Ariana Grande has launched the Brighter Days Ahead Foundation, a new initiative dedicated to supporting, protecting and providing vital resources to the LGBTQ+ community.
Ariana’s foundation will focus on protecting trans and LGBTQ+ rights(Image: Penske Media via Getty Images)
Ariana Grande has launched a new foundation to “support, protect and provide resources” for the LGBTQ+ community.
The Brighter Days Ahead Foundation will support “our vulnerable friends in need” through four different foundations in their efforts to champion justice, safety and hope. In a statement sent to her InstagramAriana said she hopes her foundation will “provide the safe space and care that is desperately needed by so many right now.”
“It has been my privilege to be able to single-handedly support these causes over the years,” she added in her statement. “I am grateful to now be able to expand that reach and amplify the lifesaving work these organizations are doing through the brighter days ahead.”
According to the foundation’s websiteis set to focus on “protecting trans and LGBTQ+ rights, expanding access to mental health care, and responding with care and compassion in moments of crisis.”
The four funds include The Protect & Defend Fund, which empowers grassroots groups advocating for LGBTQ+ rights, civil rights, and reproductive justice, and helps create communities where people feel safe, supported, and have care and resources to turn to.
The Heal & Dream Fund expands access to mental health care and community support, helping people feel seen, understood and able to heal.
The Seen & Celebrated Fund helps ensure LGBTQ+ voices and stories are heard and shared, and The Emergency Support Fund, a responsive fund that helps communities meet urgent moments with help and resources, providing rapid support and relief in times of collective need.
Save the Children UK is among one of the latest grant recipients of The emergency support fund next door: Humanity Crew, New York Cares, Palestine Children’s Relief Fund, Royal Manchester Children’s Hospital, This Is About Humanity and Troop 6000.
It comes after Ariana, who is currently on tour for her Eternal Sunshine album, took to TikTok to criticize the US president Donald Trump77, after one of her songs was used in a White House promotional video.
Ariana’s 2024 track, Bye, was reportedly used in a promotional clip for US Immigration Customs Enforcement (ICE), hyping arrests by the federal agency, which came under fire earlier this year after an immigration crackdown left two people dead in Minnesota. Barely two weeks apart, Renee Nicole Good and Alex Jeffrey Pretti were killed after being fatally shot by ICE officers.
Reacting to the TikTok video promoting ICE, which used her track as background music, the We Can’t Be Friends star slammed Trump and his agency, which she claimed was “barbaric” and “inhumane”.
Commenting on the video on TikTok, she fumed: “Please don’t ever use my music in relation to this barbaric, inhumane, disgusting nonsense.” She made her thoughts on ICE crystal clear, signing off: “F**k ICE.”
Black reports that Ariana’s team had been trying to get her song removed from the video, and that the track appeared to be removed after she issued her request.
