Jack White helps launch National Recording Preservation Foundation by donating $200K

A Seven Nation Army can’t hold Jack White back from his recent donating stint, firstly giving $142,000 to save Detroit’s Masonic Temple and now, according to Billboard, the White Stripes man has now thrown $200,000 towards the National Recording Preservation Foundation.

The National Recording Preservation Foundation was built to preserve and make accessible the United States’ recorded sound history by supporting libraries, archives and other institutions. White’s contribution was not only the first donation the foundation had received but it will also only help get the organisation on it’s feet to start giving out grants.

“With this contribution we can now put up our basic structure, begin enacting the preservation plan – and give out our first grants. We’re committed to doing that right away, and certainly within the coming months,” Executive Director Gerald Seligman told Billboard.

White’s very charitable action has also landed him a seat on the board of the foundation where chairman Sam Brylawski hopes that his influence will many more from the music industry to help in order “to help ensure that we are able to preserve and make accessible recent and historical recordings at risk of loss.”