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title: "Wendy's Pledges More Than $100,000 In Charitable Commitments Across the U.S., Canada, and United Kingdom"
url: https://burnaze.com/article/a09cf4f4-5b99-44a4-8960-2dfc864922f8
source: "Franchising.com"
original_url: https://www.franchising.com/news/20231128_wendy39s_pledges_more_than_100000_in_charitable_commitments_across_the_us_c.html
category: "Burger"
industry: "Restaurants"
segment: "Burger"
topics: ["Finance & M&A"]
published: 2023-11-28T12:00:00.000Z
modified: 2026-10-31T20:07:20.413Z
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# Wendy's Pledges More Than $100,000 In Charitable Commitments Across the U.S., Canada, and United Kingdom

**TL;DR:** Wendy's has pledged over $100,000 in charitable donations to various organizations in the U.S., Canada, and the U.K. through its Community Giving Program. The program has supported nearly 100 unique organizations with over $425,000 in donations across its global footprint.

*originally published in Franchising.com on 2023-11-28. [Read the original](https://www.franchising.com/news/20231128_wendy39s_pledges_more_than_100000_in_charitable_commitments_across_the_us_c.html).*

## Story

These contributions are part of Wendy's Community Giving Program, which is celebrating its third year. Through the program, Company employees could request financial support for a charitable organization in the general range of $2,500 - $10,000. In all, 23 organizations were chosen, and Wendy's has pledged a total of $107,500.

## Community giving program

"Wendy's believes in a Good Done Right approach to corporate responsibility," said Liliana Esposito, Wendy's Chief Corporate Affairs & Sustainability Officer. "Our Community Giving Program supports organizations and causes that matter most to our employees. This includes members of our seven Employee Resource Groups, each of which nominated a charitable organization that Wendy's is proud to include in this year's giving program."

**Employee Resource Group Support**

## Employee resource groups

Wendy's has seven volunteer Employee Resource Groups (ERG) dedicated to creating opportunities for learning, inclusion, career growth and leadership development for Company employees. Each ERG secured $5,000 grants for the following organizations:

- Alzheimer's Association of Central Ohio – Columbus, OH

- Central Community House – Columbus, OH

- GLAAD – U.S.

- NIA Cultural Center, Inc. – Galveston, TX

- Proyecto Mariposas – Columbus, OH

- Star House – Columbus, OH

- USO Ohio – Columbus, OH

The following organizations received grants of varying amounts based on need:

- Alvis – Columbus, OH

- Big Brothers Big Sisters – Houston, TX

- Casa Valentina – Miami, FL

- Children and Family Advocacy Center – Little Flock, AR

- Coalition for the Homeless of Central Florida – Orlando, FL

- Connecticut Foodshare – Wallingford, CT

- Final Third Foundation – Columbus, OH

- Golden Girl Group Home – Ceredo, WV

- Honor Flight Columbus – Columbus, OH

- Junior Achievement Worldwide

- MY Project USA – Columbus, OH

- One Dublin – Dublin, OH

- Oxfordshire Youth – Oxford, United Kingdom

- Raise The Future – Denver, CO<

- Roc Solid Foundation – Chesapeake, VA

- Toronto Foundation for Student Success – Toronto, Ontario

With these grants, Wendy's has supported nearly 100 unique organizations through more than $425,000 in donations in local communities across its global footprint through the Community Giving Program.

## Entities

- Franchising.com (publication)
- Finance (sector)
- Wendy's (company)
- community giving (topic)
- charitable donations (topic)
- corporate responsibility (topic)
- Connecticut Foodshare (company)
- Big Brothers Big Sisters (company)
- Liliana Esposito (person)
- GLAAD (company)
- Alzheimer's Association of Central Ohio (company)
- Central Community House (company)

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Originally reported by Franchising.com (https://www.franchising.com/news/20231128_wendy39s_pledges_more_than_100000_in_charitable_commitments_across_the_us_c.html). Summarized by Burnaze (https://burnaze.com/article/a09cf4f4-5b99-44a4-8960-2dfc864922f8).