Sabrina Carpenter‘s work with PLUS1 has been anything but stupid, slow and useless, as the pop star has now raised more than $1 million for mental health initiatives, LGBTQ+ rights and animal welfare on the site.
As announced by PLUS1 on Monday (June 30), the singer has surpassed the seven-digit milestone in her fundraising efforts on the platform. The Sabrina Carpenter Fund is also now PLUS1’s fastest-growing artist fund to date.
The news comes less than a year after Carpenter launched her fund with the nonprofit, with which she has partnered throughout her Short n’ Sweet Tour. Her work with PLUS1 has involved raising money for “local and community-driven organizations to provide funding and amplification for their missions,” according to a release.
“Sabrina’s approach to philanthropy shows what’s possible when an artist truly commits to embedding impact across their work,” said PLUS1 CEO and founder Marika Anthony-Shaw in a statement. “Sabrina is setting a new standard, one where social impact becomes woven into an artist’s career to create meaningful, lasting change.”
Through PLUS1, Carpenter was able to tailor her charitable initiatives around three causes that are closest to her heart: mental health, the LGBTQ+ community and animals. Her fund has supported all three missions by backing organizations such as UK-based suicide prevention center PAPYRUS and global LGBTQ+ nonprofit Rainbow Railroad.
The two-time Grammy winner has also championed the JED Foundation and MusiCares’ initiatives to provide mental health resources to those in need, the LGBTQ National Help Center’s crisis-prevention efforts, and Best Friends Animal Society’s animal-rescue adoption programs with PLUS1.
News of Carpenter’s philanthropic win comes as she’s entering a new musical era. Shortly after dropping new single “Manchild” — which topped the Billboard Hot 100 in June — the pop star announced that her next album, Man’s Best Friend, will arrive in August, just one year after the release of her breakthrough LP Short n’ Sweet.
