ACM LIFTING LIVES® ANNOUNCES $750,000 ENDOWMENT IN PARTNERSHIP WITH VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER TO LAUNCH THE ACM LIFTING LIVES® AUTISM LAB AT VANDERBILT KENNEDY CENTER
LOS ANGELES, CA (August 12, 2020) – ACM Lifting Lives®, the charitable arm of the Academy of Country Music®, announced today a $750,000 fund to Vanderbilt University Medical Center for programs and research demonstrating the healing power of music to improve the lives of children with autism spectrum disorder. This gift creates the ACM Lifting Lives® Autism Lab at Vanderbilt Kennedy Center and will establish autism as one of ACM Lifting Lives’ signature initiatives while enabling Vanderbilt to expand the reach and impact of its expertise in the field.