Giving Compass' Take:

• The Pearl Jam Home Shows in early August raised more than $11 million, and 90 percent will be donated to local organizations in Seattle focused on fighting homelessness.

• How can other bands emulate the same kind of philanthropic effort to give back to their hometowns? 

• Read the Giving Compass Homelessness Donors Guide and understand more about how to make an impact on ending homelessness. 

Pearl Jam raised millions of dollars for Seattle’s homeless after playing two sold-out shows in their hometown, reported NME. The seminal grunge-rock outfit revisited their old stomping grounds for the first time in five years with a pair of benefit concerts dubbed the Home Shows at the city’s Safeco Field and a day of volunteerism between the performances on Aug. 8 and 10, and will reportedly donate 90% of the $11 million proceeds to local organizations.

The band, along with other members of the community, committed to matching donations (up to $960,000) to a new fundraising campaign called the Home Fund. Meanwhile, it also lured local companies, including Starbucks, Nordstrom, and the Seattle Mariners, to contribute to the effort, noted Mashable.

“This is what those ‘Home Shows’ can do,” Marty Hartman, director of Mary’s Place, told KOMO NEWS. “Literally, bring more people home, out of those cars, out of those tents, up off the sidewalk and give them a safe space to be and get them into their forever home. Mary’s Place is a nonprofit organization that provides temporary housing to women, children, and families in the homeless community.

The band’s philanthropic spirit also spilled over into area restaurants in Seattle, with more than 80 establishments donating a portion of proceeds from Wednesday evening to the band’s Home Fund.

Read the full article about Pearl Jam home shows by Joanna Prisco at Q13 Fox.