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The Chick-fil-A Foundation announced yesterday that it is introducing a more focused giving

approach to provide additional clarity and impact with the causes it supports.

As a result, it will deepen its giving to a small number of organizations working exclusively

in the areas of education, homelessness, and hunger.

As a result, the Foundation has committed $9 million in 2020 to three initiatives.

It will support education through junior achievement, address youth homelessness through

Covenant House International, and fight hunger by dedicating $25,000 to a local food bank at each new Chick-fil-A opening.

The company's total benevolent gifts will approximate $32 million next year.

What the foundation will not do is continue its financial support of the Salvation Army or the fellowship of Christian athletes,

each of which has been accused of anti-LGB bias.

The question is why?

Chick-fil-A first made LGBT-related headlines in 2011, after the Wind Shape Foundation, supported by restaurant founder

S. Truitt Kathy and his family, made contributions to the Family Research Council and Exodus

International. LGBTQ activists protested, considering these groups to be discriminatory.

The next year, CEO Dan Kathy publicly stated his support

for traditional marriage. Following a public backlash, the civil rights agenda announced that

Chick-fil-A had ceased donating to organizations that promote discrimination, specifically

against LGBT civil rights. The company also formed a new charitable arm,

the Chick-fil-A Foundation,

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