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Chick-fil-A awards more than $5M in grants

Kansas nonprofit Joy Meadows received a $350,000 grant after being named the S. Truett Cathy Honoree for the 2024 Chick-fil-A True Inspiration Awards. The funding will help the organization further its efforts to provide foster families with community support, housing and other resources. Photo: Chick-fil-A

January 10, 2024

Chick-fil-A has awarded grants totally $5.48 million to 51 non-profit organizations through its True Inspiration Awards, according to a press release.

The grants range in total from $30,000 to $350,000 and include recipients from the U.S., Canada and Puerto Rico.

This year's S. Truett Cathy top nonprofit recipient, Joy Meadows, received a $350,000 grant. Joy Meadows is an organization that provides foster families with community support, housing and other resources across the greater Kansas City area. The grant will help support the expansion of therapy, day camps, caregiver training and other programming for the organization.

The S. Truett Cathy Honoree grant is awarded to an organization that embodies the innovative and entrepreneurial spirit of Chick-fil-A's late founder.

"I've seen firsthand the good that Joy Meadows brings to the Kansas City area and the foster care community," Drew Severns, local owner-operator of Chick-fil-A Lenexa, who helped prepare the nomination for Joy Meadows, said in the release. "From on-site therapy to a free clothing closet to day camps, this grant will allow Joy Meadows to continue impacting families across Kansas City."

"Across the communities Chick-fil-A serves, we strive to have a positive impact, and we are honored to support local nonprofits that are truly making a difference in their neighborhoods," Brent Fielder, senior director of corporate social responsibility for Chick-fil-A Inc., said in the release. "This year's True Inspiration Awards grant recipients are doing incredible work in their local communities — from feeding those in need to providing resources for military families to supporting the development of students and more. Chick-fil-A is thrilled to help further the impact of these nonprofits through our largest number of True Inspiration Awards to date."

The entire list of recipients can be found here.