In 2019, the Chick-fil-A Foundation said it would stop donating to two groups that have been criticized by advocates of LGBTQ+ rights. Records show the foundation kept its word.
that it would still consider faith-based and nonfaith-based organizations for donations.on The WOW Report, a website run by the entertainment company World of Wonder.
The WOW Report article cited tax documents from 2018 — a year before Chick-fil-A said it would stop donating to the Salvation Army and the Fellowship of Christian Athletes. The records show donations of about $1.8 million; about $1.6 million to the Fellowship of Christian Athletes and $115,000 to the Salvation Army., the most recent publicly available, do not show donations to Salvation Army or the Fellowship of Christian Athletes.
Bryan Malenius, a Chick-fil-A spokesperson, told PolitiFact the company did not donate to those two organizations after 2019.PolitiFact researcher Caryn Baird contributed to this report.
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