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Chick-fil-A opens applications for $5 million in grants, Indy-area nonprofits eligible

The 2022 True Inspiration Awards grants range from $50,000 to $350,000.
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FILE - This July 19, 2012, file photo shows a Chick-fil-A fast food restaurant in Atlanta. Chick-fil-A is ending donations to three groups that oppose gay marriage in an effort to halt protests and broaden its customer base. But the move has angered some of the fast food chain’s fans. The Atlanta-based company said Monday, Nov. 18, 2019, that starting next year, it will focus its giving on three areas: hunger, homelessness and education. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart, File)

INDIANAPOLIS — Chick-fil-A is opening applications for $5 million in grants to 34 deserving nonprofits that are Black-led or impacting communities of color in the areas of education, homelessness and hunger.

The 2022 True Inspiration Awards grants range from $50,000 to $350,000.

“There are incredible nonprofit organizations across the U.S. and Canada working to address key issues that disproportionately affect communities of color in the areas of education, homelessness and hunger,” said Rodney Bullard, vice president of corporate social responsibility for Chick-fil-A, Inc. “Through our annual True Inspiration Awards, we are honored to help these organizations, based in the communities we serve, extend their impact, helping to pave the way for greater opportunity and equity.”

Eligible nonprofits can apply for the grants on the Chick-fil-A website starting March 2 or can be nominated by a local Chick-fil-A restaurant Operator. Organizations have until May 31, 2021 to apply.

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