Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce donate whopping eight-figure sum to charities hours ahead of NYC wedding extravaganza

Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce donated $26 million to at least 20 charities this week ahead of their wedding celebrations in New York City.

The superstar couple, both 36, are set to officially tie the knot on July 3 at Madison Square Garden in NYC with more than 1,000 guests in attendance.

A smaller, more intimate rehearsal dinner will be held for 100 of the couple’s closest friends and family on July 2 at the Infosys Theater inside MSG, and Swift’s longtime friends and collaborators were spotted on the East Coast ahead of the wedding weekend.

Beneficiary charities include nine food banks, three children’s hospitals and seven educational programs, including one in Swift’s hometown of Reading, Pennsylvania.

The duo’s representatives made the following statement to The Daily Mail: ‘This week, Travis Kelce and Taylor Swift donated $26 million to charities in the United States. These include…’

List of philanthropists; City Harvest New York City, Food Bank For NYC, New York Cares, Los Angeles Regional Food Bank, Harvesters – The Community Food Network, (Kansas City), The Store, (Nashville), Helping Harvest (Reading), Rhode Island Community Food Bank, Feeding America, ASPCA, Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library, Grammy in Schools, Education Through Music, Answer the Call, Musical Mentors, After-School All-Stars, After-School All-Stars, MSK Kids, the pediatric cancer program at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, the Child and Adolescent and Adolescent and Young Adult (AYA) Programs, Hassenfeld Children’s Hospital at NYU Langone, and Children’s Mercy Hospital.

A-list couple got engaged in August 2025 after two years of dating

Following the donations, The Store’s Instagram page shared a thank you post saying, ‘We are incredibly grateful to Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce for their transformative gifts to The Store.’

‘Their kindness will help more families in Middle Tennessee access fresh, healthy food with dignity and choice, and we are honored to have their support.

Congratulations Taylor and Travis on your upcoming wedding! I wish you both a lifetime of happiness as we begin our next chapter together. Thank you for helping to make a difference in the lives of our neighbours.’

City Harvest CEO Jilly Stephens said: ‘We are incredibly grateful for Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce’s generous donation of $1 million to City Harvest.

‘This donation is a love letter to New York and a bold commitment to our efforts to ensure no New Yorker goes hungry. Their support comes at a critical time when visits to soup kitchens and food pantries in New York City are near record levels and are expected to grow further in response to federal funding cuts.’

On Tuesday, the Daily Mail confirmed for sure that Swift’s wedding will take place in New York City after a key member of her entourage was spotted at the venue.

The wedding, which was originally expected to take place at Madison Square Garden over the upcoming holiday weekend, has now been decided to take place on Friday, July 3.

A source said the rehearsal dinner required ‘cocktail attire’ and only family members were invited to the pre-wedding event.

While it’s assumed that members of Swift’s squad, which Hadid is a member of, will make up her bridal party, few details have been leaked so far about which of her friends will play a major role in her and Kelce’s wedding.

Ahead of the Mirrorball singer’s visit to her catwalk star pal, other close friends were seen gathering in the East End.

Her friend and mentor, 26-year-old Sabrina Carpenter, was spotted dining at Emmett’s on the Grove in the West Village on Tuesday evening.

A video posted to: X It showed the smiling singer chatting with friends before the wedding.

Beneficiary charities include nine food banks, three children’s hospitals and seven educational programs, including one in Swift’s hometown of Reading, Pennsylvania.- Above, the couple said in March

Following the donations, The Store’s Instagram page shared a thank you post that read, “We are incredibly grateful to Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce for their transformative gifts to The Store.”

According to TMZ, Swift and Kelce allegedly dropped $160,000 in exchange for their law enforcement presence at MSG on Thursday and Friday, July 2; Filmed on June 29

Children’s Mercy Hospital in Kansas City holds a special place in the couple’s hearts — Swift visited just days after her Eras tour wrapped in late 2024 — photographed with patient Baylee

Carpenter was the opening act for Swift’s 13 concerts on the 2023 Latin American leg of her blockbuster Eras Tour, and rejoined her the following year for a dozen shows split evenly between Australia and Singapore.

Both of Swift’s male friends have been spotted in New York State in recent days.

Longtime friend and fellow singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran, 35, was spotted having fun with The National guitarist-turned-superstar record producer Aaron Dessner, 50, while out in upstate New York.

Dessner produced and co-wrote most of Swift’s albums Folklore and Evermore (both 2020), as well as returning to work with her on bonus tracks on 2022’s deluxe 3 a.m. edition of Midnights as well as much of The Tortured Poet’s Department (2024).

Sheeran and Dessner, who have previously worked together, were spotted dining at Buona Sera on the Lake in Malta, New York.

The restaurant is just 60 miles from Long Pond Studio, Dessner’s recording space where Swift and Sheeran work together.

In addition to Hadid, other stars on the guest list are believed to include her sister Bella, boyfriend Bradley Cooper, Swift’s long-time close friend Selena Gomez, Emma Stone, Lena Dunham and Zoe Kravitz.

Kelce’s football coach, Andy Reid, has already confirmed that the couple will attend their wedding.

Kelce’s brother Jason Kelce and teammate Patrick Mahomes are also expected to attend. Mahomes had previously revealed that he was responsible for inviting Kelce to his inevitable Eras Tour concert, where he unsuccessfully tried to give Swift a friendship bracelet that included her phone number.

Swift and Kelce’s wedding guests were also left in the dark about the exact ceremony location ahead of the couple’s anticipated nuptials.

A source told Us Weekly last week that the lucky guests invited to the big day have yet to be informed of the exact location.

‘Taylor and Travis told the guests to be in New York. An insider said no other location was specified for the exit.

Those who received the invitation were told to be in New York on Thursday and Friday, but no other information was given.

The source said Swift and Kelce would ‘keep their guests waiting for a few days’ before claiming they spent ‘millions’ on the wedding.

According to the New York Times, the A-list couple allegedly planned to host a smaller gathering at Madison Square Garden on July 2, followed by a larger event the following night with around 1,000 attendees.

Earlier this week on Monday, photos taken for the Daily Mail showed the equipment being delivered to MSG and unloaded.

And on Tuesday, more photos were taken for the Daily Mail, capturing forklifts and additional equipment at the venue

An insider told the Daily Mail in early June that Swift and Kelce had embraced the idea of ​​a ‘show’ wedding and chose Madison Square Garden as the venue.

Sources had also previously told the Daily Mail that guests who received invitations had to sign a confidentiality agreement before receiving information about the wedding.

RSVPs are then sent a link to the agreement requiring guests not to disclose wedding-related information.

In August, Kelce proposed to Swift, and she shared photos of their encounter on Instagram with the caption: ‘Your English teacher and your gym teacher are getting married.’

The football star transformed his Kansas City backyard into a secret garden wonderland that offers a romantic atmosphere.