Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce donated a combined $26 million to 20 local and national charities ahead of their much-anticipated wedding at Madison Square Garden.
According to Business Insider, the donations were spread across organizations that have impacted the pair’s life, ranging from New York to Kansas City and Rhode Island.
The nonprofits include food relief organizations Food Bank for NYC and City Harvest, as well as Musical Mentors, which connects students with music teachers. Nine of the organizations are based in New York. The amount received by each group was not disclosed.
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Several organizations responded to the donations. City Harvest, New York City’s largest food rescue organization, thanked Swift and Kelce on Instagram and wrote, “It’s a love story that feeds good.” The organization previously said that due to the Trump administration’s cuts to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, it aims to deliver 100 million pounds of food to New Yorkers.
In Kansas City, Harvesters — The Community Food Network said in an Instagram post that the couple donated $1 million.
“The two of them have incredibly big hearts and have shown up to support not only us but many charities over the years,” the organization wrote of Swift and Kelce. “We feel so lucky that they make the conscious effort to invest in hunger relief and the beautiful community we call Kansas City!”
The Rhode Island Community Food Bank also posted on Instagram that Swift and Kelce surprised the organization with an “extraordinary” $1 million donation.
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“We were THRILLED to learn of this unexpected gift, which comes at a time when the need for food assistance in our state is at an all-time high,” the Food Bank wrote.
“Every dollar of this generous donation will be put to work to source food for distribution across our statewide network of 137 member agencies,” the Food Bank added.
Multiple publications have reported that Swift and Kelce will marry at Madison Square Garden on the Fourth of July weekend, surrounded by hundreds and thousands of their closest friends, family, and fans. According to TMZ, over 1,000 guests are expected to attend the ceremony at MSG. The tabloid also reported that Swift and Kelce paid millions to rent the venue for multiple days. The New York Times later corroborated the report.