Restaurants Care
Caring for the people at the heart of restaurants Help for F+B WorkersHelp for Independent RestaurantsGet 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 $7.3 million in grants to 1,603 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.
2024 Impact Report
In 2024 you deepened our investment in California’s vibrant restaurant community. From providing stable housing to workers to building resilience in independent restaurants, grants from Restaurants Care kept thousands of people afloat. See our impact by the numbers.
since 2017
Serving Those
Who Serve Us
Safety-net for CA’s restaurant community
Restaurants Care is a nonprofit fund providing stability and hope to California’s food and beverage community.
How We Help
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 2,400 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.
Our History
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.
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Make an impact! Host an event at your restaurant, business or home to support Restaurants Care.
Additional Resources
Download the Additional Resources PDF for more information about available services.
Download a Poster
Hang this poster in your kitchen or Back of House to let your employees know about this new resource!
The Grateful Table
A chef-driven dinner with exciting wine pairings all to celebrate and support our restaurant community!
emergency grants
Helping those in Need
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.