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_Restaurants Care General Hardship Grants for Food + Beverage Workers is sponsored by Restaurants Care (a program of the California Restaurant Foundation). This program provides emergency assistance grants of up to $2,500 directly to California food and beverage workers experiencing unanticipated hardships such as illness, injury, death in the immediate family, natural disaster, or housing disaster.
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Restaurants Care | Serving. Supporting. Caring.
Caring for the people at the heart of restaurants Help for F+B Workers Help for Independent Restaurants Apply for a Small Business Grant! Since 2021, the Restaurants Care Resilience Fund has awarded $11 million in grants to independent restaurants across California—supporting burger joints, taquerias, bakeries, and more that are the heart of our communities.
In 2026, we’re offering $5,000 grants to 256 independent restaurants and commercial caterers to build resilience. When restaurants thrive, communities thrive! Learn more and apply here Get to know Restaurants Care Restaurants Care provides hope and stability to food + beverage workers in California who are in crisis.
This fund has helped over 3,000 families find hope during life’s toughest moments. This fund is 100% powered by donations from people like you! In 2021, Restaurants Care created the Resilience Fund – a special fund to boost independent restaurants.
To date, the Resilience Fund has awarded $11 million in grants to 2,087 independent restaurants across California—supporting burger joints, taquerias, bakeries, and more that are the heart of our communities. These funds work together to support and advance those at the heart of California’s food and beverage community.
In 2025, you helped Restaurants Care more than double our typical annual impact—especially in response to the LA Fires, when we mobilized quickly to support the restaurant community in crisis. From providing stable housing for workers to building resilience in independent restaurants, your generosity kept thousands of people afloat. See our impact by the numbers.
Safety-net for CA’s restaurant community Restaurants Care is a nonprofit fund providing stability and hope to California’s food and beverage community. F+B Workers. We provide up to $2,500 directly to F+B workers experiencing illness, injury, natural disaster, or death in the immediate family.
Grants cover basic needs like groceries and rent while people recover from the crisis. We have helped over 3,000 F+B workers and their families since 2017. Independent Restaurants.
We award grants that build resilience among California’s independent restaurants. Grant applications are offered once a year and grants are typically $5,000. Restaurants Care is a program of the California Restaurant Foundation, a 501c3 nonprofit that has been serving the community since 1981.
We created a safety-net for food and beverage workers in 2017 and expanded that safety-net to include independent restaurants in 2021. Restaurants Care provides hope and stability to those at the heart of California’s vibrant food and beverage community. Donate to Help a F+B Worker thank you to our food family donors Restaurants Care Champions Make an impact!
Host an event at your restaurant, business or home to support Restaurants Care. Download the Additional Resources PDF for more information about available services. Hang this poster in your kitchen or Back of House to let your employees know about this new resource!
A chef-driven dinner with exciting wine pairings all to celebrate and support our restaurant community! Restaurants Care provides up to $2,500 directly to food and beverage workers facing an unforeseen hardship. Grants help to cover basic living expenses such as rent, food and utilities as someone works through a crisis.
If you are injured, ill, in a natural disaster or experience personal challenges from mental health or substance abuse, Restaurants Care is here to help. If faced with an immediate emergency situation, call 911. If contemplating suicide, please call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 1-800-273-8255.
Restaurants Care is proud to honor the rich diversity of the foodservice community in California through our programs and services whereby all we serve feel respected and valued regardless of gender, age, race, ethnicity, national origin, sexual orientation or identity, disability or any other bias. To learn more, please contact us at info@restaurantscare. org .
According to the current listing, eligibility includes: Food and beverage workers in California facing an unexpected illness, injury, death in the immediate family, natural disaster, or housing disaster. Confirm the full requirements in the official notice before applying.
The current listing shows up to $2,500. Verify award ceilings, matching requirements, and allowable costs in the official notice.
Applications for _Restaurants Care General Hardship Grants for Food + Beverage Workers are due December 31, 2026. Build your timeline backwards from this date to cover registrations, approvals, and final submission checks.
_Restaurants Care General Hardship Grants for Food + Beverage Workers is funded by Restaurants Care (a program of the California Restaurant Foundation). Verify program details on the funder's official page before applying.
This opportunity targets applicants in California. If your organization operates elsewhere, check the official notice for location requirements.
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The Homeless Youth Program is a grant from the Illinois Department of Human Services that funds services for homeless and at-risk youth across Illinois. Administered through the Office of Community and Positive Youth Development, it supports nonprofit organizations delivering shelter, outreach, and support services to young people experiencing homelessness or housing instability. Eligible applicants are Illinois-based nonprofits with demonstrated capacity to serve youth. Awards range from $100,000 to $800,000 per year under CSFA number 444-80-0711. This is a FY 2026 funding opportunity with an application deadline of May 21, 2025.
Community Investment Tax Credit Program (CITC) is a grant from the Maryland Department of Housing and Community Development that provides state tax credit allocations to 501(c)(3) nonprofits, enabling them to attract private donations from individuals and businesses. Donors contributing $500 or more to approved projects receive tax credits equal to 50% of their contribution. The program has leveraged nearly $27 million in charitable contributions to approximately 700 projects statewide. Eligible project areas include education, housing, job training, arts and culture, economic development, and services for at-risk populations. Projects must be located in or serve residents of Maryland's Priority Funding Areas. The application period is typically held annually.
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