29 April, 2024Print
Violinist Lindsey Stirling’s Nonprofit— The Upside Fund — Raises Over $300K In Recent Holiday Campaign and Eliminates Over $15 Million In Patient Medical Debt
Thursday, April 18th - The Upside Fund, founded in 2020 by violinist Lindsey Stirling, has raised over $300k in a recent holiday campaign and helped eliminate over $15 million in patient medical debt through strategic partnerships with nonprofits, including Undue Medical Debt, Dollar For, and more.
You can watch a video about the recent holiday campaign here: https://www.instagram.com/reel/C56v_-8AvHa/?igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA%3D%3D
The Upside Fund’s holiday gift to Undue Medical Debt eliminated over $7.5 million in debt, including two people who each owed over $100,000.Undue Medical Debt seeks to help families and individuals burdened by medical debt by acquiring and abolishing these debts, which in turn brings financial relief to families and reduces related stress.
Elsewhere, The Upside Fund’s gift to Dollar For helped eliminate over $2 million in debt for people nationwide. Dollar For is a national nonprofit that crushes medical bills by helping patients access charity care, empowering patients, and advocating on their behalf.
Just at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, The Upside Fund helped raise over $200,000 to go directly to helping people with immediate medical bills, housing costs, and living expenses they were unable to cover. Since then, The Upside’s Fund has spearheaded a number of holiday initiatives that have collectively generated over $300,000 in donations and continues to raise hundreds of thousands more to aid those in need.
The Upside Fund is a project of Community Partners, a nonprofit charity exempt from Federal income tax under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Service Code and was created to help fund and advocate for causes aligned with Lindsey’s values, passions, and pillars of service. Lindsey was moved to establish The Upside Fund after experiencing firsthand the financial strain of a family medical crisis, realizing the crippling burden medical expenses can place on individuals and families; grateful for her ability to manage the bills, she sought to assist those facing overwhelming financial challenges.
To learn more, donate, or learn more about navigating medical debt, visit: https://theupsidefund.org/
Stay tuned for more news about the Upside Fund and Lindsey’s dedication to making life easier for everyone.
ABOUT LINDSEY STIRLING:
Few artists embody boundless creativity quite like Lindsey Stirling. Not only a multi-award-winning musician known for her genre-bending virtuosity on electronic violin, she’s endlessly dazzled audiences with her extraordinary talents as a dancer—an element she brings to the stage as part of her spectacular live show, touring with a stunning frequency and continually selling out iconic venues all around the world. Her groundbreaking vision has gained her millions of adoring fans worldwide, four Billboard chart-topping albums, and two Billboard Music Awards including Top Dance/Electronic Album for her third studio release, Brave Enough. Her holiday album, Warmer in Winter, catapulted to the #1 spot on Billboard, Amazon and iTunes Holiday Album charts upon release and lead single “Carol of the Bells” made history as the only instrumental song ever to reach the Top 10 at AC Radio. Also a New York Times bestselling author (and creator of her own comic book), the platinum-selling star felt compelled to push her boundaries even further for her seventh full-length effort, ultimately embracing a whole new level of freedom in her songwriting. A visionary meditation on inner wisdom, personal strength, and the ever-shifting nature of identity, Duality arrives as Stirling’s most sonically daring and emotionally complex album date. Lindsey has amassed over 27M million subscribers, nearly 3.5 billion views and 13.9M subscribers on YouTube, 4.8M million followers and 105M likes on Tik Tok, and over 500k user generated creations across Tik Tok and Instagram reels.
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