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Celebrating our 2023 Recipients

Every year, it is our privilege to award $5 million to help nonprofits across the U.S. and Canada which are working to strengthen their communities. Through our annual Chick-fil-A True Inspiration Awards® program, nonprofit organizations that are either nominated by our 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.

SEMO Alliance for Disability Independence

Cape Girardeau, MO

Nominated by Operator Brian House

SEMO Alliance for Disability Independence is committed to empowering individuals to attain or maintain an independent lifestyle. The nonprofit serves as a community-based, non-residential center for independent living, providing programs and services that enable persons with disabilities to remain in their own home and community as opposed to in an institution.

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Community Story

SEMO Alliance for Disability Independence

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Top Category Winners

In 2023, 16 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.

People

Brooklyn Jesuit Prep

Brooklyn Jesuit Prep

Raytown, MO

Brooklyn Jesuit Prep serves a diverse group of students from low-income backgrounds by developing young leaders, breaking the cycle of poverty through education.

City House

City House

Plano, TX

City House provides for, serves and empowers children and young adults experiencing abuse, neglect or homelessness.

Hearts for Hearing

Hearts for Hearing

Oklahoma City, OK

Hearts for Hearing creates life-changing opportunities for children and adults with hearing loss to listen for a lifetime.

No Limits Theater Group

No Limits Theater Group

Culver City, CA

No Limits Theater Group teaches low-income deaf children and their families the skills to succeed through its educational centers and theater arts program.

Communities

Clover (formerly Kingsley House)

Clover (formerly Kingsley House)

New Orleans, LA

Clover educates children, strengthens families and builds community to create a city and region where all young people are ready to succeed, and all citizens are healthy and economically stable.

Family Promise of Grand Rapids

Family Promise of Grand Rapids

Grand Rapids , MI

Family Promise provides emergency shelter and basic needs to families experiencing homelessness, as well as assistance in finding housing and sustaining independence.

Foundation for Women Warriors

Foundation for Women Warriors

Vista, CA

The Foundation for Women Warriors serves women veterans and their children so that their next mission is clear and they continue to impact the world.

Illumination Foundation

Illumination Foundation

Orange, CA

The Illumination Foundation provides targeted, interdisciplinary services to those in need to disrupt the cycle of homelessness.

Food

Bracken’s Kitchen

Bracken’s Kitchen

Fountain Valley, CA

Bracken’s Kitchen is committed to rescuing, repurposing and restoring both food and lives through food rescue, culinary training and community feed programs.

Infant Crisis Services

Infant Crisis Services

Oklahoma City, OK

Infant Crisis Services serves babies and toddlers by providing food and resources for families at a community center and through a mobile food and diaper pantry, the BabyMobile.

Rescuing Leftover Cuisine

Rescuing Leftover Cuisine

New York, NY

Rescuing Leftover Cuisine redistributes excess food to people experiencing food insecurity.

We Don’t Waste

We Don’t Waste

Denver, CO

We Don’t Waste supports the community and the environment by reclaiming and redistributing quality food to those in need.

Planet

Creighton Community Foundation

Creighton Community Foundation

Phoenix, AZ

Creighton Community Foundation builds strong communities in east-central Phoenix by supporting community engagement around inner-city schools.

Food Rescue US

Food Rescue US

Stamford, CT

Food Rescue US reduces food waste & insecurity in America by using technology to engage volunteers who transfer food from local businesses to social service agencies who serve the food insecure.

Sasha Bruce Youthwork

Sasha Bruce Youthwork

Washington, D.C.

Sasha Bruce Youthwork improves the lives of runaway, homeless, abused and neglected youth and their families.

Three Rivers Land Trust

Three Rivers Land Trust

Salisbury, NC

Three Rivers Land Trust protects and conserves land, natural areas, rural landscapes, family farms and historic places within North Carolina’s heartland.

Frequently asked questions

How can nonprofits apply for a grant?

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Regional Winners

This year, 29 organizations were selected as 2023 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

 

  • Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Memphis
  • Memphis, TN
  • Nominated by Operator John Francisco
  • The CARE House of the Pee Dee
  • Florence, SC
  • Nominated by Operator Blake Pate
  • The Filling Station
  • Pollocksville, NC
  • Nominated by Operator Tom Pike
  • FoodShare South Carolina
  • Columbia, SC
  • Nominated by Operator James Bennett
  • Dare to Care Food Bank
  • Louisville,KY
  • Nominated by Operator Micah Childs

Midwest

  • By the Hand Club for Kids
  • Chicago, IL
  • Nominated by Operator Rob Meier
  • Feed My Starving Children
  • Coon Rapids, MN
  • Nominated by Operator Ryan Blanch
  • Community Action House
  • Holland, MI
  • Nominated by Operator Shaun Page
  • Wheaton College
  • Wheaton, IL
  • Nominated by Operator Dave Terhune

Northeast

  • Anne Arundel County CASA
  • Annapolis, MD
  • Nominated by Operator Brian Smith
  • Water Street Mission
  • Lancaster, PA
  • Nominated by Operator Judy Shaffer
  • PATH: People Against Trafficking Humans
  • Depew, NY
  • Nominated by Operator Cassandra Sheedy
  • Inspire Arts & Music
  • Boston, MA
  • Nominated by Operator Matt DeMichele-Rigoni
  • End Hunger in Calvert County
  • Huntingtown, MD
  • Nominated by Operator Todd Smith

Southeast

  • Midwest Food Bank
  • Peachtree City, GA
  • Nominated by Operator Doug Barnett
  • S.H.A.R.E. House
  • Douglasville, GA
  • Nominated by Operator Jordan Philips
  • Chapman Partnership
  • Miami, FL
  • Nominated by Operator Thomas Overby
  • Fantasy Playhouse Children’s Theater
  • Huntsville, AL
  • Nominated by Operator Beth Monroe
  • LifeNet4Families
  • Lauderhill, FL
  • Nominated by Operator Felix Hodges

Southwest

  • Central Texas Table of Grace
  • Round Rock, TX
  • Nominated by Operator Jared Johnson
  • Cornerstone Crossroads Academy
  • Dallas, TX
  • Nominated by Operator William McPherson
  • Breckenridge Village of Tyler
  • Tyler, TX
  • Nominated by Operator Jeff Johnston
  • National Angels
  • Austin, TX
  • Nominated by Operator Darryl Zavodny
  • Mercy Street
  • Dallas, TX
  • Nominated by Operator Jeff Mulkey

West

  • Harmony at Home
  • Carmel, CA
  • Nominated by Operator Randall Brookshire
  • Redwood Empire Food Bank
  • Santa Rosa, CA
  • Nominated by Operator Jas Bains
  • Elevate USA
  • Arvada, CO
  • Nominated by Operator Kevin Brock
  • OUR Center
  • Longmont, CO
  • Nominated by Operator Brent Gooch
  • ZOE International
  • New Hall, CA
  • Nominated by Operator Alyson Perry

Meet past winners

Read inspiring stories of previous True Inspiration Awards® recipients who are creating solutions to issues facing their communities.