News | ACM Lifting Lives

Encino, CA (June 13, 2011) – ACM Lifting Lives® partnered with Entertainer of the Year, Taylor Swift, to donate $50,000 to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital on Saturday. The donation is for the ACM Lifting Lives Entertainer of the Year Matching Gift program, wherein the reigning ACM Entertainer of the Year is invited to impact a philanthropy of his/her choice with a special gift that uplifts through the power of music, with the Academy matching funds for greater impact.

Encino, CA (June 9, 2011) – ACM Lifting Lives® announced today that the June theme for its monthly “My Cause” web feature is “Country Beats Cancer.” The web feature drives awareness of artist-supported charitable organizations and supports fundraising efforts for those philanthropies.

Chart-topping country music star Darius Rucker and ACM Lifting Lives® are partnering for a once-in-a-lifetime musical event to benefit the Vanderbilt Kennedy Center (VKC). For the first time performing together, twenty-five ACM Lifting Lives music campers...

ACM Awards sponsor Simon G. Jewelry is supporting ACM Lifting Lives by auctioning off a stunning Simon G. black and white diamond ring, as worn by ACM Red Carpet...

The Academy of Country Music and dick clark productions announced today that The Band Perry, Sara Evans, John Fogerty, the JaneDear girls, Little Big Town, Ashley Monroe and Angaleena Presley will join the slate of previously announced country superstars at Girls’ Night Out: Superstar Women of Country - The Concert of the Year taping on Monday, April 4, 2011 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, which will air on Friday, April 22, 2011 from 9:00-11:00 PM, ET/PT on the CBS Television Network...

ACM Lifting Lives® announced today that the March theme for its monthly "My Cause" web feature is "Country for Kids." The web feature, which launched in August 2010, will continue to drive awareness of artist-supported charitable organizations and support fundraising efforts for those philanthropies.

ACM Lifting Lives® announced today that the January theme for its monthly "My Cause" web feature is "Resolve To Help Your Country." The web feature, which launched in August of 2010, will continue to drive awareness of artist-supported charitable organizations and support fundraising efforts for those philanthropies...

ACM Lifting Lives® announced today that the December theme for its monthly "My Cause" web feature is "Home for the Holidays." The web feature, which launched in August, will continue to drive awareness of artist-supported charitable organizations and support fundraising efforts for those philanthropies...

ACM Lifting Lives has announced its new board of directors following elections held this month. The ACM Lifting Lives board of directors is made up of ACM board members, called representative directors, as well as leaders in non-profit and corporate affairs, called public directors. This election brings the ACM Lifting Lives board total to 20 directors...

ACM Lifting Lives® announced today that the November theme for its monthly "My Cause" web feature is "Hometown Heroes." The web feature, which launched in August, will continue to drive awareness of artist-supported charitable organizations and support fundraising efforts for those philanthropies...

ACM Lifting Lives® announced today that the October theme for its monthly "My Cause" web feature is "National Animal Protection/Safety Month." The web feature, which launched in August 2010, will continue to drive awareness...

ACM Lifting Lives® which is dedicated to improving lives through the power of music, announced its 2010 beneficiaries today, including new grants for Beth Israel Medical Center Louis Armstrong Center for Music and Medicine, Conscious Alliance/Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, Grounded In Music, Grooves On The Move, Nashville Symphony, Pattison's Academy, Sing for Hope, Sophia's Heart Foundation and Stars for Stripes...

ACM Lifting Lives ® announced today a new monthly web feature called My Cause, to drive awareness of artist-supported charitable organizations and support fundraising efforts for those philanthropies...

ACM Lifting Lives® presented The Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee with a $100,000 check during NASHVILLE RISING: A BENEFIT CONCERT FOR FLOOD RECOVERY spearheaded by Tim McGraw and Faith Hill in Nashville, TN on June 22. This marks the third significant flood-related donation made by ACM Lifting Lives...

The Academy of Country Music is announcing a $1 million endowment to ACM Lifting Lives, made on behalf of the artists who participated in the taping of "ACM Presents: Brooks & Dunn – The Last Rodeo" in Las Vegas in April...

The Academy of Country Music announced a $1 million endowment to ACM Lifting Lives, made on behalf of the artists who participated in the taping of "ACM Presents: Brooks & Dunn - The Last Rodeo" in Las Vegas in April. Ticket proceeds from the taping went to ACM Lifting Lives, which in turn quickly earmarked funding for those affected by the recent floods in Middle Tennessee. The gift successfully completes a three-year funding commitment and fundraising campaign the Academy initiated in 2008...

Superstars Lady Antebellum and Brad Paisley presented a $250,000 check on behalf of ACM Lifting Lives to the Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee during GAC's "Music City Keep On Playin' - A Benefit for Flood Relief" on May 16th...

Reigning ACM Entertainer of the Year Carrie Underwood and ACM Lifting Lives have committed seed funding to create the new ACM Lifting Lives Temporary Home Fund to support relief efforts for families devastated by the recent floods in Middle Tennessee...