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MusiCares Foundation is a non-profit organization established in 1989 and incorporated in 1993 [1] by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences.Meant for musicians to have a place to turn in times of financial, personal, or medical crisis, its primary purpose is to focus the resources and attention of the music industry on human service issues which directly impact the health and ...
Person of the Year is an annual gala presented by MusiCares, a 501(c)(3) public charity and affiliate of The Recording Academy (the organization that distributes the Grammy Awards), to raise funds for MusiCares’ mission and to honor recording artists for their creative achievements and their dedication to philanthropy.
Deadheads mixed with bigwigs Friday night at the annual MusiCares Persons of the Year gala, where the members of the Grateful Dead were honored by the Recording Academy for their philanthropy and ...
"Music has always been humanity's greatest healer," Hart said when he took the stage at the end of the two-and-a-half-hour show. ... Their music has uplifted millions, and their philanthropy is ...
[23] [37] Harrison biographer Simon Leng writes of the achievement in staging the Music Festival: "In effect, this was the first Indian orchestra to appear in Europe." [38] Three of the concerts on Harrison and Shankar's joint North American tour at the end of that year were benefits for the Material World Charitable Foundation. [39]
Chronicle of Philanthropy article on Michael Jackson; Guinness World Records entry for "Most charities supported by a pop star": Michael Jackson; Joseph Vogel, Michael Jackson's Forgotten Humanitarian Legacy, HuffPost (September 24, 2017) Charity Navigator page on Michael Jackson and Philanthropy (July 7, 2009)
The BET Awards are an American award show that was established in 2001 by the Black Entertainment Television network to celebrate Black entertainers and other minorities in music, film, sports and philanthropy. The awards, which are presented annually, are broadcast live on BET.
Madonna's philanthropic endeavors include different causes. In Women Icons of Popular Music (2009), Carrie Havranek comments that "she downplays much of [...] her philanthropic efforts, despite the fact that she is a regular donor to AIDS charities and a quiet donor to a charity for breast cancer". [3]