Georgia · Private foundation
Chick-fil-A Foundation Inc
Its FY2021 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $72k
- Granted FY2021
- 2
- Grants FY2021
- 2
- Organizations funded FY2021
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2021
- Median grant, FY2021
- $50,000
- Largest grant, FY2021
- $50,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 2 to 310
- FY2017 to FY2021
- States reached, FY2021
- 2
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2021, 0% of the organizations Chick-fil-A Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2021, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2021 | 2 | $72k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 9 | $8.9M | 67% |
| FY2017 | 310 | $9.9M | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2021.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2021, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feeding America | $3,022,275 | 2 | 0% |
| Fellowship of Christian Athletes | $1,650,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Junior Achievement USA | $1,150,000 | 3 | 3% |
| Junior Achievement of Georgia | $1,062,500 | 2 | 16% |
| City of Refuge | $1,000,548 | 1 | 7% |
| 3de National LLC | $1,000,000 | 1 | 12% |
| Covenant House Georgia Inc | $630,000 | 2 | 5% |
| Covenant House Florida Inc | $600,000 | 1 | 7% |
| Covenant House Texas | $600,000 | 1 | 7% |
| Covenant House Washington DC | $600,000 | 1 | 10% |
Show all 149 grantees
Plus 167 recipients with no EIN on record ($2.6M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Chick-fil-A Foundation Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 2 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 114 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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How this is measured
Co-funders
Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
Open a dossier: Georgia Power Foundation Inc · The Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta Inc · United Way of Greater Atlanta Inc · The Imlay Foundation Inc · The Coca-Cola Foundation Inc · The Sartain Lanier Family Foundation Inc · Jewish Federation of Greater Atlanta Inc · THDF II Inc DBA The Home Depot Foundation & Homer Fund · Atl Fdn-W Peters Main · Tr Uw Charles I Branan · Publix Super Markets Charities Inc · The Arthur M Blank Family Foundation
How this is measured
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About Chick-fil-A Foundation Inc
- How much does Chick-fil-A Foundation Inc give?
- Chick-fil-A Foundation Inc reported 2 grants totaling $72,275 in its FY2021 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 310 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2021.
- What does Chick-fil-A Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2021, its largest causes are Food & Nutrition (17%), Education (15%), Youth Development (14%).
- Who are Chick-fil-A Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2021: Feeding America ($3.0M), Fellowship of Christian Athletes ($1.6M), Junior Achievement USA ($1.1M).
- Does Chick-fil-A Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2021, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Chick-fil-A Foundation Inc accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Chick-fil-A Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Georgia Power Foundation Inc, The Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta Inc, United Way of Greater Atlanta Inc.
- Where is Chick-fil-A Foundation Inc based?
- Chick-fil-A Foundation Inc is based in GA.
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