with food, medicine and education.

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