Hospitality Relief Fund

Hospitality Relief Fund

Funder: Jupiter Foundation (Phoenix, Arizona)
Type: Financial Assistance Grant
Status: Active
Geographic Scope: Not geographically restricted (accepts applications from bartenders/servers and their families)

Eligibility Requirements

Applicants must satisfy ALL of the following:

• Profession: Be a Bartender/Server or the spouse or child of a Bartender/Server. The foundation defines a "Bartender/Server" as an individual employed in serving beverages or otherwise engaged in the production, promotion or distribution of alcoholic beverages.
• Employment History: Must have performed services as a Bartender/Server on a regular full- or part-time basis for at least one year prior to application. If a catastrophic event prevents current work, must have worked as a Bartender/Server for at least one year before the event.
• Qualifying Hardship: Experience a catastrophic event or emergency hardship that is:
- Identifiable and described in detail - Damaging to person or property (e.g., loss of life, health, or property) - Sudden and precipitous rather than gradual or progressive - Unexpected, unanticipated, unforeseen, unintended, or unplanned - Unusual and not normally occurring in ordinary day-to-day living
• Financial Need: Lack the necessities of life, including financial, physical, mental, or emotional well-being as a result of the catastrophic event or emergency hardship
• Documentation: Provide tangible documentation of the catastrophic event or emergency hardship

Selection Criteria

• Grant recipients selected solely on basis of eligibility requirements above
• Pre-screening conducted objectively and nondiscriminatory basis by Jupiter Foundation or designated persons
• All pre-screened and approved applications submitted to Jupiter Foundation members for review
• Grants awarded objectively and nondiscriminatory basis upon application review
• Important: Applications will NOT be denied if the Bartender/Server terminated employment after application submission
• No requirement or condition for future employment as a Bartender/Server at time of award
• Grants distributed as lump sum or as determined by Jupiter Foundation based on recipient needs
• Recipients must provide documentation that grant was used consistent with grant terms

Award Terms

• Form of distribution: Lump sum or determined by foundation based on needs
• Documentation required: Preferred documentation includes third-party evidence such as police reports, fire department reports, medical prescriptions, receipts, eviction notices, condemnation notices, overdue invoices, and similar tangible documentation
• Extent and form of documentation depends on nature and urgency of underlying hardship

Organization Information

• Status: Qualified 501(c)(3) tax-exempt non-profit organization
• Location: Phoenix, Arizona
• Website: jupiter.foundation