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The official foundation established by John Prine's family to honor his legacy, generosity of spirit, and commitment to community.
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John Prine wrote the song “Hello In There” while walking his mail route in Maywood, IL. He was not yet 22 years old but he had the compassion and kindness even then to understand that sometimes just a simple “Hello,” or a random act of kindness can make a difference.
John’s family created the Hello In There Foundation to honor his legacy, generosity of spirit, and commitment to community.
Since 2021, the foundation has given away $1.4 million to 100+ organizations, continuing his lifelong commitment to supporting marginalized communities through grants addressing food security, housing, mental health, addiction recovery, and the arts.
This Giving Tuesday, join us in carrying forward John’s spirit of compassion. Link in bio, or visit HITF.org, to learn more and get involved.
With gratitude,
The Prine Family
02 Dec 2025
We wanted to take a moment to re-introduce ourselves for all of our new followers!
The empathy John showed for those around him, and those forgotten by society, is what we hope to embody through our work.
You can learn more or contribute to our cause at the link in our bio.
Photo Credit: Jim McGuire
06 Mar 2025
The 5th anniversary of John’s passing is today.
Five years is a long time by some measure, but when you miss a loved one the way I miss John, time becomes kind of meaningless. Not a day goes by that I don’t think about him AND the families of more than a million Americans who died, like John, in that first brutal wave of Covid.
While I have so very much to be grateful for, I can say that these last five years have been difficult, but my lovely family is a constant source of comfort and joy. Since 2020, we have celebrated one wedding (Tommy and Savannah), and are looking forward to another (Jack and Hannah), AND the arrival of a new grandchild later this year.
Jody still oversees our growing roster at Oh Boy Records. I am currently working on an exciting project that I know you will LOVE. More on that soon…
In addition to the privilege of working to preserve and expand John’s legacy, there is one abiding passion that has propelled me to put one foot in front of the other, even on the hard days. I am so proud of the work we have done - with your incredible support - at the Hello in There Foundation. As we begin our fourth year, it feels like we have planted strong roots and are growing steadily every season. At the end of 2024, we reached a milestone of one million dollars in grantmaking to 71 community-based groups all over the United States.
Which brings me to a special announcement! You Got Gold 2025 will happen October 9 - 12, once again in Nashville. If you haven’t already signed up for the foundation’s mailing list, please do so at the link in bio, and be on the lookout for a special email with all the details you need!
Thank you, thank you from the bottom of my heart for your support, kindness, messages and especially for supporting the work of Hello In There. Getting the opportunity to spread love, kindness and generosity truly does keep John’s memory and spirit alive.
07 Apr 2025
Happy Veterans Day from all of us at the Hello in There Foundation. 💛🇺🇸
This past June, on the morning of our @wolf_trap concert, we gathered at the Armed Forces Retirement Home in Washington, DC, which provides a home and community for retired and disabled service members. A full house of residents and HITF volunteers came together for a @john_prine singalong and ice cream social, led by area musician Robbie Cooper and a team of volunteer song leaders. Fiona and Jack Prine spent the morning visiting with residents and thanking them for their service. One resident told us of his deep John Prine fandom and was appreciative of the time musicians took to walk through some favorite tunes with him on guitar.
John was a veteran himself, and giving for veterans’ organizations is a key pillar of our grantmaking.
To help keep the music going long after that day, we granted the AFRH a new portable PA system along with a collection of John’s CDs. We love knowing that singalongs, concerts, and gatherings are filling the halls with music today.
To the residents of AFRH and to every veteran: thank you. We’re grateful for you. 🎶
11 Nov 2026
Rolling into the weekend, and we’re still thinking about a couple Sundays ago, when we celebrated John in Maywood, the village where he grew up, alongside our friends at @housingforward. Based in Maywood, Housing Forward works locally to help people move from housing crisis to housing stability, offering emergency shelter, a daytime support center, rental assistance, and supportive housing for individuals and families. With winter on the way, their team is busier than ever, and we were honored to lend a hand.
Throughout the day, folks stopped by to pitch in, writing letters of encouragement for neighbors staying at the emergency shelter, all while visiting and enjoying some breakfast treats. We like to think that John, who delivered mail in Maywood, would have loved delivering each one. We also offered trolley tours that day so that fans and friends could see the neighborhoods that shaped John as a boy.
Together, we helped to fill three huge bins with coats, hats, scarves, gloves, and warm boots, which have now been distributed through Housing Forward’s Maywood Support Center and Anderson Emergency Shelter.
The cards we wrote now hang on display at the shelter, where staff have been reading them with residents, sharing John’s story, and playing his songs over dinner. Shelter manager Vivian told us the residents talked openly about how the notes made them feel, and that being encouraged inspired them to go out and encourage someone else that day.
We’re so grateful to Housing Forward for welcoming us in partnership, and to every volunteer who wrote a note, brought a coat, or rode along with us through John’s hometown. If you’d like to learn more about Housing Forward’s work (and support their winter weather wish list, or make a donation!) visit housingforward.org/give or click the link in our bio.
📸 courtesy of Housing Forward and @mthornphoto
30 Oct 2026
THANK YOU for an amazing week, Chicago! 💛
From the Metro to the Chicago Theatre, Old Town School of Folk Music to Maywood, thousands of you came together in Chicago to celebrate John’s 80th birthday with us. We really felt the love.
A rundown of our week…
🎙️ The Literary Heart of John Prine at the Metro with Margo Price, Silas House, Jon Langford, and Mark Guarino
🎬 How Lucky outtakes at Old Town School, followed by our big night at the Chicago Theatre
📚 Memories of John’s Chicago at the Chicago History Museum, plus a screening and conversation with Fiona Prine and John Anderson at the Gene Siskel Film Center
🎂 A birthday celebration at Old Town School of Folk Music with a mural dedication by Jon Langford, cake and a joyful sing-along, an art show celebrating John, then a club show at Martyrs’ that was one for the ages
🚋 A trolley tour of Maywood, where you donated warm coats and wrote letters of encouragement for neighbors served by Housing Forward
🍗 Hot chicken, cold beer, Handsome Johnnies, and a look-alike contest John would have loved at Hattie B’s
All proceeds from Souvenirs week support our community grants in John’s memory. 🙏
The celebration keeps going all October! Share your photos and memories and tag us @sayhellointhere. Souvenirs merch reprints are coming soon to our shop, and you can give in honor of John’s birthday at the link in bio.
📸 Madison Thorn & Will Byington
14 Oct 2026
Happy Birthday John Prine.
We all miss you down here on earth 💛
📸 by David McClister
10 Oct 2026
“How Lucky” (2026)
Happy 80th Birthday Mr. John Prine 🎂
Original Art: @jonlangfordoffical
Painted Mural Production: @bigwallsigns
📍: @oldtownschool
❤️: @sayhellointhere
🤝: @oldboyrecords
🎥: @jomula 🛸
🫡: @illinoisartscouncil
A privilege to be trusted with the task of honoring one of Chicago’s most beloved musicians. It was an added touch of specialness to collaborate with the legendary @jonlangfordoffical. Sending our warmest regards to the @sayhellointhere Foundation for the community work that they do and their mission to make people’s lives better. May the joy and inspiration that Prine brought to so many people continue to live on.
Thank you to everyone involved, especially our crew:
@someguyesteban, @joshuamorgantattoos, @mena_arte_chicago, @tts_pyxl, and @disgustingisgood
Happy to have you all’s hand in such a special assignment.
Honorable mention to @finestlinestudios for always taking our preproduction calls and @brandsafway for the rental equipment/assist with staging.
If there’s anything we are reminded of by this project it is to keep putting your heart into everything, give it your best even on the hard days, expect the unexpected and ALWAYS hand paint. 🖤
#johnprine
#oldtownschooloffolkmusic
#alwayshandpaint
#hellointhere
#howlucky
10 Oct 2026
What a magical night at the Chicago Theater✨ Souvenirs: 80 Years of John Prine was everything we had envisioned and more! Amongst the amazing musical lineup we had a couple of suprises such as a performance of “Summer’s End” by Jeff Tweedy, as well as a special appearance from the mayor of Chicago, Mayor Brandon Johnson, who took to the stage to proclaim October 10th, 2026 as John Prine Day in Chicago!
Thank you to all the artists who performed, to @therealjohncreilly for hosting and every one of you who attended this SOLD OUT show💌
Photos by: @willbyingtonportraits @mthornphoto
#johnprine #chicago #johnprineday
09 Oct 2026
John Prine would have celebrated his 80th birthday on Saturday, Oct. 10. To mark the occasion, The Current reached out to Prine’s estate and widow, Fiona Whelan Prine, to find someone to lend some words of remembrance to this occasion. They came back with not one, but two artists deeply inspired by John Prine. Allison Russell and JT Nero — partners in music and in life — answered that call.
Log in for free to read their words at thecurrent.org.
📸 @richfury / Getty Images
@john_prine @fprine @allisonrussellmusic @jtneromusic @birdsofchicago #johnprine
09 Oct 2026
john prine 💌 for the past few years, we’ve been extremely honored by the opportunity to pay homage to the one and only John Prine with the yearly release of a limited edition t-shirt — one made in support of John’s The Hello in There Foundation.
with each shirt, we try our best to pay reverence to him as a songwriter — insightful, poetic, and precise. but more than that, his family and team have challenged us to represent the humor, compassion, and lightheartedness they knew him by.
this year’s release feels particularly special, as it coincides with what would have been John’s 80th birthday, as well as a weekend celebrating his life and legacy in his former home of Chicago.
with that in mind, we wanted to draw inspiration from his life in the Windy City — tapping into his time as a postman, where he would write songs as he delivered mail by day and perform his music at open mics by night.
a portion of proceeds from the sale of each t-shirt will be donated directly to The Hello in There Foundation — an initiative established by the family of John Prine to honor his memory and continue the love, kindness, and generosity he shared with the world.
( + link in bio )
09 Oct 2026
Tonight’s the night! Souvenirs: 80 Years of John Prine takes the stage at The Chicago Theatre.
To mark the occasion, artist Rachel Briggs @wiresandfires created our official Souvenirs show poster. Rachel dug through vintage street scenes and her own photos from her years living in the city, imagining a classic Midwestern billboard of aged steel, pigeons, and hand-lettered type inspired by old Chicago signage.
At its heart is a big beautiful guitar rising over a bustling neighborhood. If you look closely, you’ll find dozens of Easter eggs: nods to John’s lyrics, his life, and his songs. How many can you spot?
Find the poster at the show tonight! Thanks to @wiresandfires for her beautiful work and for @grandpalace_nashville for their amazing work printing it for us. Swipe for a couple of process videos and the finished poster at the end. 💛
08 Oct 2026
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