Damian's Charities
The VH1 Save The Music Foundation is a non-profit organization
dedicated to restoring instrumental music education in American public
schools, and raising awareness about the importance of music as part of
each child's complete education. Since 1997, the VH1 Save the Music
Foundation has provided $43 million worth of new musical instruments to
more than 1,600 public schools in more than 100 cities around the
country, impacting the lives of more than 1.2 million public school
students.

The Columbus Citizens Foundation is a non-profit organization in New York City committed to fostering an appreciation of Italian-American heritage and achievement. The Foundation, through a broad range of philanthropic and cultural activities, provides opportunities for advancement to deserving Italian-American students through various scholarship and grant programs. The Foundation organizes New York City's annual Columbus Celebration and Columbus Day Parade, which has celebrated Italian-American heritage on New York's Fifth Avenue since 1929.
The Foundation is made up of over 570 members who are of Italian ancestry and are grateful for the opportunities their parents, grandparents and great-grandparents found as immigrants to the United States. The Foundation’s members are proud of their heritage and their American citizenship. They are committed to improving the lives of Italian-American students, and their families, by providing scholarship funding that will help the students develop the skills and tools needed to succeed in life.