Coldplay have been named one of music's most charitable bands after giving away more than $1.6 million (£1 million) to good causes over the last year.

 

The British rockers have earned a place in he U.K.'s Coutts bank's Million Pound Donors Report, which names private individuals who have gifted over $1.6 million (£1 million) to the needy in the last 12 months.

 

The band, which performed a benefit gig for a children's charity in London on Saturday night (10Dec11), has set up a grant-giving fund called the J Van Mars Foundation and the organisation has made donations amounting to $1.9 (£1.2 million) over the last year, according to Britain's Sunday Times.

 

http://www.contactmusic.com/news/coldplay-named-among-top-charity-givers_1274208

 

The J Van Mars Foundation

 

This is a new charitable trust that is keen to support general charitable purposes throughout the UK..

 

The trustees are the band members of Coldplay. Guy Rupert Berryman is the bass guitarist, Jon Buckland is the lead guitarist, Chris Martin sings, and Will Champion is the drummer. Paul Makin is the band's business manager. The band is currently on a world tour and is supporting Oxfam.

 

Charity number: 1131389.

 

Trustees: Coutts & Co; Mr Guy Rupert Berryman; Mr Jonathan Mark Buckland; Mr William Champion; Mr Christopher Anthony John Martin; Mr Paul Darren Makin.

 

http://funding.vistaproject.org.uk/page/jvanmars

wow :awesome:

I'm so proud of them :wacky:

I love how they put their full names, so classy and serious, like they're some sort of important yet discrete business men :awesome: :lol:

(and I never noticed Guy's middle name is RUPERT :lol: )

So where does the name J Van Mars Foundation come from? :thinking:

At a guess from their kids names, before Jonny's son was born.

 

J=Juno, V=Violet, A=Ava, N=Nico, M=Moses, A=Apple, R=Rex then the S just to finish it off.

^ wow even more amazing :awesome:

even more proud of them :wacky: