We are a charitable
music
and arts
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The Robot Heart Foundation is a 501c3 organization. Its purpose is to support artists and the arts. The foundation aims to create and fund projects whether they be self-created, collaborative or commissioned.
At its core, the Robot Heart Foundation’s focus is experiential Music and Technology. We span the globe, we defy genres and borders, we connect dots and hope to create an innovative artistic experience for those in our community and beyond.
Robot Heart
Foundation Launch
On the weekend of April 29th - May 1st, 2022 we publically launched the Robot Heart Foundation. Over the past 15 years, Robot Heart has provided a platform and a stage to artists - a gift in and of itself to the artist community. We have provided a stage and platform to many well-known acts including Bob Moses and F O S S. More to come…
As we have formalized into a 501c3 and are moving beyond our historical gifting nature, we are exploring beneficiaries for our funds which includes scholarships at local music universities.

Giving Back
Community is at our core and has been since our inception. We care deeply about not only our immediate community but the impact we have on the communities where we show up.
Every year between 2008-2016, Robot Heart produced immersive music and art experiences with local artists as well as artists from around the globe. A portion of the funds from each 4,000+ person event were donated to YAI—a program providing summer camp, crisis intervention, occupational and physical therapies, and more to both children and adults in New York, New Jersey, and California.
Upholding this long standing tradition of giving, this year the Robot Heart Foundation will donate $50,000 to the City Parks Foundation to adopt a park. Our chosen park, to be confirmed with the Parks Dept, is First Park on the Lower East Side. A special park where our Founder regularly took his children before his untimely passing, we plan to honor his legacy with a mural highlighting climate change, conservation, and its impacts. In addition, we also plan to create a program this year that will help put a student through an art or music school in the city. It is important to us that the Foundation not only pursues its direct mission of promoting appreciation of the arts but also supports not only causes close to our hearts but also those of our partners.
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Gary Mueller
President & Board Member
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Clare Laverty
Executive Committee & Board Member
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Justin Shaffer
Executive Committee & Board Member
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Jason Swamy
Executive Committee & Board Member
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Rob Scott
Secretary & Board Member
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Rob Torti
Treasurer & Board Member
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Walter Smith
Board Member
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Ed Kilduff
Board Member
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Tom Katis
Board Member
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Benjamin Alexander
Board Member
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Ting Ji
Board Member

At Robot Heart we're bringing the magic of love and beats to the world. Using the global language of music and movement, we work with artists, technologists and visionaries of all types to create wonder-filled, awe-inspiring moments, and support our mission of elevating the human experience.

The Robot Heart Foundation is a 501c3 organization supporting artists and the arts by creating and funding projects—whether they be self-created, collaborative or commissioned. While our core focus is experiential music and technology, we span the globe, defy genres and borders, and connect dots in the hopes of facilitating an innovative artistic experience for those in our community and beyond.

Fare Forward is the brainchild of the team behind the infamous Burning Man camp Robot Heart. Robot Heart’s exceptional track record of fostering tight-knit communities, creating large-scale events and extraordinary experiences has given wings to the vision that is Fare Forward.