In a short and sweet 12 months, Sabrina Carpenter‘s charitable fund has surpassed $1 million in donations, establishing the Sabrina Carpenter Fund as the nonprofit PLUS1’s fastest-growing artist initiative to date. Carpenter’s fund supports three causes close to her heart: mental health advocacy, LGBTQ+ rights, and animal welfare, according to a release from the nonprofit.
“Sabrina’s approach to philanthropy shows what’s possible when an artist truly commits to embedding impact across their work,” said PLUS1 CEO Marika Anthony-Shaw in a statement. “Sabrina is setting a new standard, one where social impact becomes woven into an artist’s career to create meaningful, lasting change.”
The Carpenter Fund supports grassroots and community-based organizations including UK-based PAPYRUS, which operates a 24/7 mental health crisis hotline, and Rainbow Railroad, which assists LGBTQ+ individuals facing persecution globally. The fund also backs the JED Foundation and MusiCares for mental health resources, the LGBTQ National Help Center’s crisis prevention programs, and Best Friends Animal Society’s animal rescue and adoption initiatives.
Carpenter’s strategy involves embedding fundraising into everything she does, from earmarking a portion of ticket revenue to including charitable components in brand partnerships. Her collaboration with Erewhon, for instance, directed proceeds toward the JED Foundation. The singer has also experimented with creative fundraising approaches like a “cuddle lounge” at her Salt Lake City concert that featured adoptable animals, and a partnership with jewelry brand Catbird on text-to-donate campaigns at venues.
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PLUS1 founder Marika Anthony-Shaw spent nine years as a viola player with Arcade Fire, while leading the band’s philanthropy and community outreach efforts. After the band began donating $1 from each concert ticket to support Haiti relief following the devastating 2010 earthquake, Anthony-Shaw saw the potential to scale the model beyond a single band. In 2014, she left her touring career to found PLUS1.
Carpenter will release her next album, Man’s Best Friend, on Aug. 29. “If I really wanted to, I could have stretched out Short n’ Sweet much, much longer,” she told Rolling Stone in our recent cover story. “But I’m at that point in my life where I’m like, ‘Wait a second, there’s no rules.’ If I’m inspired to write and make something new, I would rather do that. Why would I wait three years just for the sake of waiting three years? It’s all about what feels right. I’m learning to listen to that a lot more, instead of what is perceived as the right or wrong move.”
