Delaware Restaurant Foundation Industry Relief Fund
Funding Amount
$500
Deadline
Rolling
Grant Type
Foundation
Deadline history & next window
- Cycle
- Rolling — applications accepted year-round
- Tracked since
- October 2026
Source: the cycle recorded on this listing. Confirm dates with the funder.
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Eligible organizations
- Individuals
Geography
- Delaware
Overview
The Industry Relief Fund provides immediate emergency grants of $500 directly to Delaware restaurant and foodservice workers facing unanticipated hardship. It is run by the Delaware Restaurant Foundation, the nonprofit arm of the Delaware Restaurant Association.
Qualifying hardships include injury, illness, the death or illness of a family member, and natural disasters such as flood, fire or storm damage. Assistance goes to the worker rather than to an employer.
How to Apply
Apply online through the Industry Relief Fund application. You will need proof of current employment in a Delaware restaurant or food and beverage hospitality business - your most recent paystub - and proof of the hardship, such as a signed letter on company letterhead, a medical diagnosis from a doctor, a newspaper article or a published obituary.
Questions: admin@delawarerestaurant.org or (302) 738-2545, 420 S. State Street, Dover, DE 19901.
What Delaware Restaurant Association actually gave
Source: IRS Form 990, 2020 — the most recent filing with itemized grants
Delaware Restaurant Association reported $2,850 in grants for 2024 as a total without an itemized list; the grant details below are from 2020, its most recent itemized filing.
- Grants in 2020
- 6
- Total given
- $165K
- Median grant
- $23K
- Range
- $5,600–$62K
- 62% of its 2020 grant dollars went to recipients in Delaware, where this grant's project is located.
- By dollars: Delaware 62%, Texas 38%. Top recipient cities: Newark, DE; Austin, TX; Dover, DE.
- 0% of grants with a stated purpose were for general or operating support.
Example grants
Shoox Inc · Austin, TX
To provide drug and alcohol safety training courses to restaurant employees through…
$62K
University of Delaware · Newark, DE
To provide hr competencies trainings for restaurant managers through the cares act
$45K
Food Bank of Delaware · Newark, DE
To provide training to delaware restaurant employees to enhance skills and employment…
$32K
Wboc · Dover, DE
To provide advertising for delaware restaurants who suffered declines of revenue…
$15K
The News Journaldelmarva Now · New Castle, DE
To provide advertising for delaware restaurants who suffered declines of revenue…
$5,691
Focus Areas & Funding Uses
Fields of Work
- Hardship
- Human services
Project Locations
- DE
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