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Does El Pollo Loco Holdings, Inc. support Israel?
We have not yet found publicly recorded donations from El Pollo Loco Holdings, Inc.. Absence of records does not confirm absence of support.
Filed under: Fast food & restaurant chains · Companies that support Israel
Background
No link of any kind between El Pollo Loco and Israel was found. The Costa Mesa chain operates roughly 500 restaurants, all in the western and southwestern United States, with no international franchise programme and therefore no Israeli presence or supplier relationship. Its SEC filings mention Israel only as one line in the country tables of the underwriting agreements filed with its 2014 share offerings — standard securities selling restrictions. El Pollo Loco Charities is a small foundation funding local community and youth causes in Southern California, the company operates no political action committee, and it has issued no statement on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. The chain is absent from BDS target lists and from fact-checker coverage; the occasional social-media question about it is generic brand-list speculation.
SEC EDGAR — El Pollo Loco Holdings underwriting agreement (EX-1.1, 2014) with country selling-restriction table ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer — El Pollo Loco Charities (EIN 80-0114109)
What we checked
- News & official statements — 2026-07-30Searched El Pollo Loco for Israel-related donations, statements, sponsorships, franchise plans and boycott coverage; nothing found. Coverage of the company's giving is entirely domestic — community fundraising nights, food-bank support and local non-profit grants in California and neighbouring states.
- Nonprofit tax filings (Form 990) — 2026-07-30El Pollo Loco Charities (EIN 80-0114109, Costa Mesa CA): Form 990 filings for 2011-2023 reviewed on ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer. It is a small charity — about $132K of revenue and $193K of expenses in FY2023 — funding local Southern California community and youth programmes. No Israel-linked grantees identified.
- SEC filings — 2026-07-30EDGAR full-text search of El Pollo Loco Holdings filings (CIK 1606366) for "israel" returns three documents, all 2014 underwriting agreements (EX-1.1) in which Israel appears only as an entry in the table of jurisdictions covered by securities selling restrictions. No Israeli operations, franchises, investments or contracts are disclosed.
- Federal election records (FEC) — 2026-07-30OpenFEC committee search for "El Pollo Loco" returns no registered or affiliated committee. The company operates no corporate PAC and therefore made no disbursements to pro-Israel or other political committees.
- Independent fact-checkers — 2026-07-30No Snopes, Reuters, AFP or Logically Facts item concerns El Pollo Loco and Israel, and the chain does not appear on BDS movement target lists or on consumer boycott lists. The absence of any claim to check is itself consistent with the absence of records.
Frequently asked questions
Did El Pollo Loco Holdings, Inc. donate money to Israel or Israeli causes?
No records found. We searched 5 public source types — news and official statements, nonprofit tax filings, SEC filings, and federal election records — and found no donations from El Pollo Loco Holdings, Inc.. The dated search log on this page shows exactly where we looked.
Where does this information come from?
Every record on this page links to its source — news reports, official company statements, tax filings, or government records. 2 distinct sources are cited for El Pollo Loco Holdings, Inc.. Our methodology page explains the full verification process.
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Record last updated: 2026-07-30