Celebrating our 2025 Recipients
In 2025, it was our privilege to award $6 million to help nonprofits across the U.S., Puerto Rico, Canada and the United Kingdom, which are working to strengthen their communities. Through our annual Chick-fil-A True Inspiration Awards® program, nonprofit organizations that are either nominated by local Chick-fil-A Owner-Operators or have applied through the Chick-fil-A website can win grants of up to $350,000 to further their impact. Every year, Chick-fil-A One® Members vote through the Chick-fil-A App to help us determine our regional winners.
S. Truett Cathy Honoree
Each year, one organization is selected as the S. Truett Cathy Honoree. This grant recipient embodies the generous, innovative spirit of Chick-fil-A’s late founder — pioneering new ways to solve problems and serve others.
Old Skool Cafe
San Francisco, CA
Nominated by Operator Susanna Choe
Old Skool Cafe is a youth-run supper club and violence prevention program, offering at-risk youth ages 16-22 job training and a second chance in a 1920s-style jazz restaurant. The grant will help support the expansion of staff training in trauma-informed coaching, enhance youth job readiness programs and strengthen community partnership to support at-risk youth in the community.
Top category winners
In 2025, 26 organizations were selected as Category Winners. These nonprofits demonstrate leadership and impact in the areas of caring for people, caring for communities, caring for others through food and caring for our planet. In addition, five Global Recipients, including the first nonprofit in the United Kingdom were awarded grants. A new category, “Subsidiary Recipients,” was also introduced this year for organizations nominated by General Managers from Chick-fil-A Supply distribution centers and Bay Center Foods, which are subsidiary companies of Chick-fil-A, Inc. This addition demonstrates Chick-fil-A’s dedication to localized impact, supporting nonprofits in cities that play a crucial role in the company’s supply chain operations.
Communities
Anti-Violence Partnership
Anti-Violence Partnership
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
AVP seeks to reduce the cycle of violence by providing a range of services for victims and their families to rebuild their lives in the aftermath of violence.
Good Samaritan Health Centers of Gwinnett
Good Samaritan Health Centers of Gwinnett
Norcross, Georgia
Good Samaritan Health Centers of Gwinnett demonstrates the love of Christ by providing quality, affordable, and accessible medical and dental services.
Sheridan House Family Ministries
Sheridan House Family Ministries
Davie, Florida
The mission of Sheridan House Family Ministries, Inc. is to honor Christ, by serving the needs of children and families.
Train Up A Child, Inc.
Train Up A Child, Inc.
St. Louis, Missouri
Train Up A Child, Inc. provides comprehensive tutoring services that cater to children and adults, fostering academic growth and preparing individuals to thrive in the workforce.
People
Aslan Youth Ministries
Aslan Youth Ministries
Red Bank, New Jersey
Since 1975, Aslan has served as a lifeline for at-risk youth, empowering them through programs supporting their educational and spiritual growth.
Special Equestrians
Special Equestrians
Warrington, Pennsylvania
The mission of Special Equestrians is to improve the physical, mental and emotional well-being of individuals with disabilities through the equine experience.
Sheridan House Family Ministries
The Child and Family Network Centers
Alexandria, Virginia
CFNC’s mission is to provide free high-quality, multilingual early education and wrap around services to under resourced children and their families.
Travis Manion Foundation
Travis Manion Foundation
Doylestown, Pennsylvania
Travis Manion Foundation (TMF) empowers veterans and families of the fallen to develop character in future generations.
Food
Brighter Bites
Brighter Bites
Las Cruces, New Mexico
Brighter Bites’ mission is to create communities of health through fresh food and help children and families in under-resourced communities live brighter, healthier lives.
Center of United Methodist Aid to the Community (CUMAC)
Center of United Methodist Aid to the Community (
Paterson, New Jersey
CUMAC’s mission is to fight hunger and its root causes through a holistic, trauma-informed approach that provides groceries and basic necessities to those in need.
Merced County Food Bank
Merced County Food Bank
Merced, California
To improve the health and well-being of Merced & Mariposa County residents affected by hunger; through the acquisition, storage, and distribution of nutritious food.
Safe Harbor of Chester County
Safe Harbor of Chester County
West Chester, Pennsylvania
We Don’t Waste supports the community and the environment by reclaiming and redistributing quality food to those in need.
Planet
Ecology Project International
Ecology Project International
Missoula, Montana
Ecology Project International aims to inspire youth with nature and empower them with science, fostering tomorrow’s leaders.
Friends of the Topeka Zoo
Friends of the Topeka Zoo
Topeka, Kansas
Friends of the Topeka Zoo’s mission is to enrich our community through wildlife conservation and education.
Out Teach
Out Teach
Washington, D.C.
Out Teach’s mission is to equip teachers with the power of experiential learning outdoors to unlock student performance.
Warriors & Quiet Waters Foundation
Warriors & Quiet Waters Foundation
Bozeman, Montana
Warriors & Quiet Waters empowers post-9/11 combat veterans and their loved ones to thrive and live purpose-driven lives.
Global Recipient
Happy Sonship
Happy Sonship
Puerto Rico
The Happy Givers provides social services to senior citizens in need throughout Vega Baja and Vega Alta.
Hospitality Action
Hospitality Action
London, England, United Kingdom
Hospitality Action is here to give the help, advice and support hospitality workers need when times get tough.
Signal Hill Life Education Society
Signal Hill Life Education Society
Langley, British Columbia, Canada
Signal Hill Life Education Society provides educators and parents with free, educational resources to help their students navigate important life topics.
Toronto City Mission
Toronto City Mission
Scarborough, Ontario, Canada
Through God’s transformational power, we build loving relationships to bring hope to children and families impacted by poverty.
Windsor Family Home and Community Partnerships
Windsor Family Home and Community Partnerships
Windsor, Ontario, Canada
Windsor Family Homes and Community Partnerships is dedicated to making a positive impact through its social housing and support services.
Subsidiary
Tennessee Alliance for Kids
Tennessee Alliance for Kids
Nashville, Tennessee
Tennessee Alliance for Kids engages the community to meet the emergent needs of children in foster care, those at risk of entering care, and youth aging out.
TheBlackManCan
TheBlackManCan
East Windsor, Connecticut
The Black Man Can, Inc. curates, creates and amplifies authentic stories, events and programs that celebrate and exemplify the limitless capacities of Black men and boys
Folds of Honor
Folds of Honor
Owasso, Oklahoma
Since 2007, Folds of Honor has provided educational scholarships to America’s fallen or disabled military members and first responders’ spouses and children.
Southern Alamance Family Empowerment
Southern Alamance Family Empowerment
Graham, North Carolina
Southern Alamance Family Empowerment, Inc. provides free food distribution services and health screenings for families and individuals in need.
Special Olympics of Georgia – Bartow County
Special Olympics of Georgia – Bartow County
Cartersville, Georgia
Special Olympics Georgia provides sports training and athletic competition in a variety of Olympic-type sports for all children and adults with intellectual disabilities
Regional winners
This year, 29 organizations were selected as 2025 Regional Winners for their work in one of the four categories: Caring for People, Caring for Communities, Caring for Others through Food or Caring for our Planet. These organizations were nominated by a Chick-fil-A Operator and Chick-fil-A One Customers had the opportunity to vote for their favorite finalist in the Chick-fil-A App last fall.
Atlantic Region
Communities in Schools of Appalachian Highlands
Bristol, Virginia
Nominated by Operator Joshua Horner
Midwest Region
Northeast Region
Southeast Region
Southwest Region
West Region
How can nonprofits apply for a grant?
Meet past winners
Read inspiring stories of previous True Inspiration Awards® recipients who are creating solutions to issues facing their communities.
