Resource Database
Search below for opportunities to get help, give help, or donate to people in your community.
Target Hunger
Who can get help: Target hunger serves vulnerable community members including homebound seniors, families whose children are now home from school, those who have lost their jobs or whose wages are reduced, and those who do not have resources.
What: Target Hunger serves food-insecure people and distributes more than four (4) million pounds of food annually. This distribution of nutritious food is accomplished through six food pantries, educational food fairs, an extensive senior home delivery program, collaboration with 10 senior day sites, the Willie H. & Gladys R. Goffney Community Garden and participation in the USDA Commodities Program.
Phone: 832-767-1677
Email: info@targethunger.org
Southern Smoke Foundation
Who: Texas food and beverage industry
What: Emergency relief funds to to individuals in the food and beverage industry in crisis (prioritizing medical emergencies right now)
Dining At A Distance
Who can help: People living in San Francisco area
What: Use this aggregator to find what restaurants in the San Francisco area are open for take-out, curbside pick-up, or delivery during the lockdown of San Francisco’s restaurants and bars during COVID-19.
Restaurants Care
Who can get help: Restaurant workers in California
What: Restaurants Care is currently evaluating grant requests from California restaurant workers who have been impacted by the coronavirus in the following ways in order of priority to serve the most vulnerable first.
Restaurant Opportunities Centers United
Who can get help: Individuals who work in food services.
What: National and city/state resources available to restaurant workers during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Bartender Emergency Assistance Program
Who can get help: Bartenders or the spouse or child of a bartender
What: The USGB National Charity Foundation provides grants to bartenders who have experienced a catastrophic event or emergency hardship.
GiftForward Gift Certificate Purchase
Who can give help: Anyone can purchase a gift card to support local restaurants
What: Giftforward.co lets you purchase discounted gift cards to help local eateries stay afloat. All proceeds go directly to the restaurants.
Children of Restaurant Employees (CORE)
Who can get help: Food & beverage workers with children. During the pandemic, applications for support specific to COVID-19 are limited to those who have been diagnosed with or are living with someone diagnosed with COVID-19.
What: CORE is a national nonprofit organization that is dedicated to granting support to food & beverage service employees with children, who are faced with life-altering circumstances and in need of their help.
Restaurant Opportunities Centers United
Who can get help: Restaurant workers
What: Restaurant Opportunities Centers United is providing resources and financial assistance to restaurant workers impacted by the coronavirus crisis.
ONE FAIR WAGE — Emergency Coronavirus Tipped and Service Worker Support Fund
Who can get help: Restaurant workers, car service drivers, delivery workers, personal service workers and more
What: Providing cash assistance to restaurant workers, car service drivers, delivery workers, personal service workers and more who need the money they aren’t getting to survive.
Restaurant Workers’ Community Foundation – COVID19 Crisis Relief Fund
Who can get help: Restaurant Owners and Workers
What: RWCF’s Relief Fund provides zero-interest loans to businesses to maintain payroll during closure or re-open once this crisis has passed. The fund also provides direct financial support to individual workers facing economic hardships or health crises as a direct result of COVID-19
Golden Rule Charity
Who can get help: You must be employed in a restaurant or hospitality establishment for 6 months. You must apply no later than 6 months after onset of need
What: Apply for assistance grants during time of hardship to support basic needs.
Another Round, Another Rally Fund
Who can get help: Hospitality workers who have lost their jobs or had hours slashed due to COVID-19
What: $500 relief grants for hospitality workers who lost their jobs or had their hours slashed in the wake of the COVID-19 outbreak. We’re also collecting donations from community members willing to help their hospitality-industry friends and neighbors stay afloat in this time of uncertainty