2021 Grantees
Another Round Another Rally
Ben's Friends
Big Table
Brownsville Community Culinary Center
Café Momentum
CHOW
Comal Heritage Food Incubator
Drive Change
Emma’s Torch
Fest Events / Staff Meal
Get Shift Done
Giving Kitchen
Good Work Austin
Hot Bread Kitchen
I'll Have What She's Having
Khesed Wellness
La Cocina
No Us Without You
Oakland Bloom
One Fair Wage
ProBono.Net
Restaurant After Hours
Saint City Culinary
Serving Those Serving
Southern Smoke Foundation
Support Staff
The CoCo Fund
The Migrant Kitchen Initiative
TransCanWork
2020 Grantees
Ben’s Friends
BIG-TABLE
Chow
Culture Aid NOLA
Drive Change
Emma’s Torch
Food Connect
Fulfill
Giving Kitchen
Greater New Orleans Foundation
Heritage Radio Network
Hot Bread Kitchen
Immigrants Rising
Khesed Wellness
La Cocina
The LEE Initiative Restaurant Workers Relief Program
Liberty’s Kitchen
Made in New Orleans Foundation
Make the Road NY
National Day Laborers Organizing Network for the Immigrant Worker Safety Net Fund
National Immigration Law Center
National Queer and Trans Therapists of Color Network
New Orleans Workers Center for Racial Justice
The Okra Project
One Fair Wage
Pilot Light
ProBono.net
Restaurant After Hours
RAINN (Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network)
Safe Bars
Saint City Culinary
Service!
Service Workers Coalition
Shift Meals
Southern Smoke Foundation
Staff Meal/FestEvents Foundation
Support Staff
We Help NOLA
Women in Hospitality United
Grantee Selection
The restaurant industry is notorious for low wages, poor job mobility, high turnover, and burnout. Structural and cultural issues within the industry decrease quality-of-life and make long term work in the industry unsustainable for many. For those reasons, RWCF’s program areas for grantmaking, advocacy and impact investing are:
Wage Fairness and Career Ladders
Gender Equity and Sexual Violence
Racial Equity and Support for the Immigrant Community
Mental Health and Substance Abuse
During this unprecedented time of crisis, RWCF is awarding grants to nonprofits that are well positioned to provide restaurant workers:
food assistance
housing assistance
mental health and emergency healthcare
pro bono legal services
other vital emergency provisions