MuttNation Foundation and Music Health Alliance’s Mental Health Fund
Selected as 2022 Grant Recipients with $37,500 Committed in Her Honor
NASHVILLE, Tenn. – The Academy of Country Music’s charitable arm, ACM Lifting Lives, will award two grants in honor of Miranda Lambert in 2022, continuing a longstanding tradition of Lifting Lives honoring each Entertainer of the Year winner by supporting their selected 501c3 organizations.
The $25,000 Entertainer of the Year grant funding will be split between two recipients, with $12,500 benefitting Lambert’s MuttNation Foundation and $12,500 benefitting Music Health Alliance’s Mental Health Fund. Additionally, ACM Lifting Lives is also matching the donation to Music Health Alliance to coincide with mental health awareness month this May, continuing their commitment to health-related initiatives.
“The generosity and support of the country music community has enabled us to provide aid to thousands of individuals and organizations in times of need, and we’re honored to partner with Miranda Lambert to support not one but two important causes in 2022,” shares Lyndsay Cruz, Executive Director of ACM Lifting Lives.
Lambert’s MuttNation Foundation has raised over $6 million since its inception in 2009 to support its mission to promote the adoption of rescue pets, support animal shelters across the country, advance spay & neuter and assist with the transport of animals during times of natural disaster.
Based in Nashville, Music Health Alliance has provided free healthcare advocacy and support to more than 18,000 music industry members in 49 states across the U.S. and saved the music community more than $85,000,000 nationwide in less than a decade by providing advocacy and access to lifesaving transplants, medicine, mental health resources, end of life care and many other necessary services. The MHA Mental Health Fund was established in 2021 to provide access to mental health services including counseling, therapy and screenings for all music industry professionals.
For more information, visit ACMLiftingLives.org.