dave matthews band gives back
The Bama Works Fund of Dave Matthews Band is administered by the Charlottesville Area Community Foundation. Established in 1999, the Bama Works Fund supports charitable programs primarily in the Charlottesville, VA area but has also responded to a wide variety of needs both nationally and internationally. The band is committed to sustainable touring, protecting the environment, combating climate change, and has partnered with The Nature Conservancy's Plant a Billion Trees program, a global forest restoration effort with a goal of planting a billion trees across the planet. Along with Dave Matthews Band and its members, the fund has raised over $65M and made over 2500 grants.
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Dave Matthews Band Bama Works Fund distributing $775K to Charlottesville nonprofits
The Dave Matthews Band’s Bama Works Fund is handing out nearly $775,000 to nonprofit groups all around Charlottesville. The Community Climate Collaborative (C3) is one of 106 nonprofits receiving funding from the initiative.
“We’re very fortunate to have somebody so influential, but also so heavily invested in making sure our community has the resources it needs to be thriving,” said Maggie Davis with C3. “Their grant goes towards our climate action activity kits that we send out to the local fourth and fifth graders.”
Dave Matthews Band is committed to helping plant another million trees with TNC
The Dave Matthews Band Summer 2023 Tour has committed to help plant one million MORE trees with The Nature Conservancy's Plant a Billion Trees program, a global forest restoration effort. Dave Matthews Band’s ongoing partnership with The Nature Conservancy has resulted in three million trees being planted since 2020. This year’s continued partnership will bring the total to four million trees. Fans can join in this mission by adding an optional donation of $2 per ticket to plant a tree with The Nature Conservancy’s Plant a Billion Trees campaign – a major forest restoration effort with the goal of planting a billion trees around the world by 2025.
DMB Supports Charlottesville’s Public Housing Redevelopment with $5 Million Contribution
We’re pleased to share that with its 2018 hometown concerts, the band is seeking to rally support for the reinvestment in public and affordable housing in Charlottesville. A portion of the proceeds from the John Paul Jones Arena shows will be included in the collective $5 million that Dave Matthews Band, Dave Matthews and Red Light Management will donate towards the renovation and/or replacement of all of the city’s public housing while building additional affordable housing.
How Dave Matthews Band gives back to its Charlottesville roots
Dave Matthews Band recently committed $5 million to re-imagine public housing in Charlottesville, beginning with a compete renovation of a residential apartment building downtown. READ MORE