(CNN) 鈥� After a whirlwind year that included , the super-sized spotlight on Taylor Swift is shining even brighter as she cheers on boyfriend Travis Kelce and the Kansas City Chiefs in .
Throughout her massively successful career, Swift has often used her enormous platform for good. Here are some of the causes and organizations close to her heart (and signature ) that she has supported.
Music
The GRAMMY Award winner鈥檚 support of the music community includes promoting music education, preserving music history, and helping music industry employees.
Swift has been a longtime supporter of the . 2023 marked the 10th anniversary of the museum鈥檚 . It offers a variety of programs for students and visitors of all ages 鈥� serving more than 200,000 people this year alone.
鈥淭he Center was made possible by Taylor鈥檚 landmark gift to the museum as part of its capital campaign, which allowed the museum to nearly double its size,鈥� the non-profit said in a written statement. 鈥淭hat she had the foresight to invest in the institution鈥檚 service capacity as a 23-year-old is remarkable, and her gift helped the museum expand its educational and community offerings significantly.鈥�
While Swift at the Nashville museum, she also donated many guitars to several charity auctions over her career. Earlier this year, an featuring artwork of her 鈥渆vermore鈥� album raised $25,000 for , a non-profit founded by the Recording Academy to help industry members with financial assistance, addiction recovery, and heath care services. Swift also donated guitars to auctions benefitting another Recording Academy-related organization, the .
In 2020, Swift gave a guitar she played onstage at the Academy of Country Music Awards show to an raising money for its philanthropic arm, . The sale benefited the non-profit鈥檚 for members of the country music industry who experienced hardship due to the pandemic.
LGBTQ rights
Swift with her political support of the LGBTQ community in the 2018 Tennessee midterm race, 鈥淚 believe in the fight for LGBTQ rights, and that any form of discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender is WRONG.鈥�
For years, the singer-songwriter passage of the , which, if passed, would amend the Civil Rights Act to ban discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity. (The legislation passed the House in 2021 but has since stalled in the Senate.)
She a powerful Pride Month message at an 鈥淓ras Tour鈥� stop in Chicago last summer, proclaiming the concerts as 鈥渟afe space鈥� amid 鈥渟o many harmful pieces of legislation that have put people in the LGBTQ and queer community at risk.鈥�
鈥淭aylor Swift is undeniably one of the most influential people in the world, and when she speaks about why and how she supports the LGBTQ community, people listen,鈥� said Anthony Allen Ramos, Vice President of Communications and Talent at . 鈥淗er authentic and vocal allyship is invaluable for our community, especially at a time when our rights are being challenged and questioned daily in states across the country.鈥�
Swift 鈥渁 very generous donation鈥� to GLAAD in 2019 and memorably the non-profit in her song 鈥淵ou Need to Calm Down鈥� with the lyrics 鈥淲hy are you mad? / When you could be GLAAD?鈥�
Hunger relief
Swift has made headlines recently not only for her blockbuster concerts, but also her generosity in cities she played across the country.
Her donations came after the of federal pandemic food stamp funding as .
While it鈥檚 not publicly known how much Swift donated, her gifts had real impact, allowing food banks to buy tens of thousands of pounds of fresh food and support programs helping eligible children and seniors avoid hunger.
Swift鈥檚 support also drew publicity and awareness to the issue affecting one in six Americans, according to . Many food banks in the organization鈥檚 network reported increased donations and interest after Swift鈥檚 announcements.
鈥淲e are profoundly grateful that Feeding America partner food banks across the country were included among Taylor Swift鈥檚 philanthropic contributions,鈥� said Casey Marsh, Chief Development Officer for Feeding America. 鈥淲ith her remarkable show of generosity, Ms. Swift has supported our efforts to ensure that people have access to the food they need to thrive.鈥�
Crowdfunding
Swift is one of the 150 million people and organizations that are part of GoFundMe鈥檚 global community. In recent years, she has helped a boy with autism get a听 assisted with medical bills for a and a struggling to make ends meet, pitched in to help 听 keep up with rent, and helped support a .
In 2015, Swift even the fundraising platform to raise its maximum donation cap to $50,000 after she and her mother, Andrea, made several donations to help a .
The singer鈥檚 generosity has inspired her large and devoted fanbase to give back as well. In honor of Swift鈥檚 favorite number, 13, GoFundMe $13 donations more than doubled in 2023. Swifties have rallied around the same crowdfunding campaigns and supported each other after a was killed in a car crash following an 鈥淓ras Tour鈥� concert in the spring.
鈥淭aylor Swift鈥檚 generous support of many GoFundMe fundraisers over many years highlights the power of help,鈥� said GoFundMe Chief Corporate Affairs Officer Margaret Richardson. 鈥淗er generosity brings people together, creates community and inspires others to pay it forward, as does every person who donates on GoFundMe.鈥�
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