Grants awarded
Who does Yum Brands Foundation INC fund?
Yum Brands Foundation INC has awarded $80 million across 281 grants to 197 grantees between 2020 and 2025. Its giving concentrates in education. Its typical grant is $25,000, with most between $3,000 and $210,000. Repeat grantees receive a median $120,050 versus $10,000 for first-time grantees.
Total awarded
$80.0M
Typical grant
$25K
Grantees
197
Grants
281
Years
2020–2025
Organizations this funder supports
Each grantee's funding from this organization, summed across all reported years. Largest first — click any column to re-sort.
| Grantee | Total received | Grants | Years | Latest | State | Support |
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Emergency Assistance Foundation INC
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$21.6M | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | FL | |
| C Caf America | $8.3M | 4 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| Y Yum - Employee Medical Relief Fund | $6.5M | 3 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | — | — |
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$4.7M | 2 | 2022–2023 | 2023 | VA | |
| O Oneten | $3.8M | 3 | 2021–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| H Hatch | $2.1M | 2 | 2021–2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| D Dare to Care | $2.0M | 6 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
Local Initiatives Support Corporation
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$2.0M | 4 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | NY | |
The Giving Kitchen Initiative INC
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$2.0M | 2 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | GA | |
Initiative for a Competitive Inner City INC
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$1.8M | 3 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | MA | |
| U University of Louisville Foundation | $1.6M | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
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$1.5M | 4 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | DE | |
| F Funds for the Arts | $1.1M | 4 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
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$1.1M | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | KY | |
| U UK Online Giving Foundation | $1.1M | 6 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| A American Red Cross - Louisville KY | $1.0M | 3 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| E Emergency Assistance Foundation | $1.0M | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| A American Red Cross | $1.0M | 2 | 2024–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $700K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
Simmons College of Kentucky INC
|
$651K | 4 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | KY | |
University of Louisville Foundation INC
|
$631K | 3 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | KY | |
Taco Bell Foundation INC
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$560K | 2 | 2022–2023 | 2023 | CA | |
| T The Giving Kitchen Initiative INC | $530K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| N NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund | $500K | 2 | 2020–2021 | 2021 | — | — |
Give2asia
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$500K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | CA | |
West End Opportunity Partnership
|
$500K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | KY | |
Evolve502 INC
|
$500K | 2 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | KY | |
| C Cafamerica | $485K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| B Boys & Girls Club | $450K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $402K | 2 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| Y Yes4youth | $394K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| U University of Louisville College of Business | $380K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| A Americam Online Giving Foundation | $375K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| A American Civil Liberties Union Foundation INC | $350K | 2 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| A American Online Giving Foundation | $323K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| F Fareshare | $305K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | MD | |
| F Fund for the Arts | $300K | 2 | 2024–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| B Boys and Girls Club | $300K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $275K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | — | — |
| R Responsenet | $270K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | — | — |
| C Conservation International Foundation | $250K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
First Book
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$250K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | DC | |
| C Community Foundation of Louisville | $225K | 2 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | — | — |
Norton Healthcare INC
|
$200K | 2 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | KY | |
| A Academy of Music Production Education | $200K | 2 | 2020–2021 | 2021 | — | — |
| U University of Louisville | $200K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| F Friends of Qut in America Foundation | $180K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
| G Greater Louisville Foundation INC | $180K | 3 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | KY | |
| S Sevalanka Foundation | $175K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| A American Civil Liberties Union Foundation | $150K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
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$150K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | AZ | |
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$150K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | AL | |
| S Smile Foundation | $130K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $129K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| F Feeding Minds Youth Literacy Program (proliteracy) | $127K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| M Metro United Way | $125K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| E Evolve 502 | $125K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| E Evolve502 INC | $125K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| P Proliteracy Worldwide INC | $120K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| C Champions Education Association | $114K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $107K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
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$100K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | TX | |
| A Adventurous Minds Produce Extraordinary Dreams INC | $100K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
Second Harvest Food Bank of Orange County INC
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$100K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | CA | |
| K Kfc Foundation | $100K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $100K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| S Simmons College | $100K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| I Initiative for Competitive Inner City | $100K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| O Oneten Coalition INC | $100K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $100K | 2 | 2020–2021 | 2021 | — | — |
Children's Bureau INC
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$100K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | IN | |
| S Seattle Children's Foundation | $100K | 2 | 2021–2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| B Blessings in a Backpack INC | $80K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| O Ocean Plastics Leadership Network | $72K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
Girls Incorporated of Orange County
|
$70K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | CA | |
Cornell University
|
$65K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | NY | |
| L Legal Aid Society | $55K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
Feeding South Florida INC
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$50K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | FL | |
Home of the Innocents
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$50K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | KY | |
| G Greater Chicago Food Depository Collections | $50K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
Feeding Texas
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$50K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | TX | |
| A Amped (adventurous Minds Produce Extraordinary Dre | $50K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | — | — |
Vineyard Conservation Society INC
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$50K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | MA | |
| F Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research | $50K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $50K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| G Greater Louisville Pride Foundation INC | $44K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | KY | |
| G Greater Louisville Pride Foundation INC | $44K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| K Kfc US Foundation | $40K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
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$25K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | CA | |
Oxford Academy INC
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$25K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | CT | |
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$25K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | TX | |
| H Holy Savior Catholic Academy | $25K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | — | — |
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$25K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | TX | |
| I Individual recipient | $25K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
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$25K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | CA | |
| T The Als Association | $25K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
J B Speed Art Museum
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$25K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | KY | |
| N Neighborhood House INC | $18K | 3 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
Junior Achievement of Kentuckiana INC
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$18K | 2 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | KY | |
Southern Methodist University
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$15K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | TX |
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