Donors
Join us in breaking down barriers to education!
The Taco Bell Foundation is primarily funded by Taco Bell Corp, Taco Bell’s Franchisees, Taco Bell vendors & suppliers, and Taco Bell’s loyal customers and fans. Franchisees support the Taco Bell Foundation through participation in Owners’ Giving Circle, personal giving at private events, and by promoting the Round Up program. Vendors and suppliers support the Taco Bell Foundation through membership in the TBF Champions program and customers and fans of the brand support the Taco Bell Foundation by rounding up their order total when they visit a Taco Bell restaurant.
Round Up
The Taco Bell Foundation’s Round Up program supports youth nationwide with scholarships, educational experiences, and community support! Through Round Up, customers and fans of the brand can donate to the Taco Bell Foundation all year long by rounding up their total to the nearest dollar at the front counter, kiosk, at the drive-thru, and on the web and mobile app. In 2025, the Round Up program raised $52 million for students nationwide. Taco Bell Franchise Owners play a large role in motivating their restaurant teams to share the Taco Bell Foundation’s mission with customers and encourage them to round up.
Thank you to the Franchise Owners whose restaurants helped raise an average of $5,000 or more per restaurant location that they own or raised a total of $1 million or more last year.
$1mm+
Alvarado Restaurant Nation | B & G Food Enterprises | Bell American | Border Foods | Charter Foods | Desert de Oro Foods | Diversified Restaurant Group | KMAC Enterprises | Luihn VantEdge Partners | MAS Restaurant Group | Northwest Restaurants | Pacific Bells | Southern Multifoods | Summerwood Corporation | Tacala Companies | Taco Bell Corporate | Team Lyders
$5K Per Restaurant Average
Albor Restaurant Group | Alvarado Restaurant Nation | Atlantic Restaurants | Ball Industries | Bee Mac Corporation | Bell American | Border Foods | Bravo Foods | C&M Smith Restaurants | C&R Restaurant Group | CLC Restaurants | ColCal Colorado | Cotti Foods Corporation | CTI Restaurants | D. G. Smith Enterprises | David Sparks | Davmik, LLC | DeClerck Enterprises | Delect Foods | Delectabell Management | Delight TB Indiana | Denali Foods | Desert de Oro Foods | Diversified Restaurant Group | DJ Enterprises of Panama City | Engen Enterprises | ES-O-EN Corporation | Fast Food Feeders | Fiesta Holdings | Four Corners Tacos | Gary Lyon | Great Lakes Taco | Hagan & Hagan | Hooshang Tafazoli | Hospitality Restaurant Group | J.P.M., Inc. | JAI Restaurant Group | JJC Foods | KBP Bells | KC Bell | Keith Sherman Enterprises | KMAC Enterprises | LucWork Enterprises | Luihn VantEdge Partners | LynnRich | Marble USA | MAS Restaurant Group | Matt Arthur | Mayer Management | MMC Enterprises | MRCO | MTB Management | Natron Corporation | North Texas Bells | Northwest Restaurants | O&M TB | Ocean Bell, Inc. | P J Enterprises | Pacific Bells | R2 Restaurants | RAD | Savannah Service & Food (YUM) | Seth Skogen | SHAASHWAT | Sonar | Southern Multifoods | Southpaw | STR Partners | Summerwood Corporation | Summit Franchise Management | T&T Taco | Tacala Companies | Taco Aloha | Taco Bell Corporate | Taco Bucks | Taco Colorado Corporation | Taco Management Solutions | TacoBocci | Team Lyders | U.S. Leader Restaurants | V2 | W & M Restaurants | Weber Coastal Bells | WMM
Champions
The Taco Bell Foundation Champion program is comprised of socially conscious businesses that invest in the Taco Bell Foundation’s mission to break down barriers to educate and inspire the next generation of leaders through scholarships, mentorship, community support, and experiences. Become a Taco Bell Foundation Champion and make a difference in the lives of thousands of young people while bringing employee engagement and alignment as a socially-conscious company to your brand. For more information on the TBF Champion program and benefits click here.
We would like to thank our 2026 TBF Champions who made an impact on the lives of thousands of young people this year!
Cravings Partners
Burrito PARTY Partners
Taco Party Partners
Accuserv | Citizens | Golden State Foods | Keurig Dr Pepper | Level 10 | Mission Foods Revenue Management Solutions | Simmons Prepared Foods | Solina
Major Event Partners
Event Partners
AGI | Archmill House | Birchwood Foods | Brandwell | Breakroom Chat & Scheduling Capital Insight | Custom Seating | Deloitte | FBD Partnership | Fiserv | Fortinet FRANMAC | Fresh Express | Golden State Foods | Keurig Dr Pepper | Masters Gallery Foods | McLane | PepsiCo | Simmons Prepared Foods | Solina | Stewart Sutherland Sugar Foods | Taco Bell
MAJOR IN-KIND Partners
IN-KIND Partners
Edelman | FRANMAC | McLane | Keurig Dr Pepper | PepsiCo
Owners’ Giving Circle
Taco Bell franchise owners can join the Owners’ Giving Circle by gifting an annual amount of just $350 per Taco Bell restaurant they own. These contributions help fund the next class of Live Más Scholars and innovative programs that meet our team members and biggest fans where they are—helping them rise!
In 2025, Owners’ Giving Circle members contributed nearly $2.5 million in Live Más Scholarships for Taco Bell Team Members.
DECADE BELL-RINGERS
Thank you to our 10-year Owners’ Giving Circle supporters!
Alvarado Restaurant Nation | Atlantic Restaurants | B&G Food Enterprises | Ball Industries | BDE Florida | BFS Concepts | Border Foods | Bravo Foods | C&R Restaurant Group | CLC Restaurants | ColCal Colorado | Columbus Mart | Delectabell Management | Desert de Oro Foods | Diversified Restaurant Group | Fast Food Feeders | Flynn Group | Garrison QSR | GBM 1037 | Hospitality Restaurant Group | James Mikula | J.J.C Foods | J.P.M., Inc. | Johnny Outlaw | K-MAC Enterprises | KC Bell | Mid Atlantic Taco | Millennium Tacos | MMC Enterprises | Multiconcept Group | Natron Corporation | Northland Investments | Pacific West General Store | Paradise Foods | Plattsburgh Taco | Quikserve Concepts | RAD | SHAASHWAT | Sonar | Summerwood Corporation | TB Of America | Tacala Companies | Taco Jim | TacoBocci | V2 | VB Preferred QSR | Weber Coastal Bells
2025 OWNERS’ GIVING CIRCLE MEMBERS
1601 Jamaica | 58A Fulton Taco Bell | A&W Tacos | A. Cavegn, Inc. | AG Bells | Albor Restaurant Group | Alvarado Restaurant Nation | Amin Enterprises | Ampex Brands West Texas | Angeline Restaurant | Argonaut Food Partners Nuevo | Atlantic Restaurants | B&G Food Enterprises | Baker Management | Ball Industries | BDE Florida | Bee Mac Corporation | BFS Concepts | BK Foods | Border Foods | Bravo Foods | Buddy Bells | Buford Taco | BurgerBusters | C&M Smith Restaurants | C&R Restaurant Group | Calvin White | Cantina Hospitality | Carolina Taco | Central Florida KFC | Central Iowa KFC | Clatra | CLC Restaurants | ColCal Colorado | Columbus Mart | Cotti Foods Corporation | Countryside Corp. | Crave Concepts | CTI Restaurants | D. G. Smith Enterprises | D.E. Foods | Davmik, LLC | DeClerck Enterprises | Dee Jay’s QSR | Delect Foods | Delectabell Management | Delight TB Indiana | Denali Foods | Denis Schoenhofer | Desert de Oro Foods | Devang U. Brahmbhatt | Diversified Restaurant Group | DJ Enterprises of Panama City | Doug Knipp | Dunafon Enterprises | EGP Louisiana | Engen Enterprises | ES-O-EN Corporation | Exxis Corporation | F.W. Englefield IV | Fast Food Feeders | Felker Day | Fiesta Holdings | Flynn Group | Food Chain Nation | Four Corners Tacos | Frederick P. Gallant | Fulenwider Enterprises | G.F. Enterprise | Garrison QSR | Gary Lyon | GBM 1037 | Ghassan Shaban | Gladden Enterprises | GLFS | Golden Taco | GPM Investments | Great Lakes Taco | Gurmit Jhaj | Hagan & Hagan | HAZA Bell | Hefcam | Hooshang Tafazoli | Hospitality Restaurant Group | Imran and Shabana Ahmed | Indus TBNY | Inmack Foods | Intermountain Food Stores | J & S Food Sales | J.E.M. Restaurant Group | J.P.M., Inc. | J.R.S. Restaurant Corporation | JAI Restaurant Group | Jake Rasor | Jalapeno Taco | James Mikula | Jefferis Foods | Jeffrey Baker | JingleBells | JJC Foods | John Sims | Johnny Outlaw | Jon Simmons | J’s Four, Inc. | JTB Development | K T Merrill | Kai Carmel | Kazi Foods | KBP Bells | KC Bell | Kedis Enterprises | Keith Sherman Enterprises | K-MAC Enterprises | Kumar Management Corporation | L.P. Buller | Lorna Mundwiller | Lost Mesa | Loudon Sims Group | LucWork Enterprises | Luihn VantEdge Partners | LynnRich | MAA DURGA Enterprise | Mall Treats | Manuwar S. Haque | Marble USA | MAS Restaurant Group | Matt Arthur | Mayer Management | McDonough Taco | Mexicana | MHF Carbondale | Mid Atlantic Taco | Millennium Tacos | MMC Enterprises | Mohammad Choudhry | Morongo TB | MRCO | MTB Management | Multiconcept Group | Multi-Fast Food | Nacnud | Nandini Food Corporation | Natron Corporation | North State Investments | North Texas Bells | Northland Investments | Northwest Restaurants | O&M TB | Ocean Bell | P J Enterprises | Pacific Bells | Pacific West General Store | PAK Harlem Management | Paradise Foods | Paris & Potter KT of Plymouth | Phoenix Cantina of Fort Lauderdale | Plattsburgh Taco | PSTB | Pyramid Service Management | QSR NY | Quikserve Concepts | R2 Restaurants | RAD | Rayan RE National Corporation | RBD California Restaurants Limited | RGT Foods | Sanweco | Savannah Service & Food | Scott King | SERJ Taco California | Seth Skogen | SHAASHWAT | Shamrock TBC | SHRI York | Silver Cricket Tacos | SMITHVILLE K T | Sonar | Source Foods | Southern Multifoods | Southpaw | Srijaay | Stanley Young | STR Partners | Summerwood Corporation | Summit Franchise Management | Sun Culinary | T & D Foods | T & K | T&T Taco | Tacala Companies | Taco Aloha | Taco Bell Corp. | Taco Bucks | Taco Colorado Corporation | Taco Jim | TacoBocci | Tambro | Tasty Chick’n | TB Of America | Texas Taco | The Peters Group | TME Enterprises I | Travel Centers Of The Ozarks | U.S. Leader Restaurants | United White Plains | V2 | VB Preferred QSR | Vijay Patel | W & M Restaurants | Walter W. Lyon | Weber Coastal Bells | West Quality Food Service | Western Bell | Widder Management | WMM | Yum & Chill | Zalak Food Corporation
Grande Givers
Grande Givers is a group of passionate, philanthropic individuals that chose to invest in the future of our youth and fuel their boldest ambitions. With an annual contribution of $25,000 or more, their generosity makes an extraordinary difference in the lives of our students nationwide. Funds support the Taco Bell Foundation’s mission to break down barriers to education through scholarships, grants, and experiences. For more information on the Grande Givers program, email Brittany.Bachmann@yum.com.
Event Support
The Taco Bell Foundation fundraises at private Taco Bell Corporate events and at the annual TBF Golf Tournament. In addition to fundraising events, the Taco Bell Foundation hosts annual conferences and workshops for the next generation of leaders and changemakers.
Taco Bell Corporate partners (franchisees and approved vendors and suppliers of the brand) are invited to support through private Taco Bell Corporate events. External socially conscious businesses interested in supporting the annual Taco Bell Foundation Golf Classic, event silent and live auctions and/or youth conferences and workshops can connect with the Taco Bell Foundation events team at tacobellfoundation@tacobell.org.
Thank you to our top 2025 franchisee event supporters!
K-MAC | Diversified Restaurant Group | Alvarado Restaurant Nation | Tacala | Desert De Oro Foods | Border Foods | MRCO | HAZA Bell | Natron Corporation | Peters Group | Taco Bell Corporate | Pacific Bells