Chick-Fil-A Gave Nearly $2 Million To Anti-Gay Groups In 2009

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Restaurant chain Chick-Fil-A gave nearly $2 million to anti-gay groups in 2009, a new investigation by Equality Matters has found.

The 2009 figure is nearly twice as much as the company gave in the previous 5 years combined. Between the years of 2003 and 2008, the WinShape Foundation, Chick-Fil-A's charitable arm founded in 1984, distributed $1.1 million to 8 groups, including $631,600 to the National Christian Foundation, $480,000 to the Fellowship of Christian Athletes, $15,000 to Serving Marriages, $5,000 to the Alliance Defense Fund (ADF), $5,000 to the Christian Camp and Conference Association, $2,850 to the Campus Crusade for Christ, $2,000 to the Georgia Family Council and $1,000 to the Family Research Council (FRC).

In 2009, the most recent year for which public records are available, WinShape gave over $1.7 million to 7 anti-gay groups, including $994,199 to the Marriage & Family Legacy Fund, $480,000 to the Fellowship of Christian Athletes, $240,000 to the National Christian Foundation, $12,500 to Focus on the Family, $5,000 to Eagle Forum, $1,000 to Exodus International and $1,000 to Family Research Council (FRC).

The largest benefactor of Chick-Fil-A's giving, the Marriage and Family Legacy Fund (MFLF), was founded by the company's senior vice president, Donald “Bubba” Cathy. It is a project of the Marriage CoMission, which is supported by the prominent anti-gay activists, including Alan Chambers, president of the “ex-gay” group Exodus International, and Barry Sheets, government affairs director of the Citizens for Community Values.