‘Thank You Farmers’ Reaches $6.5M In Donations

Culver’s Thank You Farmers Project is celebrating another impactful year of its mission to support the future of agriculture. If officially passed $6.5 million in total donations since its creation. The restaurant chain raised a record $1.5 million to benefit the program in 2024.

Founded in 2013 and funded by generous guest contributions, the Thank You Farmers Project directly supports people and organizations engaging in climate-smart agricultural efforts that produce nutritious food. The program benefits local organizations in Culver’s communities, as well as national organizations such as the National FFA Organization.

Through the Thank You Farmers Project, Culver’s aims to show its gratitude to farmers and others working in agriculture. It advances climate-smart agriculture initiatives and fund agricultural education programs.

In 2024, Culver’s undertook a variety of efforts to meet these goals and raise a record-breaking total:

• The tenth annual Scoops of Thanks Day offered guests the opportunity to get a single scoop of Fresh Frozen Custard in exchange for a $1 donation to local FFA chapters and other agricultural education organizations. Guests donated $169,457 in the fundraiser in 2024.
• The Concretes for a Cause fundraiser event, in which Culver’s donated $1 from each Concrete Mixer sold systemwide over a five-day period to local hunger relief initiatives, totaled $517,825 in donations.
• The FFA Ambassadors Program allowed guests to nominate standout FFA members in their communities to represent Culver’s and earn prizes for their FFA chapter. More than 380 FFA members were nominated, and nine newly minted Ambassadors earned up to $2,500 for their chapter by participating in advocacy events.
• Guests celebrated our nation’s hardworking farmers and ranchers in the To Farmers With Love Contest by nominating a farmer in their own life to win a prize. Out of 1,421 total entries, thirty winners will soon be selected to win a $500 cash prize, Culver’s gift cards and swag, along with a $575 donation given to their local FFA chapter in their name. One grand prize winner will take home a $5,000 cash prize and Culver’s will make a $5,000 donation to their local FFA chapter.