Lady Gaga is giving away $1 million to help at-risk youth

Posted Apr 26, 2011 by

There’s a little known singer cruising around the internet changing lives. She’s calling for all her monsters to come together and help her decide how to give away one million dollars.

Lady Gaga is working with New York’s Robin Hood Foundation to donate $1 million to five charities serving NYC’s at-risk youth population. Just to be clear, that’s $1,000,000. Gaga has partnered with Robin Hood to identify five programs serving at-risk youth and wants you to to cast your vote to determine how the money will be split between the five nonprofits.

Here’s how it works:

Hit up causes.com/ladygaga to learn more about each of the five nonprofits and then vote for the organization you think will put the money to the best use. Simple. The winner will be announced on May 9 at a benefit concert in NYC.

Here are the five organizations:

The Door provides comprehensive services for over 11,000 young people, all under one roof. With a health clinic, legal services, LGBTQ counseling and activities, G.E.D. classes, arts, meals and more, The Door empowers young people to reach their fullest potential.


The Hetrick-Martin Institute is the nation’s oldest social service organization dedicated to serving LGBTQ youth, providing over 1,500 teens and young adults annually with health services, food, counseling, education, career development and H.I.V. and S.T.D. prevention.


Lawyers for Children provides protection, support and hope for youth in foster care. Since 1984, LFC has delivered free legal and social work services to approximately 40,000 youth, with a special focus on the most vulnerable among them, including LGBTQ youth and those aging out of care.


Safe Horizon serves 1,700 homeless and abused young adults in New York City. Through its Streetwork program, Safe Horizon meets teenagers on the streets, provides support services, and helps them move forward after suffering from abuse, neglect and exploitation. Nearly half of its population identifies as LGBTQ.


SCO Family of Services is committed to strengthening family ties and providing services to New York City’s homeless and LGBTQ youth. It has served New York City’s homeless, vulnerable and LGBTQ youth for decades, providing transitional housing, education, health services, life skills training and career guidance.

Please, join us in putting your paws up (or, on the keyboard as it were) to help Lady Gaga help at-risk youth in New York City.

Thanks, Gaga!

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  • http://Facebook Diego zumbana

    Shes fierce

  • Sonjia M Carter

    all of them would be great organizations. The Doors, and Lawyers for Children, I think are in most need, because not everyone gives to these great organizations. Thank you for not having The Ark as one, They encourage children to leave their families rather than solve issues.

  • NANCY

    I vote for Safe Horizon – small #s, more chance that money will be used to the best for each person…

  • http://fb Lisa Gillette

    i vote the door/sco.i thank you much lady gaga there should be more people like you that can help but choose not to they are call the greedy ones , and they know who the are .

  • http://yahoo.com susan

    i vote door/sco. i thank u much for doing this….. thank u thank u

  • Sandra Morris

    I don’t know enough to say for sure which charity or foundation deserve it the most. I tend to agree that the foundation dealing in the small numbers probably need the money the most. But I also feel that the foundation that reaches out to the largest amount of NYC’s youth need the money as well. So it would seem that if giving a small amount to all of them or giving to the foundation that serves the most youth, or the other end of the spectrum, the foundation that is the smallest. I believe that all of these foundations are deserving. I commend Lady Gaga for giving back. More people of her status should follow suit. Pay it forward.

  • theodora

    she did a good thing coz what she did will encourage the children & not only them but other people of hr class & status.big up to her

  • http://www.solutionsforelpaso.org Community Solutions of El Paso

    New York ONLY? Lady Gaga! We are a non-profit agency in El Paso, Texas that works with children and families of prisoners. We have just lost a huge chunk of our funding as the Federal government has cut funding for mentoring programs for children of prisoners and we are in dire need of funds. Our children love your music and admire you so much and have actually brought to us your recent post on Facebook about your generous grant. Lady Gaga, we know that you are very generous and we are pleading with you to consider our organization, Community Solutions of El Paso, as a recipient of your very generous grant.

    As testimony to our dedication to those we serve, Community Solutions of El Paso has lost funding in the past and my co-workers (5 in total) worked without pay for several months to assist children and families of prisoners who are forgotten victims of crime and who have no where else to seek consolation and/or resources within ANY community. As many as 70% of these children will follow their parent’s footsteps into prison if we don’t step-in and assist them. Any one of our children will attest to the fact that OUR PROGRAM HELPS them realize that they did nothing wrong to cause their parent to be incarcerated and that OUR PROGRAM WORKS to keep them safe and out of trouble.

    With that said, our program can’t be of any aid to them without funding. We are committed to “our kids” just like you, but we can’t do it without any type of support from individuals such as yourself. We beg you to consider sharing your generosity outside of New York!

    We invite you to visit our website, http://www.solutionsforelpaso.org, and to speak with our Executive Director, Carolyn Esparza about our needs to continue this very important non-profit agency. Ms. Esparza, who herself is very generous with the population we serve, is also responsible for putting on the very first national conference for families of prisoners (also on Facebook under Prisoner’s Family Conference).

    Please consider us as a recipient of your very generous grant as we are in so much need at this very moment! We want our own “little monsters” to not be ashamed because they were “Born this Way,” as your recent hit states.

    CP

  • Zakia Aziz

    I like ur SoNgS…..

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  • http://www.dotimenow.blogspot.com DoTime_WX

    I know she has the money, but still, it’s a step in the right direction. We need alternative avenues to connect & educate our at-risk youth. As a society we can’t move forward unless we all move forward.

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  • Raghu kumar

    Thanks to lady gaga…. I appreciate your concern about youths… But i felt sad to you are working with only new york people… I am a under graduate nd unemploye but me and my friends working with rural school childrens to aware and teach traditional folk art forms and also increase their talent which they have interest in but we need help from individuals or any organisations if you thought to help please i’ll beg you to remember us

  • http://www.cflsp.org frank jimenez

    i love you ms. gaga and you are a true change agent and am glad you roll like that. thanks for helping our non-profit organization, robinhood foundation…

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