Empowering Individuals to make Positive Change in their Communities
Singing for Change... improving the quality of life for people and empowering individuals to make positive changes in their communities. Singing for Change offers competitive grants to progressive, community-based, nonprofit organizations that address the root causes of social and environmental problems.
Grants are awarded to programs that are concerned with the health, education and protection of children and their families. Singing for Change offers competitive grants to progressive. Projects that foster self-esteem and that teach nonviolence and creative problem solving are most likely to be considered.
We are accepting letters of interest on February 15, 2013, and will post a second deadline for fall submissions soon.
This is a change from our previous policy of accepting LOIs throughout the year.
Recent News 
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12.06.2012
Singing For Change and Globalbike Partner to Connect Communities
Singing for Change appreciates globalbike’s impact on many different sectors of a community. Globalbike’s donation of free bicycle transportation enables healthcare workers to reach more patients in less time. Read More |
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05.24.2012
Harlem Students Dig Into Green Gardening Effort
Some fifth graders from Harlem have punched their ticket to the White House to show the First Lady how they transformed an abandoned, rat infested lot into a lush garden that provides healthy meals for their school lunch program. NY1's Cheryl Wills filed the following report. Read More |
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10.28.2011
Singing for Change and Globalbike Team Up To Show The Transformative Power Of Bicycles.
Singing for Change was instrumental in assisting Globalbike to distribute 115 bicycles in Kenya and Tanzania... Read More |
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09.26.2011
Hereos in Haiti: Project Medishare's Post-Earthquake Stories Of Survival
Singing For Change thanks its many donors and volunteer heros... Read More |
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02.12.2011
Little Kids Rock Workshop Summary New Orleans Workshop, February 12 and 13, 2011
On February 12 – 13, we conducted a “Little Kids Rock Across America” intensive teacher training. We had 27 teachers in attendance whose classroom responsibilities include, among other areas, general music, band, middle school and high school, and general education... Read More |
Who We Are
SFC Charitable Foundation, Inc., or "Singing for Change," is a private foundation established in 1995 by Jimmy Buffett, to reward the loyalty of friends, fans, and concert-goers around the country who supported his music career. Initially funded with contributions from Jimmy's 1995 summer tour, Singing for Change continues to receive one dollar from each concert ticket sold during his tours. (Yes...printed on the bottom of your tickets you may see the words "$1 to SFC Charitable Foundation" - that's us. And thanks for the contribution!) Funds raised during Jimmy's concert tour are redistributed each year in the form of grants to small, grassroots organizations located primarily in communities where he performs. Singing for Change has disbursed almost $7 million in grants in its sixteen-year history.
Much of our day-to-day work involves researching organizations that are making a difference in communities in the U.S. and abroad. Understanding the issues that affect children, families and our environment is essential in order for Singing for Change to act as an effective steward and partner to our friends in the nonprofit sector. We enjoy building relationships with the inspiring people whose programs receive grants, and make it a point to familiarize ourselves with their achievements and challenges. It's a pleasure to work alongside some of the most innovative, talented, hardworking people in the world. As Jimmy's tour progresses across the country each year we read proposals and award grants on a rolling basis, learning more about effective, progressive grantmaking as we grow.
Previous Grants
Competitive grants to progressive, community-based, nonprofit. Grants are awarded to programs that are concerned with the health, education, and protection.
2011 Singing For Change