Chick-fil-A
reportedly will cease in donating funds to charities, which includes the
Fellowship of Christian Athletes and the Salvation Army after pressure from
LGBT community.
Chick-fil-A
announced recently that it’s re-concentrating its charitable foundation to a
smaller quantity of charities, exclusively focusing on hunger, homelessness,
and education.
Chick-fil-A’s
tax records exhibit that it gave to multiple Christian charitable groups and
schools in 2018. None of these communities appears in a list of the company’s
2019 charitable giving that they made available to the public.
According
to Tassopoulos, the company wants to be “clear about who they are” as they enter
new markets.
He
adds that there isn’t any question that they know that, as they enter new
markets, they must be clear about who they are. There are a lot of newscasts
and articles regarding Chick-fil-A, and they thought they had to be clear about
their message.
As
a result, Chick-fil-A will no longer give funds to organizations, which includes
the Paul Anderson Youth Home, the Fellowship of Christian Athletes, and the
Salvation Army.
These
charities have caused the LGBT community to target the company due to their position
on homosexuality.
Chick-fil-A,
in 2018, gave $115,000 to the Salvation Army for their Angel Tree program that offered
gifts for 11,000 kids during the holidays. Also, the fast-food chain gave $1.65M
to the Fellowship of Christian Athletes to give underserved youngsters
week-long summer sports camps at HCBU (historically black colleges &
universities).
Progressive
Silicon Valley giant, in August, followed the fast-food chain’s lead, and gave
$1.5M to the Salvation Army to battle homelessness.
Chick-fil-A
faced increasing criticism from the LGBT community as it seeks to grow its
corporate footprint. Recently, the Atlanta-based organization announced the
closure of its 1st restaurant in Great Britain just one week after it opened because
of protests from the LGBT community. Airports in Buffalo, NY, and San Antonio,
TX, banned Chick-fil-A fast-food restaurants in the face of likewise pressure.
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