$10K Grants: Restaurant Disaster Relief Fund

Deadline: 3 March 2025

The DoorDash has partnered with Hello Alice to create the Restaurant Disaster Relief Fund to help restaurants recover in times of critical need.

The fund supports restaurants impacted by natural disasters, severe weather events, or major infrastructure failures, and provides relief through grants.

Funding Information

Grant Recipients will receive a $10,000 (USD) grant to be used for any expense related to loss in revenue as a direct result of a state/tribal or federally-declared natural disaster, but that would not be covered by insurance.

Eligible Expenses

Payments of principal or interest on any mortgage obligation
Rent payments, including rent under a lease agreement
Utilities
Maintenance, including new outdoor seating construction
Supplies and materials
Food and beverage inventory
Covered supplier costs
Business operational expenses
Any other expense essential to maintain operations

Eligibility Criteria

To be eligible to enter a business in the Program, you (“Officer”) must be all of the following as of the first day of the Program Period (defined below):
- an entrepreneur who is the leading executive (i.e. Founder and/or President, CEO, CFO, COO, or any such other similar title) of a business that meets the below business criteria;
- a legal resident of one of the fifty United States, the District of Columbia, or Puerto Rico;
- eighteen (18) years of age or older (19 in AL and NE).
To be eligible to participate in the program, the business (“Entrant”) must meet all of the following criteria as of the first day of the Program Period:
- Be a for-profit business located and registered in one of the fifty United States, the District of Columbia, or Puerto Rico; AND
- Be a restaurant, gastropub or bakery with a brick & mortar location that:
  - has experienced a loss in revenue as a direct result of a natural disaster, severe weather event, or major infrastructure failure which occurred within the last 12 months declared a disaster by state, tribal, or federal government;
  - has 3 or fewer total locations;
  - has 50 or fewer employees per location;
  - has been open for at least 6 months;
  - has revenues of $3M or less per location in 2023; AND
  - is independently-owned.
The potential winners are subject to verification of eligibility by Sponsor, which may include completing associated documentation.