Second round of grant funding now available to local restaurants

California restaurants are being encouraged to apply for grant funding from the California Restaurant Foundation’s (CRF) Restaurants Care® Resilience Fund. Thanks to a $1 million donation from Southern California Gas Co. (SoCalGas), the fund now has $2.1 million.

Grants will be awarded to 182 restaurants, including 88 in SoCalGas’ service area, and funds may be used for technology adoption, equipment upgrades, employee onboarding and retention, or unforeseen hardships.

This is the second round of grants in 2023, made possible through donations from SoCalGas, the PG&E Corporation Foundation (PG&E Foundation), and San Diego Gas and Electric (SDG&E). The first round of 2023 Restaurants Care® Resilience Fund grants were distributed in June and restaurants that submitted applications in the spring but who were not funded do not need to reapply to be considered for this round of grants.

Applications are being accepted now through November 8, 2023. Eligibility is open to California restaurants located in the utility companies’ service areas, must be open for at least one year, have up to five units, have annual revenue of up to $3 million, with special consideration for those owned by women or people of color. Applications can be found at www.restaurantscare.org/resilience.