Within recent years, Chick-Fil-A chose to donate money to charities that contain anti-LGBTQ views and with this comes controversy about who they are granting their money to.

Chick-Fil-A is considered one of the largest fast-food restaurant chains across America. With locations in 47 out of the 50 states, millions of Americans tasted and loved the famous Chick-Fil-A sandwich. 

To fix the backlash they received in the past, Chick-Fil-A has announced that they will no longer be a participant when it comes to donating money to organizations such as the Salvation Army and the Fellowship of Christian Athletes. According to Cameron Sperance from Bisnow, a digital media company, “Future partners could include faith-based and non-faith-based charities, but the company said none of the organizations have anti-LGBT positions.”

In 2016, Chick-Fil-A donated $115,000 to The Salvation Army and around $1.65 million to the FCA (Fellowship of Christian Athletes). CNN commented, “The fast-food chain announced on Monday that beginning next year, it will only donate to a certain group of charities.” On the other hand, Tim Tassopoulos, president and chief operating officer of Chick-fil-A, said in a statement, “No organization will be excluded from future consideration— faith-based or non-faith-based.”

As Chick-Fil-A continues to spread into more liberal parts of the United States, they will begin to put their focus into donating to organizations that help education, homelessness, and hunger. For example, recently they have opened restaurants in New York City.