UPDATED JULY 14th
CulEpi is gathering sources of financial assistance to restaurant and hospitality workers and business owners across the US during the COVID-19 crisis. If you know of a resource (national, state, local and even individual restaurants / hospitality groups) that isn’t on our list (there’s many more than we have here for sure!) PLEASE TELL US so we can add it! Check back as we’ll be updating this list with more and more resources. Let’s do what we can to help this awesome industry and its hard-working people survive the financial Coronavirus crisis!
Sign The Petition to Bail Out the Industry and Its People! Change.org Save America’s Restaurants Petition
National
Dining Bond Initiative Buy gift certificates at a 25% discount. The program is open to all restaurants.
Restaurant Workers’ Community Foundation Make a donation or apply for assistance.
One Fair Wage Emergency Relief Fun Make a donation or apply for assistance.
USBG Bartender Emergency Assistance Program Financial assistance for bars and bartenders.
Another Round. Another Rally. Make a donation or apply for assistance.
Rent Assistance General list of agencies that provide rent in times of crisis.
SBA Small Business Disaster Loans U.S. Small Business Administration apply for loans.
Southern Smoke Foundation’s Emergency Relief Fund Make a donation or apply for assistance.
Restaurant Opportunities Centers United Disaster Relief Fund Make a donation or apply for relief
Please note, some resources, like the National Restaurant Association Employee Relief Fund and The James Beard Foundation Food & Beverage Industry Relief Fund, are not currently accepting applications for emergency funds. They continue to take donations though, so you can still contribute! We’ll let you know when they’re taking applications again.
California
Los Angeles GoFundMe Make a donation or apply for assistance.
Lee Initiative Make a donation for emergency relief in LA (more cities to come).
CA Employment Development Department: Coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19)
COVID-19 Small Businesses Resiliency Fund Apply for assistance.
Meals for Mills / Restaurant Rescue, Burlingame and Peninsula, CA (funding to pay restaurants to make meals for first responders)
Georgia
Giving Kitchen Make a donation and/or get assistance.
Kentucky
Lee Initiative Make a donation for emergency relief in Louisville (more cities to come).
Louisiana
United Way Fund Grants for Hospitality Workers Apply beginning March 21st, Make a donation.
Massachusetts
Boston GoFundMe Make a donation or apply for financial assistance.
Cambridge Virtual Tip Jar Give a Tip and/or get on the list.
Lowell GoFundMe Make a donation or apply for financial assistance.
Restaurant Strong Fund Make a donation or apply for financial assistance.
Michigan
Lansing GoFundMe Make a donation or apply for assistance.
Nebraska
Omaha Community Foundation COVID-19 Response Fund Make a donation.
Metro Omaha Virtual Tip Jar Give a Tip and/or get on the list.
New York
ReThink Restaurant Response Program gives grants to restaurants to reopen their kitchens and prepare meals for front-line workers as well as the community in need, Eleven Madison Park is involved, and grant recipients include Little Tong Noodle Shop in East Village and Taco Mix in East Harlem (CulEpi’s former neighborhood!).
Restaurant Workers’ Community Foundation NYC make a donation or apply for assistance.
COVID-19 Food Hub NYC NYC make a donation or apply for assistance.
Unemployment Insurance Apply for unemployment without the 7-day waiting period.
Lee Initiative Make a donation for emergency relief in NYC (more cities to come).
New Hampshire
Dover GoFundMe Make a donation or apply for assistance.
Ohio
Lee Initiative Make a donation for emergency relief in Cincinnati (more cities to come).
Oregon
Family Meal Make a donation and/or Apply for a Grant.
Pennsylvania
Greater Pittsburgh GoFundMe Make a donation or apply for assistance.
Tennessee
Tennessee Action for Hospitality Sign a petition to get financial assistance to hospitality workers.
Texas
Southern Smoke Foundation Make a donation or apply for funds.
Virginia
Charlottesville Restaurant Community Fund Make a donation or apply for financial assistance.
Richmond Restaurant Workers Support Fund
Washington State
Seattle GoFundMe Rent Fund Make a donation to help hospitality workers pay their rent.
Lee Initiative Make a donation for emergency relief in Seattle (more cities to come).
Washington DC
DMV Restaurant Worker Relief Fund Make a donation or apply for financial assistance.
DC Virtual Tip Jar Give a Tip and/or get on the list.
Lee Initiative Make a donation for emergency relief in Washington DC (more cities to come).
DC Metro Area (VA and MD)
Hook Hall Helps Supplies, meals, resources for MetroDC.
INTERNATIONAL
Canada
Montreal Restaurant Workers Relief Fund
Toronto Restaurant Workers Crisis Relief Fund
Restaurants & Hospitality Groups Employee Relief Funds
PLEASE TELL US if you know of any restaurants / hospitality groups we can list here, thanks!!
National
Hand in Hand, A Daniel Boulud Foundation
Thomas Keller Restaurant Relief Fund
California
Charlie Palmer Steak & Sky & Vine Napa
Dry Creek Kitchen & Hotel Healdsburg
Off the Menu Los Angeles Restaurant Relief Fund (specific restaurants listed on the GoFundMe page)
Jing Jing Restaurant Relief Fund, Palo Alto
Mourad-And-Aziza Restaurants Relief Fund, San Francisco
Namu Family of Restaurants Relief Fund, San Francisco Bay Area
Florida
Miami Restaurant Employee Relief Fund Also links to application for $250 grant
Louisiana
Gris-Gris Employee Relief Fund
Massachusetts
Boston’s Unsung Restaurants – Relief Fund List of restaurants given on the GoFundMe page, for ” beloved and reliable neighborhood joints, our tastes of home, and our local mom & pop shops. They don’t have huge Instagram followings, fancy PR firms, or big investors”
Nevada
Aureole
Charlie Palmer Steak Las Vegas
Charlie Palmer Steak Reno
New York
Gotham Bar & Grill GoFundMe
Hand in Hand, A Daniel Boulud Foundation
Eleven Madison Park Employee Relief Fund
Majorelle Restaurant GoFundMe
New York City Street Vendors, GoFundMe organized by Urban Justice Center
Aureole
AVA Social & Spyglass Rooftop Bar
Crimson & Rye
Charlie Palmer at the Knick & St. Cloud Rooftop Bar
Upper Story Events
Jean-Georges Restaurants Employee Relief Fund GoFundMe (Includes employees at Jean-Georges, Nougatine, JoJo, Perry Street, Mercer Kitchen, Inn at Pound Ridge, and ABC restaurants)
Casa Nomad GoFundMe
Maryland and Virginia
Great American Restaurants Employee Relief Fund
Montana
Local Whitefish Restaurant Staff Relief Fund, Whitefish
South Carolina
The Ordinary and FIG Restaurants Relief Fund, Charleston
Washington DC
