501(c)(3) Nonprofit · EIN 41-4141801
Supporting musicians and touring crew who survive plane crashes — with financial help and someone in their corner.
When a plane goes down on tour, the world moves on. We don't.
Crash survivors carry long-term physical, financial, and emotional costs the world rarely sees. We connect them with the practical help they need — because surviving the crash shouldn't mean surviving alone.
When a plane goes down, the world remembers the headliners. The sound engineers, road crews, and technicians on board get forgotten. We make sure every name on the manifest is remembered.
We connect donors, advocates, and supporters with musicians and crew who need them — across the music industry and beyond. A community that shows up for people who give everything to their craft.
In October 1977, a chartered plane carrying Lynyrd Skynyrd crashed in Mississippi. Six people were killed. Twenty survived — musicians and touring crew alike — and most were left to find their own way through the aftermath with little support and less acknowledgment.
The Freebird Survivors Foundation Inc. was built on that story. Our mission extends to every musician and crew member who has survived — or will survive — a crash while doing what they love.
Read our full storyEvery donation goes directly toward supporting musicians and crew members carrying the weight of a crash — medical costs, financial hardship, and the knowledge that someone still cares.