Grobanites For Charity

The Holiday Fundraiser this year is to support the Find Your Light Wish List Project!! For more information, go to the FYL Google Plus page HERE https://plus.google.com/u/0/?tab=wX#110031083083806798620/posts . To make a donation towards the wish lists, just go herehttp://findyourlightfoundation.org/donate/ ! Every little bit helps!

The GFC Thanks a Million Celebration event raised $4000 for Find Your Light! Thank you to everyone who supported or attended the event. To see photos and videos from the event (including Josh and Lindy's speeches), visit our Facebook Page at https://www.facebook.com/pages/Grobanites-for-Charity/9289677549

The Josh Groban Foundation has now become the Find Your Light Foundation (www.findyourlightfoundation.org) which focuses on Arts Education! Our current projects will not change and all donations will now go to FYL instead of JGF! We'll be updating our website soon! Thanks for your patience!

"It's official: my fans, after raising 30 K for my birthday charity auction, have raised 1 million dollars in 7 years by themselves. I'm humbled and inspired by their passion for giving back and I pledge as always to stand beside them as we continue onward and upward." - Josh Groban

The 2011 Birthday Auction Fundraisers raised $30K in 30 days in honor of Josh's 30th Birthday, which put us over $1MM raised for JGF!!! This includes $16K from the Birthday Auction, $8.5K (71 Sponsorships) raised in the GFA Birthday Bash for Batonga, and $6K from the Gold Star Project! You can read all the birthday messages to Josh by going here: http://www.josh-groban-universe.org/

The Illuminations Holiday Auction raised $12,553 for The Josh Groban Foundation! Thank you to everyone who participated!

To make your crafting projects easier, we've created a page of Grobanite photos for you to choose from. Go here: Charity Project Photos

If you would like to run a fundraiser to raise money for GFC/FYL, please read the following guidelines:
GFC Fundraiser Guidelines
Please download and print the following form for any/all auctions you may have:
GFC Auction Item Form
Please adhere to the following rules for GFC Fundraisers:
GFC Fundraiser Rules

We are a dedicated group of volunteers who have banded together with thousands of Josh Groban fans all over the world to support a variety of charitable causes. Our main focus is to raise money for the Find Your Light Foundation, which focuses on Arts Education. (For more information go to www.findyourlightfoundation.org). Josh's fans have already raised over $1,000,000 for his Foundation through on-line auctions, donations and fundraisers at fan gatherings.

GFC is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization which is run by volunteers. All of our operating costs are donated by GFC supporters so that 100% of your donations (beyond the costs of the on-line transaction fees and merchandise costs) go directly to the charities we support.

GFA (Grobanites for Africa) is a sub-team within GFC that focuses specifically on projects for Africa. You can visit the GFA website at www.grobanitesforafrica.org.

Tender Totes and Heavenly Dreams is a sub-team within GFC that makes Totes, Pillowcases, Dolls and Beanies for Shriner and Children's hospitals. For more information on these projects, go to www.tendertotes.org.

Josh and his family are very appreciative of all that the fans are doing for charity. You can read messages from Josh and his family by going here:

Since 2004, Find Your Light and Grobanites for Charity have supported the following charitable causes through donations and projects led by Josh's fans:

Thank you, everyone, for your generous support, participation and donations. You are making a big difference to help children in need all over the world!

The Grobanites for Charity Team - Val, Julie, Meg, Andrea,
Maggie, Lynn, and Cindy

If you would like to run a fundraiser for Josh's Charity, please let us know - we'd be happy to help! Just write to GFC@Grobanitesforcharity.org . Please note that ALL fundraisers for Josh's Charity MUST be approved and run in accordance with guidelines established by Josh's family.

Grobanites for Charity is an official licensee of the GROBANITE trademark. The word GROBANITE is used with permission and legal documentation from Josh Groban. GFC is legally obligated by trademark agreement to report any person(s) or group(s) which are using the trademark "GROBANITE" without license.

Please note that the GFC Team's focus and responsibility is for charity matters only. We request that you send fan (or personal) letters and/or gifts to the address listed on Josh Groban's web site.