Songs of Love Foundation

What Songs of Love Foundation does

Songs of Love Foundation is a national US nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization (EIN 11-3314191) founded in 1995/1996 by John Beltzer, who established the organization in memory of his late twin brother Julio, who had written a song titled 'Songs of Love' shortly before his death in 1984. Headquartered in New York, the foundation creates free, personalized, original songs for children, teens, and seniors facing serious medical, cognitive, physical, intellectual, or emotional challenges. Each song incorporates the recipient's name, favorite activities, cherished memories, meaningful people, and personal details, and is produced in any language and musical style requested (children's music, pop, R&B, rap, rock, alternative, or era-specific genres for seniors).

The foundation's core production pipeline combines a network of more than 200 volunteer professional songwriters and song creators with Suno, a third-party generative AI music platform adopted around 2024. Song creators use Suno to generate base musical compositions, which are then customized with recipient-specific content. Recipients access the service via a 60-second online request form on songsoflove.org; no app, public API, or SDK is offered. Distribution is single-channel and self-serve, and the organization has produced personalized songs for over 500,000 cumulative recipients as of June 2026.

The foundation operates a donation-only revenue model: all songs are provided at no cost, funded by individual contributions, corporate sponsorships, and foundation grants, with multiple acquisition channels including web donations, car donation, bitcoin donations, stock/planned giving, streaming-for-healing, and sponsor-a-song programs. The organization holds a 2025 Charity Navigator 4-star rating and a 2026 Platinum GuideStar Seal of Transparency, and its methodology has been the subject of a published clinical study in the International Journal of Adolescent Medicine and Health. No funding rounds, acquisitions, parent entities, or institutional investors are disclosed.

Name

Songs of Love Foundation

Legal name

Songs of Love Foundation

Website

https://songsoflove.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1995

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Songs of Love Foundation is a New York-based 501(c)(3) nonprofit that creates free, personalized original songs for US children, teens, and seniors facing serious medical or emotional challenges. Songs are produced by a network of 200+ volunteer songwriters using Suno AI music tooling and funded entirely by donations.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Personalized Music Therapy Services

NAICS

Record Production and Distribution (51225), Independent Artists, Writers, and Performers (711510)

akta.pro primary industry

Songwriting & Composition (Topliners, Co-writers, Camps) (MPAIABAA)

akta.pro secondary industry

Music Therapy (Educational/Developmental Programs) (EDAMANAK)

Keywords

• Personalized music therapy
• Nonprofit charitable services
• AI music generation
• Music and memory programs
• Pediatric and senior care support

Headquarters

HQ city

New York

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Others

Revenue model

1. Donations and Charitable Contributions: As a national nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization, Songs of Love Foundation relies on donations from individuals, corporations, and foundations to fund operations and song creation.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Songs of Love Foundation crafts free, personalized, original songs for children, teens, and seniors facing serious medical, cognitive, physical, intellectual, or emotional challenges. Each song is built around the recipient's name, favorite activities, meaningful people, cherished memories, and beloved pets, and is produced in any language and musical style requested. Songs are delivered at no cost and accessed through a 60-second online request form, with creation handled by a network of professional songwriters supported by Suno AI music generation tools.

Product overview

Songs of Love Foundation is a national nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization that provides a single unified service: creating free, personalized original songs for children, teens, and seniors facing serious medical, cognitive, physical, intellectual, or emotional challenges. The core offering is the personalized song creation service, where songs are crafted incorporating the recipient's name, favorite activities, cherished memories, beloved pets, and personal details. Songs are produced in any requested language and musical style. The organization operates primarily through a volunteer network of songwriters and song creators who use tools including Suno (AI music generation platform) to produce the songs. The service is accessible via an online song request form (taking 60 seconds to complete) on their website.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Personalized Song of Love A free, personalized original song commissioned for a child, teen, or senior facing a serious medical, cognitive, physical, intellectual, or emotional challenge, incorporating the recipient's name, favorite activities, cherished memories, meaningful people, and beloved pets, and delivered in any language or musical style.
• Free Song Request Service Online request intake that enables families, caregivers, and healthcare providers to submit a personalization brief and receive a free personalized song for an eligible child or senior.
• Song Creator Volunteer Program Volunteer songwriter/song creator program that recruits and screens musicians—including many who use Suno AI tools—to produce custom songs on behalf of the foundation.

Named customers2 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability2 records

Feature2 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• SunocoreTechnology or Integration · 1 January 2024Suno is an AI music generation platform that Songs of Love Foundation uses to create personalized original songs. Song creators use Suno's AI tools to generate music which is then customized with the recipient's name, favorite activities, memories, and personal details. The partnership enables rapid creation of high-quality personalized songs for children and seniors facing health challenges.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• MusiCares: MusiCares (a Recording Academy/GRAMMY-affiliated charity) provides health and welfare support within the music industry. Adjacent as a music-themed nonprofit with overlapping donor audiences.
• Make-A-Wish Foundation: Large national nonprofit granting wishes to children with critical illnesses. Operates in the same 'comfort for sick children' mission space and competes for healthcare CSR and individual donations.
• Starlight Children's Foundation: Established national nonprofit delivering programs (including entertainment-focused) to seriously ill children and families. Competes for the same donor and hospital-partner mindshare as Songs of Love.

Direct peers

• Music & Memory: Nonprofit focused on personalized music for people with dementia and cognitive challenges, explicitly cited by Songs of Love. Direct overlap in senior/dementia personalized music delivery.
• Musicians On Call: Nonprofit that brings live and recorded music to patients in hospital beds, with a volunteer musician network analogous to Songs of Love's song creator network. Operates in the same therapeutic-music-for-sick-children and seniors mission.
• Sing for Hope: Nonprofit placing volunteer artists in hospitals and care settings to deliver music. Directly comparable model (volunteer musicians, healthcare recipients, donor-funded).
• Project Sunshine: Nonprofit delivering psychosocial support (arts, music, play) to children with medical needs in hospitals. Overlaps directly with Songs of Love's pediatric hospital programming and donor base.

Emerging players

• VH1 Save The Music Foundation: Music-focused nonprofit supporting music education and instrument access in schools. Similar celebrity-driven media profile and charitable music mission.
• Little Kids Rock: Nonprofit that brings music education and instruments to underserved children. Comparable music-for-youth mission and similar reliance on donations and music-industry partnerships.

Others

• Suno: AI music generation platform and Songs of Love's core technology partner. Adjacent ecosystem participant enabling the foundation's production model rather than a direct competitor for charitable services.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/playlist?list=PLpSAPP4YMttnRDpB7UuVTROXQ-MEDwK6m
• Xx.com/songsoflove
• Facebookfacebook.com/songsoflove
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/songsoflove

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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