The Rachael Ray Foundation ProStart Grow Grants
Funding Amount
$5,000
Deadline
Rolling / Open
Grant Type
Foundation
Deadline history & next window
- Cycle
- Annual
- Tracked since
- April 2026
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Eligible organizations
- High schools with ProStart® programs (NRAEF's high school career and technical education program)
- Schools focused on culinary arts and restaurant management education
Overview
Geographic Scope: United States (nationwide)
Overview:
The Rachael Ray Foundation awards grants to high schools with ProStart programs to enhance their culinary arts and restaurant management classrooms. In the most recent cycle (2025), 48 high schools received grants.
Award Amount:
- $5,000 per grant to individual high schools
Eligible Recipients:
- High schools with ProStart® programs (NRAEF's high school career and technical education program)
- Schools focused on culinary arts and restaurant management education
Acceptable Uses:
Grant funds can be used to enhance the classroom experience through:
- Curriculum development and materials
- Supplies and equipment
- Classroom infrastructure improvements
Program Context:
- ProStart is a high school career and technical education program reaching 150,000 students nationally
- Program focuses on culinary arts and restaurant management
- Part of NRAEF's mission to Attract, Empower and Advance the next generation of restaurant and foodservice workers
Contact Information:
- Organization: National Restaurant Association Educational Foundation (NRAEF)
- Website: ChooseRestaurants.org
- Email: jajones@nraef.org
Mission:
Grants support enhancement of career and technical education in the restaurant and foodservice industry at the secondary level.
What The National Restaurant Association Educational Foundation actually gave
Source: IRS Form 990, 2024
- Grants in 2024
- 71
- Total given
- $3.29M
- Median grant
- $26K
- Range
- $7,500–$217K
- By dollars: Texas 15%, Michigan 8%, Ohio 6%. Top recipient cities: Columbus, OH; Chicago, IL; Lansing, MI.
- 0% of grants with a stated purpose were for general or operating support.
- 17% of recipients were new grantees, not repeat recipients.
Example grants
San Antonio Food Bank Inc · San Antonio, TX
HOPES Program
$217K
American Hotel & Lodging Foundation · Washington, DC
Dol hrsa
$160K
Texas Restaurant Foundation · Austin, TX
ProStart Program
$157K
Peckham Vocational Industries Inc · Lansing, MI
Restaurant Ready, HOPES Program
$153K
Goodwill Industries of Houston · Houston, TX
HOPES Program
$123K
Focus Areas & Funding Uses
Fields of Work
- K-12 schools
- Education
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