SAN RAFAEL, CA, January 8, 2026 — Legendary Musician Carlos Santana is proud to announce that his Milagro Foundation has marked a historic milestone by distributing a grand total of $10,147,729.00 in grants to underserved communities.
Since its inception 25 years ago, Santana’s Milagro Foundation has been dedicated to a singular mission: supporting the world’s most vulnerable children. The Milagro Foundation (Spanish for “Miracle”) has functioned as a bridge between Santana’s artistic success and his deep commitment to social justice. By focusing on the “miracles” of health, education, and the arts, the foundation has provided a lifeline to thousands of low-income children globally.
A Legacy of Impact
The foundation’s philanthropic efforts are concentrated in three pillar areas:
- Educational Advancement: Supporting agencies that empower first-generation students to break cycles of poverty and attend college.
- Holistic Wellness: Partnering with medical organizations to meet the critical health and nutritional challenges of children in need.
- Creative Expression: Cultivating the next generation of visionaries by exploring and funding arts programs for youth.
Sustaining the Mission
The foundation’s work is fueled by a unique funding model that integrates Santana’s professional career with his philanthropy. For every concert ticket sold, Carlos and the Santana Band donate a portion of the proceeds directly to the Milagro Foundation. These contributions, coupled with revenue from licensed Santana products and corporate and individual donors, ensure that every fan and consumer plays a direct role in changing a child’s life.
“The Milagro Foundation is a way of giving back and making a difference in the lives of children who represent our future,” says Carlos Santana. “It is an honor to witness the resilience of these young people and to provide the tools they need to succeed.”
As the foundation looks toward the next 25 years, the commitment remains the same: to foster a world where every child is healthy, educated, and inspired.
About the Milagro Foundation
Established in 1998 by Carlos Santana and his family, the Milagro Foundation is a publicly supported 501(c)(3) non-profit organization. Milagro makes grants to organizations that work with underserved and at-risk children in the areas of health, education, and the arts
For over five decades, Carlos Santana has been a pioneering force in music, fusing Afro-Latin, blues, rock, and jazz into a sound that transcends genre, culture, and generation. A ten-time GRAMMY and three-time Latin GRAMMY winner, he made history with Supernatural in 1999, earning nine GRAMMYs in a single night, including Album and Record of the Year. He is a Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee, a Kennedy Center Honoree, and a recipient of Billboard’s Century and Latin Music Lifetime Achievement Awards. Rolling Stone ranks him #11 on its list of the “100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time.”
Santana recently marked the 50th anniversaries of his groundbreaking album Abraxas and his iconic Woodstock performance, as well as 25 years of Supernatural. His latest album Sentient features collaborations with Michael Jackson, Smokey Robinson, Miles Davis, DMC, and Cindy Blackman Santana. The feature documentary CARLOS, produced by Sony Music Entertainment and Imagine Documentaries, premiered at the 2023 Tribeca Film Festival and is now streaming globally. His Las Vegas residency at House of Blues, now in its 14th year, continues to thrill audiences.
His newest release, Carlos Santana: Love, Devotion, Surrender (Insight Editions, 2025), is a visual journey through five decades of artistry, featuring rare photographs and personal archives.
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