Selena Gomez’s Rare Impact Fund Benefit Raises Nearly $3 Million, Honors Martin Short’s Late Daughter: ‘This Has Always Been Our Mission’
Selena Gomez’s fourth annual Rare Impact Fund Benefit raised nearly $3 million for youth mental health initiatives and introduced an award honouring Katherine Short, the late daughter of Martin Short. The event highlighted the fund’s mission to improve access to support and reduce stigma around mental illness.
Held at Los Angeles’ Hollywood Palladium on 14 October, the benefit recognised Sacramento nonprofit La Familia Counseling Center with the inaugural Katherine Short Legacy Award for its more than five decades of community service. Performers included Bella Kay and Leon Bridges; launched alongside Rare Beauty in 2020, the Rare Impact Fund has raised more than $30 million and supports youth mental health services and education worldwide.
- Selena Gomez’s benefit raised nearly $3 million for youth mental health.
- The first Katherine Short Legacy Award went to La Familia Counseling Center.
- The Rare Impact Fund has raised more than $30 million since 2020.
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Selena Gomez is a singer and actor who founded Rare Beauty, a cosmetics company, in 2020. The Rare Impact Fund was launched alongside it to support young people’s mental health, including access to services and education and efforts to reduce stigma.
La Familia Counseling Center is a Sacramento nonprofit that has provided community services for more than five decades. The new Katherine Short Legacy Award recognises its work and honours Katherine Short, the late daughter of actor Martin Short. The fund says it has raised more than $30 million since it began.