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John Mayer (@johnmayer) has spent 15 years and $5 million backing research on PTSD and veterans health — but still finds time to make a little music.
Mayer's Heart and Armor Foundation (@heartandarmor), the veterans nonprofit he formally launched in 2019, has made him one of THR‘s Philanthropists of the Year alongside Stephen and Ayesha Curry and Michael J. Fox and co-founder Deborah W. Brooks.
“I found myself so moved by it right there on the spot when talking to someone who had a traumatic brain injury and understanding viscerally what that feels like to hear them speak,” Mayer says. “If you had asked me what PTSD was at the time, I would have given you a very narrow definition, but I never had the opportunity to even answer that question wrong. I just saw it, and I saw it in a very naked kind of way. I was moved by seeing people who speak beyond their injury.”
Read THR's Philanthropy 2026: Philanthropists of the Year feature at the link in bio.
Photographer: Jason Armond @jason_armond / Getty Images @gettyimages
Mayer's Heart and Armor Foundation (@heartandarmor), the veterans nonprofit he formally launched in 2019, has made him one of THR‘s Philanthropists of the Year alongside Stephen and Ayesha Curry and Michael J. Fox and co-founder Deborah W. Brooks.
“I found myself so moved by it right there on the spot when talking to someone who had a traumatic brain injury and understanding viscerally what that feels like to hear them speak,” Mayer says. “If you had asked me what PTSD was at the time, I would have given you a very narrow definition, but I never had the opportunity to even answer that question wrong. I just saw it, and I saw it in a very naked kind of way. I was moved by seeing people who speak beyond their injury.”
Read THR's Philanthropy 2026: Philanthropists of the Year feature at the link in bio.
Photographer: Jason Armond @jason_armond / Getty Images @gettyimages
Comments (142)
3 months agochantalbolle
@oonalena weet je nog dat ik zei dat ik denk dat ik een goede filosoof zou zijn. Dit niveau bedoel ik 😂
3 months agomarisadeanne
I've always liked and admired JM. This brings it all to new heights. Phenomenal human. ❤️ PS I want him married and start having babies, because I know that's what he wants.
3 months agoam.rosenbaum
Love you for taking your fame and using it to educate others and helps those who endured trauma to fight for our country
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