Overview
- Vanderbilt University Medical Center said Dec. 30 that Swift donated to Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital and its Adolescent and Young Adult Cancer Program.
- Vanderbilt officials said the AYA gift will help personalize care for patients roughly ages 15–25 and advance research to improve outcomes.
- Kansas City nonprofit Operation Breakthrough thanked Swift on Instagram for supporting programs that serve more than 750 students.
- Media reports this month linked Swift to additional donations to MusiCares, CMA Foundation, ACM Lifting Lives and Feeding America, with Rolling Stone reporting a $1 million Feeding America gift not confirmed by primary sources.
- People also reported that Swift tipped Arrowhead Stadium workers on Christmas Day, including one employee who said on Facebook she received $600.