Bilingual report — Economic Development Collaborative (EDC) — Grant opportunity for California Restaurants

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RESTAURANTS CARE RESILIENCE FUND

Restaurants Care, a nonprofit program of the California Restaurant Foundation, is partnering with SoCalGas, PG&E and SDG&E to offer resilience grants to independent restaurants at the heart of our communities. To date, the Restaurants Care Resilience Fund has awarded grants to more than 2,050 California restaurants. Restaurants Care was created in 2017 as a safety-net for food and beverage workers. To learn more about their fund for food and beverage workers click here.

Application Window CLOSES Sunday, June 30!

Grant Award:

$5,000 grants available for independent restaurants

2024 Grant Cycle Eligibility:

• California restaurant owned by a California resident
• 1 – 5 units
• Less than $3 million in annual revenue (combined/total for all units)
• A customer of SoCalGas, Pacific Gas and Electric or San Diego Gas and Electric
• Currently open
• Have been in business at least one full year

Application should only take 30-60 minutes to complete. The online application can be done on your phone and document upload can be images (cell phone photos).

For more information and complete application criteria, CLICK HERE

Resources

• The EDC SBDC can help address your general questions and walk you through the application. Call 805.409.9159 for assistance.

• Restaurants Care Resilience Fund Checklist CLICK HERE.

• For any questions and/or any technical difficulties filling out the grant application, please email resilience@restaurantscare.org.