Yum! Charities
Giving Around the Globe
The Yum! Brands Foundation primarily supports charities focused on hunger relief through annual unrestricted and restricted grants. The Foundation Matching Gift Program in the U.S. supports and encourages associates to contribute financially to non–education based non–profit organizations in their communities by matching dollar–for–dollar gifts by associates to qualified non–profit groups, up to $10,000 per associate per year. The Foundation Board Support Program encourages Yum! associates to engage in their communities by providing financial support to non–profit organizations with boards on which our associates actively serve.
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Dare to Care Food Bank
We are a global company with far–reaching community programs, but we remain dedicated to solving issues at home as well. In Louisville, Kentucky, home of Yum! and our U.S. KFC Restaurant Support Center, one in five children is at risk of going to bed hungry each night. Since 2002, Yum! and its associates have committed over $7 million to end hunger in the Kentucky/Indiana area through our partnership with the Dare to Care Food Bank, Louisville's largest hunger relief organization. Recently in recognition of World Hunger Relief, our associates volunteered at the Dare to Care Food Bank to pack a record–breaking 60,000 pounds of food to meet the demand for food for children when school is out and they are not able to receive subsidized breakfast or lunch.
Our support has enabled Dare to Care to expand the number of Kids Cafés, after–school programs that provide a nutritious meal to children in the local community along with adult–supervised activities including homework clubs. This brings the total number of meals served to at–risk youth in Louisville to nearly 100,000 annually. It has also allowed for the creation of the "Patrol Against Hunger" program, a unique partnership with the Louisville Metro Police Department that provides food to housebound elderly. The program is the first of its kind in the nation and is considered a model for other communities.