Before Keith Urban left for the Australian portion of his Speed of Now World Tour earlier this month, Urban made a point of visiting multiple charities in order to thank them for their work as well as give them donations. He donated $50,000 to both the Nashville Food Project and Thistle Farms. Both work to improve the lives of local residents. The Nashville Food Project provides food to the community and Thistle Farms offers “healing and hope” to survivors of human trafficking, prostitution and addiction.
Urban also made a $100,000 donation to the Music Health Alliance, a non-profit organization that gives healthcare access and insurance to music professionals. The donations came from Urban’s taking part in Canton Charity Day, a yearly benefit to the Cantor Fitzgerald Relief Fund, and dozens of other charities.
Urban made personal donations to the Vanderbilt Breast Cancer Research for the amount for $50,000. He stated in a press release that, “I have a deep-seated respect and feeling of gratitude for the work that all of these organizations do to make people’s lives more manageable, Their commitment to community, what they do for Nashville, and for others across the country, is not only inspiring, but it shows how much we can accomplish when working together.”
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