Taylor Swift donates $1 million to Feeding America, group says
Source: CBS News
December 23, 2025 / 1:38 PM EST
Pop star Taylor Swift has donated $1 million to Feeding America just days before Christmas, the nonprofit said Tuesday. Feeding America CEO Claire Babineaux-Fontenot said the organization, which oversees a network of food banks, food pantries and local meal programs, was "incredibly grateful" for the gift.
"This holiday season, (Swift's) continued support is a powerful reminder of what is possible when we unite to end hunger," Babineaux-Fontenot said on Instagram. "When we join together alongside people facing hunger, we can make sure families have a full table this holiday season and beyond."
Swift has not publicly commented on the donation. Swift's team did not immediately respond to a request for comment from CBS News.
Roughly 14% of U.S. households reported being food insecure between January and October of 2025, Purdue University researchers recently found. Babineaux-Fontenot said during an appearance on CBS News' "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan" last month that Feeding America has been seeing more demand than it can keep up with.
Read more: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/taylor-swift-feeding-america-donation-christmas/
Skittles
(169,244 posts)yes indeed
OC375
(403 posts)Her 2025 tour did $2 billion gross, so I guess that's like me clearing $100k before taxes and donating $200!
questionseverything
(11,525 posts)As a side note I was reading a ditty about how famous people tip and Taylor is very generous about tipping but jayz will run servers ragged and then not leave a dime as a tip
As an old waitress I have no use for non tipping peops
Here is one more,
Jennifer lopez and ben afflack have lunch, he leaves a hundred dollar bill on the table and she walked back, picked it up and laid down a five dollar bill
Theres a place in hell for people like that
NotHardly
(2,557 posts)Kali
(56,592 posts)pretty sure the orgs appreciate all of it. gotta say even though I am a cynical old bitch, your attitude is pathetic.
sorry jury, just had it today with this kind of shit.
Princess Turandot
(4,904 posts)Her father had quintuple bypass surgery earlier this year.
Evolve Dammit
(21,420 posts)Cha
(316,437 posts)who have money and are Giving.. Not Taking.
TY
FakeNoose
(40,005 posts)This isn't a political announcement, I'm asking my fellow DUers to consider donating to foodbanks in our own communities.
We won't get the headlines like Taylor Swift does, but that's OK. We all live in communities that serve the poor and most of them are run by loving, giving neighbors. They used to think they could count on funding from the government, and now that's all falling apart. Even the blue states are having trouble keeping up.
Please support your local community foodbanks, because it's going to make a difference THIS YEAR. If you belong to a church please ask your church groups to help in any way they can, by donations, volunteering or whatever. So many Americans are desperately needing help, and the professional fundraising conglomerates aren't getting paid to care about the unfortunates this year.
wolfie001
(6,962 posts)And they sent me a handwritten XMAS/Holidays thank you!
Sector 001
(157 posts)I haven't heard of any.
Bengus81
(9,758 posts)Just like he's doing on that fake ass Balls room.
SamuelTheThird
(553 posts)Swift is a billionaire, so color me unimpressed
BumRushDaShow
(165,175 posts)SamuelTheThird
(553 posts)We shouldn't have billionaires at all
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DQcTZ-RAWsH/
And Swift's publicity team does let people know lol
BumRushDaShow
(165,175 posts)and I am not really a fan of her music (different generation).
However here was something that Billboard put together of some of her "known" contributions - A Timeline of Taylor Swifts Generosity
I also know that her current fiance (Travis Kelce) has a brother Jason, who is a retired Philadelphia Eagle, who has been very active here in Philly (despite not being from here) for charity and he and former teammates (who are still on the team) - Jordan Mailata and Lane Johnson, have recorded annual Christmas albums for charity (I bought all of them so far) and this year included adorable stuffed dolls of themselves (and did a music video this year) -
(and yes that's the 3 of them singing)
This was the first year they did it (done in 2022) and was their "making of" video -
and last year's -
Fortunately there are many of these folks who ARE giving unlike douchebags like fucking Muskrat, who spends his time TAKING and HOARDING.
questionseverything
(11,525 posts)So good for her
Taylor donated in every city they played in across Europe plus giving her people $198,000,000 in bonuses
Buying her masters back was huge but I guess you wouldnt support that either
Nobody can please everyone
Haters gonna hate
LuvLoogie
(8,471 posts)Taylor's gonna shake, shake, shake, shake, shake.
Shake it off Shake it off.
questionseverything
(11,525 posts)Bengus81
(9,758 posts)etc...etc... all for their fucking greed. I really doubt Swift being a billionaire has affected your wallet has it?
wolfie001
(6,962 posts)Absolutely zero reasons to bash her. I think she's a great human being with a heart of gold!
SamuelTheThird
(553 posts)And she pumps emissions into our atmosphere with her extensive private jet usage.
And she wrote a song attacking her fiance's black ex-gf, not a good look.
She's not the innocent do-gooder people like to make her out to be
Oh, and she didn't speak out when ICE was using her songs, unlike a whole bunch of other female artists
wolfie001
(6,962 posts)I like the billionaires that help people. You wanna just burn it all down and start over? People need to get more Democratic politicians in office to make things a bit better. Priztker is a nice billionaire. I'd like to see him in the WH. FDR was uber wealthy and he gave us Social Security. He welcomed the hate of the millionaires back then. Soros supports Democratic causes. That's why the BAD BILLIONAIRES attack him constantly.
littlemissmartypants
(31,442 posts)Most of that is real estate and the masters of her music that she just recently regained ownership of plus she just worked her ass off touring.
She's not getting fat off of Government contracts, venture capitalism buyouts or living off of the backs of poor workers.
It's one thing to attack capitalism and another entirely to attack a person just because they have accumulated wealth as a result of years of work in a singular profession.
She's been working on her craft since she was a teen. If nothing else she deserves respect for her perseverance.
littlemissmartypants
(31,442 posts)Twenty percent of that might be true but the other eighty is straight-up misinformation.
SamuelTheThird
(553 posts)https://www.theguardian.com/music/2025/nov/15/taylor-swift-silence-trump-administration-speaks-volumes
Hardly right wing sources, as I think you're implying
questionseverything
(11,525 posts)It happens
littlemissmartypants
(31,442 posts)Sources use her name as a buzz word for clicks. She's the flavor of the month for attracting attention to whatever's being hawked. Whether the sources support the headlines or not.
Bengus81
(9,758 posts)with the Rolling Stones for years and years. All they have to do is pay a fee and artists have no choice.
pfitz59
(12,265 posts)she donated money to every foodbank on every stop of her tour. she also gave huge bonuses to all her employees. she is the right kind of 'billionaire'
Kali
(56,592 posts)Upthevibe
(9,993 posts)She seems to have a heart of gold.
She also gave HUGE bonus' to the folks that work for her (some received $100,000).
mwb970
(12,057 posts)He's that kind of guy.
popsdenver
(1,428 posts)to one of his own SCAM charities......
GAJMac
(257 posts)I really believe that it more follows the Biblical sentimant of "To whom much is given, much is expected". Whether Taylor Swift is or is not a follower of the modern Christialn bible, she seems to me to personify the idea of 'social responsibility" (something that is sadly missing from most of the "financial succesful" people in our society).
OC375
(403 posts)When the $54 million private plane you bought seems totally appropriate to your station in life so as to barely raise eyebrows anymore,, and you just had a $2 billion run, and your husband's side gig ain't doing bad either, I just don't get a big jolt over so few zeros.
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Wonder Why
(6,518 posts)Response to BumRushDaShow (Original post)
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onenote
(45,965 posts)Her fan base not only will learn about Feeding America as a result of her donation but in all likelihood, will follow her lead albeit in a much smaller, but still important way.
fujiyamasan
(1,127 posts)Her net worth is estimated to be $1.6 billion.
Thats 0.0625% of her net worth.
Im not knocking her. Thats also better than say Elon musk would give any charity.
But tech companies also give very generous bonuses to their employees as well as stock options. Are we supposed to sing their praises too? Throw some scraps toward the masses, and people think youre a saint.
Remember that when Trump puts his signature on his tariff dividend. The billionaires are taking us all for a ride.
tavernier
(14,217 posts)for letting us know how stingy she is, per your research.
Merry Christmas
fujiyamasan
(1,127 posts)if Im not really impressed when a billionaire throws the equivalent of scraps. This isnt even about her. What shes doing is good, but shes still a billionaire and I fundamentally think a system is shit if it has to rely on the wealthy for people not to starve. Thats a failed society imo.
Its about how this site selectively sings the praises of the ultra wealthy when they agree with our politics, yet often dont question how fucked up our system is in the first place, when it enables this kind of accumulation of wealth.
Merry Christmas to you too.
Bengus81
(9,758 posts)Like Eloon Musk,Trump and now the fucking Ellison's. The list goes on and on including the Walton spawn, the Kroger chain with a monopoly on fucking FOOD.
Taylor Swift is a go to her concerts and buy stuff or DON'T. The cost to me of her being a billionaire is ZERO.