--- title: Taylor Swift Makes Donation for Sexual Assault Survivors description: The singer is planning on donating to multiple organizations that "help sexual assault victims defend themselves," she said. canonical: https://time.com/4904802/taylor-swift-hargitay-charity/ author: Raisa Bruner article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-08-17T17:05:45.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:46:35.284Z og:title: Here's How Taylor Swift Is Supporting Assault Survivors Now og:description: She'll be making a contribution following her trial win og:url: https://time.com/4904802/taylor-swift-hargitay-charity/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1acc48754ebcd2ea/6988d8ae86f68eb6686e5e4c/gettyimages-513074484.jpg?branch=production&width=1024&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1024 og:image:height: 576 og:image:alt: 2016 Vanity Fair Oscar Party Hosted By Graydon Carter - Arrivals og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Here's How Taylor Swift Is Supporting Assault Survivors Now twitter:description: She'll be making a contribution following her trial win twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1acc48754ebcd2ea/6988d8ae86f68eb6686e5e4c/gettyimages-513074484.jpg?branch=production&width=1024&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Taylor Swift to Make Donation to Foundation for Sexual Assault Survivors > Sponsored content. 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Taylor Swift attends the 2016 Vanity Fair Oscar Party hosted By Graydon Carter at Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts on February 28, 2016 in Beverly Hills, California. Anthony Harvey—Getty Images  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Aug 17, 2017 5:05 PM UTC After [winning her court case](http://time.com/4900754/taylor-swift-david-mueller-groping-lawsuit/) against a DJ who allegedly groped her in 2013, Taylor Swift is moving forward on her commitment to support other survivors of sexual assault. “I acknowledge the privilege that I benefit from in life, in society and in my ability to shoulder the enormous cost of defending myself in a trial like this,” she wrote[ in a statement](https://twitter.com/JKCorden/status/897267397924601862) released following the ruling. “My hope is to help those whose voices should also be heard. Therefore I will be making donations in the near future to multiple organizations that help sexual assault victims defend themselves.” One of those organizations will be [_Law and Order: SVU_ ](http://time.com/4501358/joe-biden-law-and-order-sexual-violence/)actor and advocate [Mariska Hargitay](http://time.com/3920458/taylor-swift-mariska-hargitay-cara-delevingne/)‘s Joyful Heart Foundation, according to the [Huffington Post](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/this-is-how-taylor-swifts-donations-will-impact-sexual-assault-survivors%5Fus%5F5994a65ce4b0d0d2cc83e478). The foundation’s mission is to “transform society’s response to sexual assault, domestic violence, and child abuse, support survivors’ healing, and end this violence forever,” [its website states](http://www.joyfulheartfoundation.org/about-us/vision-and-mission). Swift has been a longtime fan of Hargitay; one of her cats is [even named after](http://time.com/3921055/taylor-swift-cat-olivia-benson-mariska-hargitay/) Hargitay’s character on the show. “Taylor is aware of the Joyful Heart Foundation and follows our work,” Maile M. Zambuto, CEO of the foundation, told HuffPost. “Her team got in touch with me and we talked a lot about her commitment, all along throughout this ordeal, to wanting to be of service to survivors.” [Their programs](http://www.joyfulheartfoundation.org/programs/program-portfolio) focus on healing, advocacy and education, from working to diminish the backlog of untested rape kits to providing safe spaces for women to find holistic therapy after trauma. 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