Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce requested charity donations instead of wedding gifts
An animal rescue group in West Virginia acknowledged a donation from wedding guests following the couple's request for charitable contributions.
Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce reportedly requested that their wedding guests support charitable organisations instead of providing traditional presents, according to the Times of India.
The Hancock County Humane Foundation, an animal rescue group in West Virginia, confirmed the arrangement after receiving a donation from attorney Mike Simon and his wife, Lisa Simon. The foundation shared a photograph on Instagram featuring the newlyweds and the Simons to acknowledge the contribution.
This gesture follows reports that Swift and Kelce distributed a combined $26 million to various US charities in the weeks leading up to their July 3 wedding. According to the Associated Press, those contributions supported areas such as food assistance, children's healthcare, education, music programmes, and animal welfare.
Among the recipients of the couple's prior donations was Dolly Parton's Imagination Library, which received $2 million. Other beneficiaries included City Harvest, Feeding America, the ASPCA, and Children's Mercy Hospital in Kansas City.
The couple announced their engagement in August 2025 through a joint Instagram post. Kelce had proposed in a garden at his home in Lee's Summit, Missouri.