Two organizations with ties to the Phish community, The Mimi Fishman Foundation and The Mockingbird Foundation, announced today that they have raised and distributed a combined $1,000,000 for charity. Both organizations are operated on an all-volunteer basis, with no salaries, paid staff, or offices.
The Mockingbird Foundation was organized in 1996 by Craig DeLucia and a dozen other fans to raise funds for music education for children through the publication of an encyclopedic book about Phish and its music. The Mimi Fishman Foundation was organized in 1998, by Mimi Fishman (mother of Phish drummer Jon Fishman) and family friend David Shulman, to raise funds for vision-related charities through online auctions of Phish-donated memorabilia. Each organization has already raised the funds for additional grants to be announced this fall, and each is underway with new plans to continue their success.
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