The Hello In There Foundation gave to 19 organizations in 2023, per the foundation’s website. Grantees include local nonprofit benefitting Latino families Conexión Américas, LGBT advocacy group Inclusion Tennessee, homeless services provider Room In The Inn, The Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum, and addiction treatment organization Renewal House.
The foundation doesn’t accept solicitations, but instead looks to support organizations that fall within the ethos of the man that inspired it — the late singer-songwriter John Prine.
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