Taco Bell Foundation

Check out this #LMSStory from Live Más Scholar and Taco Bell Team Member, Will Zeller! Applications open for the Live Más Scholarship next month. (Psst…. Taco Bell Team Members you can apply now – ask your manager for details.) Be sure to sign up to receive more information at LiveMasScholarship.com. #TacoBellFoundation #LiveMasScholarship #LMSBeyondTheMoney

We need your vote! ✋ 💥Our #CommunityGrants program has been named a finalist in The Anthem Awards, Education, Art & Culture - Community Engagement category! 💥 We’re thrilled to be included among those who represent social impact excellence. Here’s where you come in. Now until Halloween🎃 – October 31, you can show your support by voting for us in the Anthem Community Voice Awards at this link: https://lnkd.in/ev_kwhfz Be sure to check out some of the other amazing initiatives selected as finalists and thank you for supporting us!    #TacoBellFoundation #TheAnthemAwards #TheAnthemAwardsFinalist 

The 2024 #FRANMAC Convention brought together hundreds of Taco Bell franchisees, vendors and Taco Bell Foundation Champions to collaborate and celebrate all things Live Más.  We love a good party – so we had to bring some of our friends to represent the Live Más Scholar community and Taco Bell Foundation. These Scholars got to share their #LMSStory with so many partners at events like a coffee chat with vendors, VIP Hour with top TBF donors and a foundation board meeting with our Board of Directors. They even participated in a little runway show, modeling the newest restaurant uniforms for the general session.  We are so happy that Aaliyah Sims, Aaron Pitt Jr. and Natalie Salvatierra could join us!  Check out some shots of their time at #FRANMAC. #TacoBellFoundation #LiveMasScholarship #LMSBeyondTheMoney

Last week we hosted our first ever Ambition Accelerator Summit in India! 🎇 As one of the emerging markets for the Taco Bell brand 🌮 we were thrilled to work with the changemakers in these communities to help them bring their social impact ideas to life.  Just like our U.S. edition of Summit, the event concluded in the fierce (but friendly) Pitch Competition, where the top 5 innovators pitched for a chance to win additional funding for their initiative.     🏆Congratulations to our 2024 Ambition Accelerator India recipient, Daljeet Kaur, and their initiative Pragati, which enhances educational opportunities for young people in the state!🏆      We are so grateful to all of the changemakers, judges and our Taco Bell India (Burman Hospitality) Franchise partners. A special thanks to Ashoka for making this summit one to remember! You can learn more about our Ambition Accelerator Summit India in the official press release: https://lnkd.in/gRi46sH2 Dhriti Agarwal Vineet Kumar Nandini Agarwal Megnath Trivedi #TacoBellFoundation #Ashoka #AmbitionAccelerator 

Great ideas can emerge from anyone, anywhere. That’s why the Taco Bell Foundation consistently champions young changemakers in their quest to create positive impacts within their communities. Emily Santiago-Molina from Orange County Business Journal captures perfectly in her latest story for Ambition Accelerator Summit the impact being made by these amazing young changemakers and Taco Bell Foundation’s efforts to support them. You can read more here: https://lnkd.in/gTKAshGe #TacoBellFoundation #AmbitionAccelerator

Last month, we shared an inside look at our U.S. Ambition Accelerator Summit, where Victoria Lamar took home the coveted $25,000 pitch competition prize, to support her impact initiative Securing Degrees!🎓 Now we're sharing a little more about Victoria and the driving force behind her national scholarship coaching platform. You can read her story here: https://lnkd.in/g8EwiT_K Plus, check out this great video created by Upworthy featuring Victoria and her experience with Taco Bell Foundation’s Ambition Accelerator! #TacoBellFoundation #Ashoka #AmbitionAccelerator 

Find your passion and tell the world! 🌟 That’s exactly what these eight scholars did during the 2024 Summer of Connection (SOC) Passion Pitch Competition. From creating communities of support to educating people on social issues, they have already taken steps towards creating change and we are here for it! Visit our blog to learn more about what they shared with our SOC attendees and mentors during their 3-minute Passion Pitches: https://lnkd.in/gAb8HrKP The Live Más Scholarship Summer of Connection conference is just one of the Beyond the Money resources that our scholarship recipients get access to. Don’t forget to visit www.LiveMasScholarship.com to sign up to get notifications for the next application season. Congrats again to Passion Pitch Scholars: Pranav Pinapala, Valerie Garcia, Tasfia Howlader, Sarah Nunnink, Olivia Lemanski, Miles Spearman, Laila Abed and Grace Barlow   #TacoBellFoundation #LiveMasScholarship #TBFSOC24 

Last week, Taco Bell celebrated alongside Revolution Carts as they gifted 14 food carts – designed by our Taco Bell Foundation Live Más Scholars – to a group of Southern California entrepreneurs. 🌮🌭🍔    The grand reveal took place at the lively Ave. 26 Night Market in the Los Angeles Arts District and the 7 Taco Bell Foundation scholars who were invited to design the carts were there to be part of the cart presentations!    It was truly a moment to remember! See the video below for a look at the event and learn more about these talented creatives on our blog: https://lnkd.in/gwgTUPZx   Learn more about the Live Más Scholarship at: www.LiveMasScholarship.com #TacoBell #TacoBellFoundation #LiveMasScholarship #Ave26NightMarket #RevolutionCarts 

What do you get when you combine Taco Bell Foundation, Ashoka and 50 of the country’s most talented changemakers? 🤔 That’s right – Ambition Accelerator 2024! 💥 Last week, we welcomed our Ambition Accelerator Semi-Finalists to Irvine, CA to share, learn and enhance their entrepreneurial skillsets with like-minded changemakers. To give you more of an inside look at this unique Taco Bell Foundation event, we captured all the key moments – check out the video🎥, created by Live Más Scholar, Alvaro Serrano below. You can also learn more about the 5 finalist that pitched their social impact ideas at our Pitch Competition on our blog: https://lnkd.in/gPqQFNEC #TacoBellFoundation #Ashoka #AmbitionAccelerator

This summer, seven of our Live Más Scholarship recipients have designed 14 food carts that will be gifted to local vendors across Southern California. In collaboration with Revolution Carts, Taco Bell is empowering local entrepreneurs with these health-compliant carts. Join us for the grand reveal on Taco Tuesday, August 13th, at the Ave. 26 Night Market in the LA Arts District, and meet our talented scholars and deserving vendors! Learn more at https://lnkd.in/gm_eh3s #RevolutionCarts #Ave26NightMarket #TacoBell #TacoBellFoundation #LiveMasScholarship