Supporting the industry

Care to donate to, fundraise for, or aid the restaurant industry & its workers?

Below is a list of just a few organizations through which you can help out. From combating food insecurity to lobbying at the federal level and delivering handwritten notes, there’s a bit of everything to help out.

Featured:

People’s Kitchen Collective

Help fund activism, food relief, and necessary discussion on radical hospitality. Tying back to the Black Panther Party for Self-Defense, aid in modernizing the industry.

Main locations: Across the US, Oakland (CA)

Heart of Dinner

Donate & fundraise to provide food & handwritten notes to Asian American older adults subject to systemic inequality around New York City.

Main locations: New York (NY)

The LEE Initiative

Let’s Empower Employment. Join the LEE initiative today to boost efforts to grow new industry leaders in the food and beverage industry, funding movements to preserve Black cuisine, the Louisville Bluegrass Bartenders Fund, a female leadership program, and more.

Main locations: Across the US, Louisville (KY)

Zero Foodprint

Help work to reduce the carbon footprints of restaurants and farming by focusing on soil and regenerative agriculture. Whether from a farmer, business owner, or eater’s perspective, consider becoming a member or donating today to slow the impacts of climate change.

Main locations: Across the US, San Francisco (CA)

Rethink Food

Donate to & help prepare excess food into full meals used to combat food insecurity. Join a network of kitchens & corporations to support sustainability missions & restaurant aid from all government levels.

Main locations: Across the US, New York (NY)

World Central Kitchen

Donate, volunteer, & fundraise for the World Central Kitchen, providing emergency food relief to those in humanitarian crises or those otherwise deprived of food around the world.

Main locations: Global

Independent Restaurant Coalition

Join the IRC as an individual or business to help lobby alongside thousands of restaurant workers for federal aid for those in the industry.

Main locations: Across the US, New York (NY)

Big Table

Join & donate to Big Table’s referral-based system to aid restaurant staff in need of relief. Support mental health classes, access to food banks, & availability of disaster aid in the industry.

Main locations: Spokane (WA), San Diego (CA), Colorado Springs (CO), Nashville (TN)

Restaurant Workers’ Community Foundation

Donate to the Restaurant Workers’ Community Foundation to help advocate for sustainable wages & race, gender, & immigrant equity in the industry. Aid in providing emergency grants to those in need & ensuring investment for up-and-coming ethical restaurants.

Main locations: Across the US, New York (NY)

MAD Symposium

Donate to the MAD symposium, a culinary conference held every few years, dedicated to global community and innovation. The 7th symposium, titled “Build to Last,” focusing on a sustainable future, will take place in May of 2025.

Main locations: Copenhagen (Denmark)

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