Chick-fil-A's head of charity reveals his strategy behind donations, how he responds to backlash, and why he believes Christian faith requires inclusivity

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As Chick-fil-A faces another wave of protests over its charitable donations this year, Rodney Bullard is at the center of the storm.

At the end of the day, the impact — that's really what's important for us. We don't want our intent and our work to be encumbered by someone else's politics or cultural war. If something gets in the way of our mission, that is something that we are mindful of and cognizant of. But it's important for us to note that, at no point has our giving been around anything other than to ensure every child grows up to be everything that they could be.

It still undergirds what we do because there's this sense of a calling to help people that is required by faith. But there is a distinction. There's a calling to help people, and I think at times that has been confused with a calling, somehow, to exclude. And that's not the case. The focus, the phrase"every child" — we're very intentional about that. We do have programs and we look for programs that are inclusive as well to help every child.

Right now in the vein of bringing people together, I'm most proud of our Beloved Benefit, which we had about two months ago on March 21st. The notion was to bring all of Atlanta together. It was Dan's brainchild, that he had seen Robin Hood and the Robin Hood Foundation dinner in New York City. Having a dinner where it wasn't just about the rich and the well-heeled, but it also was about the community and the people that you were trying to help. We didn't come in black tie. We came in as we were, and 20% of those who attended were from the community. I'm very proud of that because I think that really speaks to what the Chick-fil-A Foundation really is about.

We can always sit and listen more. We can always do more. We can always address different things, and we are always on posture of trying to do that. But we address it in the best way we can with the competencies and the spirit that we have.I've heard a lot about operators who are bringing this similar vision to the company. How do you foster that?We do work with operators.

Our goal is to continue to help solve problems throughout throughout the country wherever Chick-fil-A has a footprint, for us to be impactful and involved in those communities. We've done a lot here in Atlanta. We have a bias for Atlanta because it's our hometown and that makes sense, but it's not the only place where we think we can do good work. We have scaled programs such as Junior Achievement into 22 other markets. We scale programs such as Leader Academy.

 

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