California · Nonprofit
TACO BELL FOUNDATION INC
TACO BELL FOUNDATION INC (California) receives grants from 16 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,725,607 to it, the largest being Yum Brands Foundation Inc ($560,000). 10 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $56M
- Funders on record
- 16
- Grants received
- $1.7M
- Net assets
- $81M
What Taco Bell Foundation Inc does
Mission
The taco bell foundation breaks down barriers to educate and inspire the next generation of leaders.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Taco bell foundation grants youth-serving organizations in and around communities where taco bell does business. Our local grants support programs and experiences that prepare young people for high school graduation and empower them to channel their passions so they can go on to achieve their dreams through secondary education. Since 2013, the taco bell foundation has granted more than $189 million to approximately 500 nonprofits across the country.
$27,472,735 spentof which $23,700,210 as grants68% of program spendingThe live mas scholarship program is designed to help innovators and creators ages 16-26 pursue unique passions that may not necessarily fit into the traditional "academic or "athletic" scholarship categories. The application only requires an application where applicants share what they love to do. The 2024 scholarship program awarded nearly $11 million. The wide range of student passions include medicine, film, engineering, music and community service. Taco bell foundation has already awarded $50 million in education support to 2,825 students. Students in the program have also been given access to opportunities beyond finances, through workshops to help develop personal and professional skills.
$12,667,601 spentof which $10,928,101 as grants32% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $40,140,336.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2022 to 2023, from $49M to $70M (+42%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
94% of TACO BELL FOUNDATION INC’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (26% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Chief executive
Jennifer Bradbury
Executive director(until 05/31/2024)
Board chair
Neil Borkan
Chairman/director
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 9 funders, grant income rose $35k → $385k.
10 of 16 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 30% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of TACO BELL FOUNDATION INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
TACO BELL FOUNDATION INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 32% of grant income, and it takes 3 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 funders to its left
56% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund TACO BELL FOUNDATION INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 83% · 2019 100% · 2020 89% · 2021 94% · 2022 85% · 2023 65% — diversifying over time.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How long its funders stay
50% of TACO BELL FOUNDATION INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 63% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
TACO BELL FOUNDATION INC draws 80% of its grant income from funders outside California, across 6 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $521k arriving through sponsors registered in 9 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
TACO BELL FOUNDATION INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 149 unclassified nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 149 unclassified nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2024
Organizations like TACO BELL FOUNDATION INC
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In California
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
96% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
95%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 49 states
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for TACO BELL FOUNDATION INC: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds TACO BELL FOUNDATION INC?
- TACO BELL FOUNDATION INC (California) receives grants from 16 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,725,607 to it, the largest being Yum Brands Foundation Inc ($560,000). 10 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does TACO BELL FOUNDATION INC have?
- IRS filings report 16 organizations giving $1,725,607 in grants to TACO BELL FOUNDATION INC, 10 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of TACO BELL FOUNDATION INC?
- Yum Brands Foundation Inc is the largest funder on record, with $560,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like TACO BELL FOUNDATION INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in California. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 16 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing