Brad Paisley and Kimberly Williams-Paisley thanked Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce on Friday evening for an “amazing donation” to The Store in Nashville. The timing landed just ahead of Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce’s wedding, and the gift arrives after a Thursday announcement that $26 million was going to 20 charities.
The Store in Nashville
“On the eve of the wedding of Tay and Trav, this is really an amazing thing to think about, the gift they gave The Store,” Brad Paisley said in the Instagram video. He added, “It’s transformative.”
Kimberly Williams-Paisley was more specific about the pressure the nonprofit is facing. “Food insecurity is at a 10-year high in Nashville and the timing is just so critical,” she said. The Store launched in 2020 to combat food insecurity in Middle Tennessee with empathy, dignity, and respect, so a large cash infusion is not symbolic here; it is operating fuel.
20 Charities, One Donation
The donation was part of a wider $26 million gift spread across 20 charities in the U.S., including groups in Los Angeles, Nashville, Reading, Kansas City, Cleveland, and several national charities. That scale suggests a broad giving plan rather than a single headline check, and it means The Store is one beneficiary inside a much larger distribution.
The Store said in January that Taylor Swift had already included it in her year-end giving, which makes this the second contribution Swift has made to the nonprofit in the last year. For a food charity in Nashville, that repeated support matters more than the celebrity optics: it points to continuity, not a one-off gesture.
Brad and Kimberly
Williams-Paisley closed with thanks that fit the moment. “We are so, so grateful for your donation,” she said. “This is gonna go such a long way, as Brad said.” She followed with, “We’re just really, really grateful for your generosity. And congratulations on your upcoming wedding.”
The unresolved piece is how much of the $26 million reached The Store specifically. Until that share is disclosed, the best read is simple: Swift and Kelce made a sizable national giving move, and Nashville’s anti-hunger network is already treating it as a meaningful lift.
