Taylor Swift And ACM Donate $50,000 to St. Jude

ACM Lifting Lives partnered with this year’s Entertainer of the Year, Taylor Swift, to donate $50,000 dollars to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. The donation is for the ACM Lifting Lives Entertainer of the Year Matching program. Each year, the reigning Entertainer of the Year is invited to impact a philanthropy of his or her choice with a special gift, with the Academy matching funds for greater impact.

Erin Spahn, Executive Director ACM Lifting Lives, was at Taylor’s sold-out show this Saturday at Detroit’s Ford Field. She congratulated Taylor again for her Entertainer of the Year win and presented her with a $25,000 check to St. Jude, Taylor’s chosen philanthropy. Taylor also had her own personal check made out to St. Jude for $25,000, bringing the total to $50,000. Within the past year, Taylor has donated over $1 million to charity, including $750,000 to recent tornado victims and $500,000 last year to Nashville’s flood relief efforts.

This is the third year the ACM Lifting Lives Entertainer of the Year Matching Gift program has existed. Past recipients of this grant include the C.A.T.S. Foundation, Community Foundation for Middle Tennessee and MusiCares.