Playing For Change Foundation (PFCF), the global nonprofit transforming lives through music and arts education, has announced its partnership with The Shawn Mendes Foundation (SMF) to bring music ...

SPIN is proud to partner with the Playing For Change Foundation to present SOUND & SOUL, an electrifying night of music and purpose. The event takes place on February 18th at Belly Up Aspen and ...

Previous Impact Award honorees include Pharrell Williams, Diplo, Ellie Goulding, Maluma, Anitta, Andrea Bocelli, the Marley Family, JUANES, and more—artists whose philanthropy and influence have ...

Playing for Change Foundation (PFCF) today (March 10) announced that SPIN and Next Management Partners CEO Jimmy Hutcheson has joined the organization’s Board of Directors. Hutcheson brings extensive ...

Mark Johnson spent 10 years recording music around the world to promote peace. July 24, 2009— -- Filmmaker Mark Johnson had a simple idea -- that the world can be connected through music. Johnson ...

During the 2024 Rio Grande do Sul floods in Brazil, 183 people died and over 600,000 Brazilians were displaced. Staff and faculty at the Instituto Playing For Change in Curitiba, Brazil jumped into ...

Miami’s contemporary art institution the Rubell Museum buzzed as artists, philanthropists, and visionaries gathered for the Playing For Change Foundation’s (PFCF) 2025 Impact Awards gala—an evening ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about music and the business of music. MIAMI, FLORIDA - NOVEMBER 14: Juanes speaks onstage during the 25th Latin GRAMMY ...

Sat, January 10, 2026 at 2:31 PM UTC “Seeing musicians from different cultures come together around this song means a lot,” Krieger added. “Playing for Change is doing important work to unite people ...

For nearly two decades, Playing For Change Foundation has worked to break barriers and provide free music and arts education to children in communities rich in culture but lacking access to resources.