[CLINTON, IOWA] – [SEPTEMBER 27, 2024] – The KFC Foundation is giving back to Clinton, Iowa-based non-profit Vince Jetter Community Center, which strives to create a safe, nonviolent, nurturing place for Clinton’s youth and their families to grow, granting them $10,000 to make a project on their wish list come true.
Kentucky Fried Wishes, one of the KFC Foundation’s community giving programs, invites non-profit organizations to apply for a grant to fund a project on their wish list. This year, the KFC Foundation will fund $1 million in Kentucky Fried Wishes to 100 non-profits nationwide, with 25 grants awarded quarterly based on different project categories.
“We are so grateful to the KFC Foundation for this generous Kentucky Fried Wishes grant, which will help us add a greenhouse, renovate and expand Margaret’s Gardens, named after my grandmother, Margaret Culberson Jetter,” said Tamra Jetter, Program Director of the Vince Jetter Community Center. “We’re excited to install elevated beds and a concrete surface to make Margaret’s Gardens accessible to those in wheelchairs.”
“As the KFC Foundation celebrates its 25th anniversary this year, we are thrilled to grant 100 Kentucky Fried Wishes totaling one million dollars this year,” said Emma Horn, Executive Director, KFC Foundation. “We’re proud to support these non-profits in furthering their missions and grateful for all they do to make a difference in their communities.”
Kentucky Fried Wishes is just one way the KFC Foundation supports, empowers, and serves joy to KFC restaurant employees and communities. The KFC Foundation also provides programs focused on education, financial, and hardship assistance for KFC restaurant employees, and a food donation program to fight hunger and food waste. The KFC Foundation receives financial support from Round Up fundraising and its annual donation program, a voluntary program where KFC franchisees donate to the KFC Foundation every time they order a case of Secret Recipe Fries.
About the KFC Foundation
Celebrating its 25th year of changing lives, the KFC Foundation, an independent 501c3 organization, has provided over $36 million to support, empower, and serve joy to more than 16,000 students, KFC restaurant employees, and non-profits. The KFC Foundation’s charitable programs focus on education accessibility, financial & hardship assistance, and community giving, all made possible by Round Up donations, purchases of KFC’s Secret Recipe Fries, and other contributions. For more information, visit kfcfoundation.org.
About the Vince Jetter Community Center
Vinson “Vince” Jetter founded the community center in 1992, with the mission of keeping unity in community. Today, volunteers from the Jetter family and friends are devoted to continuing his mission, with a special commitment to inspiring positive neighborhood solutions, and with a vision of promoting equality, equity, and inclusion for all. For more information, visit vincejetter.org.
