Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce have donated $26 million to various charities across the United States this week, Page Six is told.<\/p>\n
In the days leading up to their highly anticipated wedding, which is set to take place Friday at New York City\u2019s Madison Square Garden<\/a>, the couple decided to give back in a big way.<\/p>\n Swift and Kelce \u2014 who together are reportedly worth an estimated $2.8 billion \u2014 contributed to City Harvest Food Rescue Center, Food Bank for NYC, New York Cares, Education Through Music, Answer the Call, Musical Mentors Collaborative and After-School All-Stars New York, all based in the Big Apple.<\/p>\n \u201cWe are incredibly grateful for Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce\u2019s generous $1 million donation to City Harvest,\u201d CEO Jilly Stephens told us, referring to the contribution as \u201ca love letter\u201d to New Yorkers at an especially \u201ccritical time.\u201d<\/p>\n Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce have donated $26 million to various charities across the United States this week, Page Six is told. Billboard via Getty Images<\/p>\n In the days leading up to their highly anticipated wedding, which is set to take place Friday at New York City\u2019s Madison Square Garden, the couple decided to give back in a big way. Travis Kelce\/Instagram<\/p>\n Meanwhile, Education Through Music CEO Janice Weinman revealed to us that the bride and groom gifted them a \u201ctransformational\u201d $2 million.<\/p>\n \u201cThis gift will help us reach more students, support more music teachers and ensure that music remains a meaningful part of a child\u2019s core education, especially in schools where access to the arts is too often limited,\u201d Weinman said.<\/p>\n Additionally, Swift and Kelce gave money to Hassenfeld Children\u2019s Hospital at NYU Langone and MSK Kids for Child & Teen Cancer Patients at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center.<\/p>\n The pair also donated to the Children & Teen and Adolescents & Young Adult (AYA) programs at Children\u2019s Mercy Hospital as well as Harvesters\u00a0\u2013 The Community Food Network, both located in Kansas City, Missouri, which holds a special place in the Kansas City Chiefs player\u2019s heart.<\/p>\n Notably, Kelce\u00a0proposed to Swift<\/a> in August 2025 in the backyard of his Leawood, Kansas, estate \u2014 which borders Missouri, were he also owns a home.<\/p>\n Swift and Kelce (pictured together in May) contributed to food banks, hospitals, music programs and animal rescues. GCImages<\/p>\n The pair (pictured together in June) made sure to hit all the cities they hold closest to their hearts. Bruce Glikas\/WireImage<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\t\tGet the latest news on Taylor Swift every week.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSign up for Page Swift\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\tThank for signing up!\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n Given that the athlete was born and raised in Ohio, he and the pop superstar also contributed to After-School All-Stars Cleveland.<\/p>\n Moreover, the duo gave money to the Los Angeles Regional Food Bank, the Rhode Island Community Food Bank, The Store in Nashville and Helping Harvest in Reading, Pennsylvania.<\/p>\n Notably, Swift has properties in NYC, LA, Rhode Island and Nashville, where she got her musical start after she and her family moved from Pennsylvania.<\/p>\n \u201cIncredibly grateful\u201d Rhode Island Community Food Bank CEO Melissa Cherney disclosed to us that Swift and Kelce\u2019s \u201cunexpected gift\u201d was to the tune of $1 million, which \u201cwill go a long way in helping [the organization] purchase and distribute the nutritious, culturally appropriate food that Rhode Islanders deserve.\u201d<\/p>\n The 14-time Grammy winner and the three-time Super Bowl champ also donated to multiple nationwide charities, including Feeding\u00a0America, the ASPCA, Dolly Parton\u2019s Imagination Library and Grammy in the Schools.<\/p>\n Swift quietly donated to local food banks in all 51 cities on her record-breaking Eras Tour route. Kelce is pictured on stage with her at her London stop in June 2024. Gareth Cattermole\/Getty Images for TAS Rights Management<\/p>\n The duo (pictured together in May) reportedly spent $3 million to rent MSG for three full days and an additional $160,000 on an over-the-top police presence at the arena as part of their special access events permit. Getty Images<\/p>\n \u201cThank you, Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce, for your generous $2 million gift to Feeding America,\u201d the charity posted in a social media statement<\/a>. \u201cThis support builds on Taylor\u2019s ongoing commitment to neighbors across the country and brings us all closer to a future where everyone has the food they need to thrive.\u201d<\/p>\n As Swifties recall, the singer-songwriter quietly donated to local food banks in all 51 cities on her record-breaking Eras Tour route. The tour, which solidified Swift\u2019s billionaire status<\/a>, hit five continents during its 21-month run.<\/p>\n She and Kelce, both 36, reportedly spent $3 million to rent MSG for three full days and an additional $160,000 on an over-the-top police presence at the arena<\/a> as part of their special access events permit.<\/p>\n The celebs\u2019 nuptials\u00a0are set to kick off Thursday with a 100-person rehearsal dinner<\/a>, followed by a larger celebration the next day with 1,000 guests \u2014 and\u00a0performances by Stevie Knicks and Tim McGraw<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce have donated $26 million to various charities across the United States this week,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":776119,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[49,48,362,2769,82944,75,282,90692,12659],"class_list":["post-776118","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-celebrity-news","tag-charity","tag-donations","tag-entertainment","tag-exclusive","tag-page-swift","tag-travis-kelce"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/776118","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=776118"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/776118\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/776119"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=776118"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=776118"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=776118"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}