Editing The Salvation Army (section)

=== Kroc Centres ===
{{Main|Ray & Joan Kroc Corps Community Centers|l1 = Ray & Joan Kroc Corps Community Centres}}

In 2004, the Army in the United States received a US$1.6 billion donation in the will of [[Joan B. Kroc]], the third wife of former [[McDonald's]] CEO [[Ray Kroc]]. This donation was among the larger individual [[philanthropy|philanthropic]] gifts ever given to a single organisation. The donation came with certain restrictions, such as requiring the funds to be used on new rather than existing centers.<ref name="kroc">{{cite web |last=Nobles |first=Marla |date=1 November 2006 |title=Slow Going For Kroc Centers |url=http://www.thenonprofittimes.com/news-articles/slow-going-for-kroc-centers/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222213420/http://www.thenonprofittimes.com/news-articles/slow-going-for-kroc-centers/ |archive-date=22 February 2014 |access-date=25 June 2013 |work=The NonProfit Times |quote=When the Salvation Army of San Francisco broke ground this past June on a complex that would include a Ray and Joan Kroc Corps Community Center, the project became the first to make it through a maze of guidelines and restrictions to access a share of the $1.6 billion bequest to the Salvation Army from the McDonald's fast-food heiress.... Part of the challenge – and basis for much controversy – is raising matching funds within communities where donors now perceive the Salvation Army as affluent because of the gift.}}</ref> As of 2023, 26 new centers were opened using these funds.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-11-08 |title=How Joan Kroc's surprise $1.8 billion gift to the Salvation Army transformed 26 communities |url=https://apnews.com/article/joan-kroc-salvation-army-donation-1081f7d06f3691134fb13258380a4f44 |access-date=2024-12-03 |website=AP News |language=en}}</ref>