How does a grassroots San Diego nonprofit arts organization thank a benefactor it has never met or spoken with for an unsolicited, seven-figure donation?
That’s the happy — if previously unimaginable — question for David’s Harp Foundation, which this week was announced as a recipient of a $1 million donation from billionaire philanthropist MacKenzie Scott. It’s a game-changing gift yet for the 12-year-old nonprofit, which provides free music and video-production lessons to San Diego teenagers, many of whom are in homeless shelters, foster care and the juvenile justice system.
“We are so humbled by this gift,” said Brandon Steppe, who launched what became David’s Harp Foundation in his father’s garage in 2006.
“Tears were coming down Brandon’s face, and I literally fell down on my knees and cried,” added Joseph Mack, the foundation’s director of programming. “This still doesn’t feel real.”
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