Restaurant Disaster Relief Fund (United States)

The fund supports restaurants impacted by natural disasters, severe weather events, or major infrastructure failures, and provides relief through $10,000 grants.

Eligible Expenses

• DoorDash’s Restaurant Disaster Relief Fund grants are allowed 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 your insurance. Examples of expense categories include:
  • 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

Who can apply?

• Applicants must meet all of the below criteria to be eligible for this opportunity. Please note: A partnership with DoorDash or Caviar is not required or considered.
• Be a restaurant located and registered in one of the 50 United States, the District of Columbia, or Puerto Rico.
• 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.
• Operate a brick-and-mortar location.
• Own a maximum of three locations, and employ fewer than 50 employees per location.
• Have been open for at least six months.
• Have revenues of $3M or less per location in the last 12 months.

Entry Qualifications

• Sponsor may disqualify any Entry that, as adjudged in Sponsor’s determination:
  • contains any material that is indecent, obscene, hateful, discriminatory; defamatory, slanderous, libelous, unlawful, or otherwise inappropriate;
  • is submitted in bad faith, is inappropriate, or otherwise violates these Terms and Conditions;
  • is submitted by an Entrant or Officer who is ineligible or noncompliant with these Terms and Conditions; and/or,
  • is submitted by any person who tampers with or abuses any aspect of the Program or the Hello Alice website, who acts in an unsportsmanlike or disruptive manner, who violates these Terms and Conditions, or about whom a background check provides unsatisfactory results.

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