After a long winter of closures, local eateries, breweries and wineries have a new opportunity for relief.
Last week, the San Mateo County Board of Supervisors unanimously approved an extra $1 million for a new grant program targeting local businesses â specifically county-based restaurants, breweries and wineries. The program is set to offer $10,000 grants to local businesses that are licensed, opened before the pandemic, have a brick-and-mortar location in the county and offer food or drinks
onsite. They also must have complied with county health orders and have seen significant losses due to COVID-19.
Sacrilege Brewing and Kitchen owner Joe Pacini said he will be applying for the grant program. Along with all other local restaurants, the Main Street brewery had to shut down dining in December and move to takeout only. Pacini said, in the best months, heâs seen around 50 percent of his normal business. The worst months produce closer to 10 percent of normal revenue.
(CBM) – Last week, philanthropic organizations and other funders joined hands to launch the California Black Freedom Fund (CBFF), a new $100 million initiative that will provide resources to Black-led organizations in the state of California over the next five years.
Co-created with Black leaders and organizers, the first-of-its-kind fund will ensure that California’s growing ecosystem of local grassroots, Black-led organizing groups have sustained investments that equip them with the resources they need to push back against entrenched forces of systemic and institutionalized racism.
“Over the past year, we’ve seen Black communities across the country step up boldly as the conscience of our nation to challenge the status quo,” said Cathy Cha, president and chief executive officer of the Evelyn and Walter Haas, Jr. Fund, a Bay Area philanthropic organization that tackles a broad range of social issues. “The California Black Freedom Fund represents a great opportunity to
Funders Join Together to Launch $100 Million California Black Freedom Fund
New Fund Invests in Black Power-Building and Organizing in California
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MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., Feb. 4, 2021 /PRNewswire/ Today, philanthropic organizations and funders joined together to launch the California Black Freedom Fund, a new $100 million initiative to provide abundant resources to Black-led power-building organizations in the state over the next five years. Co-created with Black leaders and organizers, the first-of-its-kind fund will ensure that California s growing ecosystem of locally rooted Black-led organizing efforts have the sustained investments and resources they need to eradicate systemic and institutional racism.
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Starting mid-February, restaurants, breweries and wineries providing dining or take-out services, and which have a brick-and-mortar location within the county, would be eligible to apply for the relief fund. (Shutterstock)
SAN MATEO COUNTY, CA San Mateo County s Board of Supervisors this week allocated $1 million towards a $2.384 million relief fund for restaurants, breweries and wineries. Qualifying restaurants could receive grants of up to $10,000 each to offset revenue losses due to the COVID-19 pandemic and continue operations. The application window is set to open mid-February. At Tuesday s meeting, the supervisors voted unanimously to establish the fund, allocating $1 million of the county s general funds towards it.
A financial lifeline: San Mateo County creates $2.3M relief fund for restaurants, wineries and breweries
Eligible food-and-drink businesses, including in Palo Alto, can apply for up to $10,000 in grants
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Jamie Kerr, an Alice s Restaurant co-owner, rings up customer Rachael Garcia in Woodside on March 20, 2020. Photo by Magali Gauthier.
San Mateo County has created a $2.3 million relief fund to help struggling independent restaurants, breweries and wineries offset the significant adverse financial impacts they ve suffered during the coronavirus shutdown.
On Tuesday, the San Mateo County Board of Supervisors unanimously approved $1 million for the fund, matching a $1 million grant from the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative made to support small, local restaurants.