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Melinda French Gates Doubles Olivia Rodrigo's Daisy Chain Fields Donation Sum Bringing Total to $20 Million

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At Olivia Rodrigo's Daisy Chain Fields, Melinda Gates doubled the $10 million the fest had raised for nonprofits, totaling to $20 million.
The Hollywood Reporter McKinley Franklin
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“The organizations we’ve partnered with are doing incredibly important work every single day in the U.S. and globally,” Rodrigo said. “I’m so grateful to every person who bought a ticket, every artist who waived their fee, every sponsor for signing onto a brand new festival and every donation that helped get to $10 million dollars to support women and girls.” The 10 beneficiary organizations, which will equally split the total funds raised, are Baby2Baby, Black Mamas Matter Alliance, Center for Reproductive Rights, FreeFrom, Jhpiego, Johns Hopkins Center for Indigenous Health, National Domestic Workers Alliance, National Institute for Reproductive Health, National Women’s Law Center and Planned Parenthood.
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