Operations

Foundations will award California restaurants business grants

The PG&E Foundation and the California Restaurant Foundation will make $5,000 grants to 77 restaurants in Northern and Central California.
restaurant grants
The grants can be used for equipment upgrades, training or other investments. | Photo: Shutterstock.

The California Restaurant Foundation (CRF) and the Pacific Gas and Electric Corporation Foundation (PG&E Foundation) this week said they will award business grants to 77 restaurants across Central and Northern California.

The grants will be given in $5,000 increments to restaurants in 24 counties. The restaurants can use them for equipment upgrades, workforce training and other investments designed to ensure long-term success.

The grants are part of a $900,000 donation the PG&E Foundation made to CRF earlier this year. This is the second round of grants following an earlier round announced in June.

Grants were made available to restaurant owners with fewer than five locations and $3 million in revenue.

The contribution brings to $2.3 million the total amount of grants the PG&E Foundation has made, which has helped 521 restaurants. The grants are made through CRF’s Restaurants Care Resilience Fund.

Members help make our journalism possible. Become a Restaurant Business member today and unlock exclusive benefits, including unlimited access to all of our content. Sign up here.

Multimedia

Exclusive Content

Emerging Brands

5 pre-emerging restaurant brands ready for takeoff

These small concepts are still proving out their ideas, but each shows promise as a potential candidate for the next generation of emerging chains.

Technology

This little-known iPhone feature could change restaurant ordering

Tech Check: Almost every customer has a POS in their pocket. Can mini mobile apps get them to actually use it?

Financing

Red Lobster gives private equity another black eye

The Bottom Line: The role a giant sale-leaseback had in the bankruptcy filing of the seafood chain has drawn more criticism of the investment firms' financial engineering. The criticism is well-earned.

Trending

More from our partners