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Chick-fil-A Remarkable Futures™ Scholarships

Each year, Chick-fil-A offers restaurant Team Members across the U.S., Canada and Puerto Rico the opportunity to apply for college scholarships through the Remarkable Futures Scholarships initiative. Since 1973, we’ve been able to invest more than $191 million in scholarships to help more than 105,000 Team Members pursue a higher education and achieve their remarkable future — whether it’s with Chick-fil-A or elsewhere.

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Applications open August–October

Apply to become a Remarkable Futures Scholarship winner

Photo of Eddie White and Chick-fil-A founder S. Truett Cathy

It began with an empty mayo jar

In the late 1940s, S. Truett Cathy and his team set an empty container on the counter of the Dwarf Grill in Hapeville, Ga., for customers and Team Members to donate to Team Member Eddie White’s college fund. Eddie went on to attend nearby Morris Brown College and, after graduating with a degree in education, had a successful teaching career, eventually serving as the assistant superintendent of schools in Clayton County, Ga.

Throughout the years, Eddie and Truett remained close friends. “He became not only a boss, but a friend that I respected and appreciated,” Eddie said. “He has touched the lives of so many people – I’m just thankful to be one of them.”

Remarkable Futures Scholarships

$191M in scholarships since 1973

105k Team Members

14K+ winners in 2023

Chick-fil-A  CEO Andrew Cathy hands a large check to Ammanuel D, a Chick-fil-A Team Member and 2024 True Inspiration Scholarship recipient

Types of scholarships

Every year through the Remarkable Futures™ Scholarship initiative, Chick-fil-A offers two scholarship opportunities — the True Inspiration™ Scholarship ($25,000) and the Remarkable Futures Scholarship  ($1,000 or $2,500) — to Team Members who work at a franchised, company-owned and/or affiliated restaurant. To recognize the company’s 50th anniversary of awarding scholarships, a one-time $50,000 Eddie White Servant Leadership Award was given in 2023. The scholarships can be used at any accredited college, university or technical/vocational school and are available for both full-time and part-time students. Best of all? All scholarship funds are paid in advance. 

Creating greater access to education is one of the best ways Chick-fil-A serves communities. Our long-standing commitment to investing in the future dreams and aspirations of restaurant Team Members remains at the forefront of Chick-fil-A’s efforts to have a positive impact on the lives of others.

Andrew T. Cathy, CEO, Chick-fil-A, Inc.

Chick-fil-A CEO Andrew Cathy hands a large, symbolic sauce packet to Noel H., a Chick-fil-A Team Member and 2024 True Inspiration Scholarship recipient

Other financial aid

Through a partnership with Scholarship America, we offer tuition discounts and grants for all restaurant Team Members (and sometimes their family members!). With access to more than 100 colleges and universities in the United States and Canada, Team Members can more easily make a secondary education part of their future.

Get to know the 2024 winners

Meet the scholars