Restaurants Care
Caring for the people at the heart of restaurants Help for F+B WorkersHelp for Independent Restaurants
$5,000 Grants for Restaurants
The Resilience Fund returns this October. Since 2021, the Resilience Fund has provided aid to 972 independent restaurants. Please sign up below to receive alerts and updates about this fund. Funding for grants made possible by SoCalGas, PG&E, and SDG&E.
Get to know Restaurants Care
Restaurants Care provides financial relief year-round to food + beverage workers across California. Donations power this critical life-line. Everything we do is 100% powered by donations. Your gift will make a meaningful impact.
2022 Impact Report
In 2022 you helped strengthen California’s only statewide relief fund for food and beverage workers and small restaurants. From providing stable housing, to buying baby formula, to helping make payroll, grants from Restaurants Care kept hundreds of people afloat. See our impact by the numbers.
since 2017
Serving Those
Who Serve Us
Assistance for F+B workers during times of crisis.
Restaurants Care is a nonprofit fund that provides direct relief grants to food and beverage workers in California. Grants cover basic needs like groceries and rent while people recover from illness, injury, natural disaster, death in the family, and more. We helped over 1,900 F+B workers and their families since 2017.
How We Help
We provide up to $2,500 directly to F+B workers experiencing illness, injury, natural disaster, or death in the immediate family.
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 a safety-net for small restaurant owners in 2021. Restaurants Care provides hope and stability to those at the heart of California’s vibrant food and drink community.
What We Help With
illness
injury
natural disaster
death in the family
housing disaster
Who We Help
catering
food trucks
restaurants
tasting rooms
entertainment venues
What You’ll Submit
paystub
proof of residency
Proof of Hardship
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Your Impact
thank you to our food family donors
Restaurants Care Champions
Restaurants Care Wine Partners
serving hope
Testimonials
making a difference
Get Involved
Host an Event
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.