Part of Metro United Way, the Black L.O.V.E. (Live. Own. Vote. Excel.) Philanthropic Partnership pools resources and thought leadership to drive impact and social change by investing in Louisville, Kentucky, nonprofit organizations.

OneTen’s mission is to hire, promote and advance skilled talent who do not have a four-year degree into family-sustaining careers over the next ten years. Through this partnership, KFC, Taco Bell, Pizza Hut and Habit Burger & Grill support restaurant general management and field leadership advancement at company-owned restaurants as well as jobs in U.S.-based corporate offices.

The 3X Youth Employability Program has been developed with the Sevalanka Foundation and Pizza Hut, providing personal well-being, soft skills and vocational education to create a pathway to employment and self-sustaining life for people with disabilities and marginalized youth.

The Cardinal Bridge Academy (CBA) offers a transformative educational experience to proactively eliminate barriers to a college education for high school juniors and seniors. Providing access to college credits, mentoring and career preparation opportunities, CBA Scholars sharpen their business, technology and leadership skills – earning early admission to the University of Louisville College of Business, provided they meet certain GPA and attendance requirements.

The Evolve502 Scholarship offers a tuition-free, two-year education to any eligible Jefferson County Public School student interested in earning an associate degree, technical credential or workforce certification at any Kentucky Community & Technical College or Simmons College of Kentucky.

Feeding Minds, part of ProLiteracy and in partnership with KFC, is a three-year program to strengthen core literacy skills for youth aged between 12 and 20, in disadvantaged areas in Cairo, who are illiterate, have low literacy skills or who are out-of-the-school system.

Hatch is an employability skills program from UK Youth and KFC, supporting young people who are experiencing barriers to employment. The program aims to tackle the continued rise of youth unemployment in the UK, worsened by the COVID-19 pandemic, by providing participants with pre-employability training and work experience.

Led by Simmons College of Kentucky, one of the oldest historically Black colleges in America, The Black Teacher Initiative addresses the lack of diversity in kindergarten to 12th grade education by recruiting and training Black teachers for classrooms across Kentucky.

In partnership with the University of Louisville, the Yum! Center for Global Franchise Excellence (CGFE), established in 2021, is a global program empowering communities to create and sustain generational wealth through franchising. Through education and research, Yum! CGFE seeks to advance the industry by unlocking entrepreneurial opportunities for historically under-represented populations. The center is the first of its kind to offer online education at the graduate, undergraduate and non-credit levels, providing access to all.

This Boys & Girls Clubs of America program, Odyssey Life Readiness, is an academic success initiative piloting in five of its major metropolitan areas. The Odyssey Life readiness program enables youth, aged 12 to 18, to become effective, engaged and adaptive learners with a drive towards graduation, college exploration and the avoidance of life-limiting risk.

This program by charity Hatch Enterprise and Pizza Hut, supports entrepreneurs by equipping them with the capability, networks and capital needed to start and grow their own business and create jobs in their communities.

KFC, Pizza Hut and Yum! Brands are partnering with the Initiative for a Competitive Inner City to help entrepreneurs build capacity for sustainable growth in revenue, profitability and employment. Entrepreneurs participate in Inner City Capital Connections, a tuition-free executive leadership training program, receiving coaching and mentoring from experts in established businesses, and access to debt, equity and alternative capital resources.

From the nonprofit AMPED, the Russell Technology Business Incubator (RTBI) is a state-of-the art incubator and technology service center offering business development training, business services, assessments, referrals and wraparound services to entrepreneurs. With the goal of generating wealth in historically disinvested west Louisville neighborhoods, the RTBI provides entrepreneurs with access to seed capital needed to maximize their success.