Olivia Rodrigo Raises $20 Million for 10 Women's Nonprofits at Daisy Chain Fields
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Updated · The Associated Press · Aug 30
Olivia Rodrigo Raises $20 Million for 10 Women's Nonprofits at Daisy Chain Fields
3 articles · Updated · The Associated Press · Aug 30
Summary
$20 million was raised through Olivia Rodrigo’s Daisy Chain Fields festival, with $10 million already pledged before Saturday’s show and another $10 million added by Melinda French Gates onstage in Irvine, California.
10 nonprofit partners including Planned Parenthood, the National Women’s Law Center and Black Mamas Matter Alliance will receive general operating grants, giving them flexibility to fund advocacy, litigation, training and services.
Rodrigo framed the event as a response to what she called a regression in women’s rights, while the festival paired a women-led lineup with a “philanthropy village” designed to connect Gen Z fans directly with activist groups.
The benefit also drew multigenerational support and revived a model not seen often since Lilith Fair, which raised $10 million from 1997 to 1999 for women-focused causes.