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Committed to Caring: A Look Back at Chick-fil-A’s 2024 Global Impact
May 12, 2025
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From scholarships and surplus food donations to sustainability milestones, Chick-fil-A strives to have a positive influence throughout the communities we serve.
Chick-fil-A Founder S. Truett Cathy was known for saying “a great company is a caring company.” This important spirit of generosity and service remains evident across Chick-fil-A today. It starts with local Owner-Operators and their Team Members at more than 3,000 Restaurants across the U.S., Puerto Rico, Canada and beyond. The commitment is also embodied by Chick-fil-A, Inc. Staff and Chick-fil-A, Inc. subsidiaries, as we collectively work to make a difference and positively impact others.
From advancing education to addressing food insecurity to embracing opportunities for environmental stewardship, the 2024 Global Impact Report highlights how the Chick-fil-A community made progress across its four focus areas: Caring for People, Caring for Communities, Caring through Food and Caring for the Planet.
Caring for People
- $26.4 million in scholarships awarded to 14,000+ Team Members, including the first $25,000 scholarship in Canada.
- Launched Breadbox™ with Junior Achievement® to help Restaurant Team Members with budgeting, financial planning and more.
- Distributed 4,200 grants, totaling $1.8 million in aid, through the Chick-fil-A Together Fund.
- Surpassed 2025 goal to impact over 50,000 Team Members through education since 2020 (54,000 Team Members impacted).
Caring for Communities
- $6 million in grants awarded to 56 nonprofits through the True Inspiration Awards® program.
- 500,000+ hours of service completed by Chick-fil-A Leader Academy™ students.
- Chick-fil-A, Inc. and Owner-Operators worked with Junior Achievement to open three new JA BizTown® or JA Finance Park® locations.
- Supported the U.S. Armed Forces and veterans:
- Provided free meals to cadets at the Army, Navy, Air Force and Coast Guard U.S. military academies.
- $800,000 donated to Blue Angels Foundation.
- Surpassed 2025 goal of providing 3 million people with resources that support economic mobility since 2020 (3.2 million people impacted).
Caring Through Food
- 9.9 million meals created from surplus food donations through the Chick-fil-A Shared Table® program.
- Over $3 million donated to Feeding America in the U.S. and Second Harvest in Canada to help end community hunger.
- 2 million meals packed in under two hours at Chick-fil-A's annual conference in partnership with U.S. Hunger and Convoy of Hope.
- 150 million meals provided since 2020 toward goal of 200 million meals by 2025 (75% complete).
Caring for the Planet
- 19 million pounds of food waste diverted in 2024.
- 85% of restaurants converted used cooking oil into the manufacture of renewable diesel.
- First restaurant brand to join U.S. Food Waste Pact.
- Surpassed 2025 goal to divert 25 million pounds of food waste from landfills (59.4 million pounds diverted since 2020).
As the number of Chick-fil-A restaurants – and their reach – continues to grow, so does the opportunity to inspire positive change. You can read more in the Chick-fil-A 2024 Global Impact Report and at www.chick-fil-a.com/corporate-social-responsibility.
From scholarships and surplus food donations to sustainability milestones, Chick-fil-A strives to have a positive influence throughout the communities we serve.
Chick-fil-A Founder S. Truett Cathy was known for saying “a great company is a caring company.” This important spirit of generosity and service remains evident across Chick-fil-A today. It starts with local Owner-Operators and their Team Members at more than 3,000 Restaurants across the U.S., Puerto Rico, Canada and beyond. The commitment is also embodied by Chick-fil-A, Inc. Staff and Chick-fil-A, Inc. subsidiaries, as we collectively work to make a difference and positively impact others.
From advancing education to addressing food insecurity to embracing opportunities for environmental stewardship, the 2024 Global Impact Report highlights how the Chick-fil-A community made progress across its four focus areas: Caring for People, Caring for Communities, Caring through Food and Caring for the Planet.
Caring for People
- $26.4 million in scholarships awarded to 14,000+ Team Members, including the first $25,000 scholarship in Canada.
- Launched Breadbox™ with Junior Achievement® to help Restaurant Team Members with budgeting, financial planning and more.
- Distributed 4,200 grants, totaling $1.8 million in aid, through the Chick-fil-A Together Fund.
- Surpassed 2025 goal to impact over 50,000 Team Members through education since 2020 (54,000 Team Members impacted).
Caring for Communities
- $6 million in grants awarded to 56 nonprofits through the True Inspiration Awards® program.
- 500,000+ hours of service completed by Chick-fil-A Leader Academy™ students.
- Chick-fil-A, Inc. and Owner-Operators worked with Junior Achievement to open three new JA BizTown® or JA Finance Park® locations.
- Supported the U.S. Armed Forces and veterans:
- Provided free meals to cadets at the Army, Navy, Air Force and Coast Guard U.S. military academies.
- $800,000 donated to Blue Angels Foundation.
- Surpassed 2025 goal of providing 3 million people with resources that support economic mobility since 2020 (3.2 million people impacted).
Caring Through Food
- 9.9 million meals created from surplus food donations through the Chick-fil-A Shared Table® program.
- Over $3 million donated to Feeding America in the U.S. and Second Harvest in Canada to help end community hunger.
- 2 million meals packed in under two hours at Chick-fil-A's annual conference in partnership with U.S. Hunger and Convoy of Hope.
- 150 million meals provided since 2020 toward goal of 200 million meals by 2025 (75% complete).
Caring for the Planet
- 19 million pounds of food waste diverted in 2024.
- 85% of restaurants converted used cooking oil into the manufacture of renewable diesel.
- First restaurant brand to join U.S. Food Waste Pact.
- Surpassed 2025 goal to divert 25 million pounds of food waste from landfills (59.4 million pounds diverted since 2020).
As the number of Chick-fil-A restaurants – and their reach – continues to grow, so does the opportunity to inspire positive change. You can read more in the Chick-fil-A 2024 Global Impact Report and at www.chick-fil-a.com/corporate-social-responsibility.
