{"id":2550,"date":"2025-04-03T06:03:12","date_gmt":"2025-04-03T06:03:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=2550"},"modified":"2025-04-03T06:03:12","modified_gmt":"2025-04-03T06:03:12","slug":"ellen-pompeo-recalls-taylor-swifts-instant-donation-to-childrens-hospital-highlighting-pop-stars-history-of-philanthropy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=2550","title":{"rendered":"Ellen Pompeo recalls Taylor Swift\u2019s instant donation to children\u2019s hospital, highlighting pop star\u2019s history of philanthropy"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>Ellen Pompeo has shared a powerful story that underscores Taylor Swift\u2019s longstanding commitment to charity.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking on The Jennifer Hudson Show, the Grey\u2019s Anatomy star recalled asking Swift for a donation to a neonatal programme at Children\u2019s Hospital Los Angeles\u2014just 20 minutes after meeting her on the set of the \u201cBad Blood\u201d music video. Swift, without hesitation, wrote \u201cthe biggest cheque\u201d to support the initiative.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt the time, [my husband and I] did a lot of volunteering for Children\u2019s Hospital,\u201d said Pompeo. \u201cThey make music for babies in the NICU. Parents who can\u2019t be there record themselves singing lullabies or reading stories, and those recordings are played during the day. The babies respond, and it improves outcomes.\u201d She added, \u201cIt\u2019s a really nice programme, but they need money to run it. I asked Taylor, and she wrote me the biggest cheque without blinking an eye.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Swift\u2019s response exemplifies the kind of direct, personal giving she\u2019s long been known for. Over the years, she\u2019s donated millions to causes both personal and global. From a $70,000 donation in books to her hometown library, to $5 million in hurricane relief, her philanthropy spans education, disaster response, healthcare, and poverty.<\/p>\n<p>She has helped individual fans pay off student loans, covered funeral and medical costs, and given surprise gifts during the holidays\u2014dubbed \u201cSwiftmas\u201d by her fandom. Swift has also supported fellow artists, including a $250,000 donation to Kesha during her legal battle, and major contributions to food banks in nearly every city touched by her Eras Tour.<\/p>\n<p>Additional contributions include $1 million to Louisiana flood relief in 2016, $1 million to Tennessee tornado recovery in 2023, and $100,000 to the family of a Kansas City shooting victim in 2024.<\/p>\n<p>Despite becoming a billionaire, Swift continues to spend generously on charitable causes<\/p>\n<p>.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ellen Pompeo has shared a powerful story that underscores Taylor Swift\u2019s longstanding commitment to charity. Speaking on The Jennifer Hudson Show, the Grey\u2019s Anatomy star recalled asking Swift for a donation to a neonatal programme at Children\u2019s Hospital Los Angeles\u2014just 20 minutes after meeting her on the set of the \u201cBad Blood\u201d music video. Swift, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2550","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2550","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2550"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2550\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2550"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2550"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2550"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}