CALIFORNIA RESTAURANT ASSOCIATION FOUNDATION INC

As filed

Subsection

03

NTEE code

Z99Z

Classification

1000

Street

621 CAPITOL MALL STE 2000

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Other organizations at this address

2 other organizations in the IRS Business Master File list the same street address. matched by us

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• CALIFORNIA RESTAURANT ASSOCIATION

  EIN 95-1241045

• CALIFORNIA RESTAURANT ASSOCIATION ISSUES POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE

  EIN 93-1056353

Mission and programs · 2024

• EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE THROUGH SCHOLARSHIPS FOR STUDENTS INTERESTED IN THE RESTAURANT AND HOSPITALITY INDUSTRIES.

  Expenses $214,174 · Grants $165,500

• CREATE A BRAND OF EXCELLENCE IN TRAINING FOR HOSPITALITY INDUSTRY JOBS BY SUPPORTING PROSTART PROGRAMS THROUGH THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA IN HIGH SCHOOLS. TO CREATE A NEW GENERATION OF RESTAURATEURS BY FUELING A DESIRE IN YOUNG PEOPLE TO ENTER THE RESTAURANT COMMUNITY.NATIONALLY, PROSTART IS RECOGNIZED AS THE INDUSTRY-BACKED TRAINING FOR HIGH SCHOOL CULINARY ARTS PROGRAMS. THE CALIFORNIA RESTAURANT FOUNDATION PROVIDES CULINARY AND HOSPITALITY TRAINING AND CAREER OPPORTUNITIES TO THOUSANDS OF STUDENTS IN PUBLIC HIGH SCHOOLS ACROSS THE STATE. PROSTART'S JOB READINESS TRAINING BRIDGES THE GAP BETWEEN EDUCATION AND EMPLOYMENT. THIS BRIDGE IS CRITICAL FOR YOUTH FROM ALL BACKGROUNDS, BUT ESPECIALLY FOR THOSE WHO ARE FIRST GENERATION COLLEGE BOUND AND LOW-INCOME. VOCATIONAL TRAINING (ALSO KNOWN AS CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION CTE) PROGRAMS PROVIDE PRACTICAL SKILLS THAT ARE DIRECTLY TRANSFERABLE TO VARIOUS INDUSTRIES, INCLUDING TIME MANAGEMENT, TEAMWORK AND COLLABORATION, AND CREATIVE THINKING. THESE BENEFITS ARE CRITICAL FOR THE STUDENTS WE SERVE. PROSTART ENCOURAGES STUDENTS TO DEVELOP THEIR UNIQUE PASSIONS, INTERESTS, AND ABILITIES, WHETHER THAT'S IN THE CULINARY ARTS AND HOSPITALITY, OR ANOTHER FIELD ENTIRELY. WHILE WE HOPE TO INSPIRE THE NEXT GENERATION OF PASSIONATE FOOD SERVICE PROFESSIONALS, WE ARE MORE FOCUSED ON REMINDING STUDENTS EARLY (STARTING IN 9TH GRADE) AND OFTEN (THROUGHOUT ALL FOUR YEARS OF HIGH SCHOOL) THAT THEY CAN DO ANYTHING THEY SET THEIR MINDS TO. WHEN INCOME DOES NOT DETERMINE WHAT OPPORTUNITIES ARE AVAILABLE TO OUR YOUTH, THE WORLD BECOMES MORE EQUITABLE AND THE POSSIBILITIES FOR SUCCESS ARE ENDLESS. CRF SUPPORTS TOMORROW'S CULINARY TALENT AND RESTAURANT BUSINESS LEADERS AND PROMOTES WORKFORCE ENRICHMENT PROGRAMS. IN ADDITION, OUT OF TWENTY CURRENT 9TH GRADERS, SIX WILL DROP OUT OF HIGH SCHOOL, SIX WILL GO DIRECTLY TO WORK AFTER HIGH SCHOOL AND EIGHT WILL BECOME COLLEGE FRESHMEN. DROPPING OUT OF HIGH SCHOOL IS RELATED TO A NUMBER OF NEGATIVE OUTCOMES. DROPOUTS ARE LESS LIKELY TO BE IN THE LABOR FORCE THAN THOSE WITH A HIGH SCHOOL CREDENTIAL. STUDENTS ARE MOTIVATED TO STAY IN SCHOOL AND GRADUATE BECAUSE: THEY WANT TO BE SUCCESSFUL IN LIFE; THEY WANT TO HAVE A GOOD JOB; THEY WANT TO ATTEND COLLEGE; AND, THEY WANT TO BE GOOD ROLE MODELS FOR THEIR PARENTS AND SIBLINGS. THE PROSTART PROGRAM OF CRF IS DESIGNED TO CAPTURE THE INTEREST AND ENGAGE THE MINDS OF YOUNG PEOPLE WHO MIGHT OTHERWISE BE STRUGGLING STAYING IN SCHOOL. LEARNING THE CULINARY AND MANAGEMENT SKILLS TAUGHT BY OUR PROSTART CLASS PROVIDES PRACTICAL SKILLS FOR SUCCESS.CRF SERVES 140 PROSTART PROGRAMS WITH 13,500 STUDENTS. 50% OF PROSTART STUDENTS SURVEYED SAID PROSTART IS A MAJOR REASON WHY THEY COME TO SCHOOL EVERY DAY. 91% OF PROSTART STUDENTS CREDIT PROSTART FOR TEACHING THEM JOB READINESS SKILLS. THROUGH CRF/PROSTART EVENTS 73% OF STUDENTS FEEL BETTER PREPARED TO APPLY FOR COLLEGE AND 36% ARE MORE LIKELY TO STUDY HOSPITALITY MANAGEMENT/CULINARY.

  Expenses $501,153 · Revenue $4,061

• RESTAURANTS CARE LAUNCHED IN 2017 TO PROVIDE RELEIF GRANTS TO FOOD AND BEVERAGE WORKERS FACING UNFORSEEN HARDSHIP. BY HELPING WITH GRANTS FOR BASIC NEEDS DUE TO INJURY, ILLNESS, ACCIDENT, FAMILY DEATH OR NATURAL DISASTER, CRF UNITES THE INDUSTRY TO AWARD CRISIS GRANTS TO MEMBERS OF CALIFORNIA'S RESTAURANT AND HOSPITALITY COMMUNITY. CRF PROVIDES A SUPPORT NETWORK OF RESOURCES FOR ADDITIONAL ASSISTANCE TO FOOD AND BEVERAGE WORKERS. RESTAURANTS CARE IS A SAFETY NET FOR THOSE AT THE HEART OF RESTAURANTS AND FOODSERVICE. IN 2021 CRF EXPANDED RESTAURANTS CARE TO PROVIDE RESILIENCE GRANTS TO SMALL INDEPENDENT RESTAURANTS WITH A PRIORITY GIVEN TO PEOPLE OF COLOR AND WOMEN-OWNED RESTAURANTS.CRF CREATED THE GRATEFUL TABLE AND THE GRATEFUL TABLE DINE OUT FUNDRAISERS AS AN ADDITIONAL SOURCE TO RAISE FUNDS FOR RESTAURANTS CARE. OTHER SOURCES OF FUNDING INCLUDE PERSONAL DONATIONS, CORPORATE PARTNERSHIPS, EVENT SPONSORSHIPS, GRANTS, GIVING CREW, AND EVENTS. THE GRATEFUL TABLE IS A COMMUNAL DINNER CELEBRATION FEATURING CELEBRATED CHEFS, LIVE MUSIC, A TWILIGHT RECEPTION IN THE GARDEN, AND A DESSERT BAR UNDER THE STARS. THE GRATEFUL TABLE DINE OUT IS A MARKETING CAMPAIGN IN NOVEMBER TO DRIVE TRAFFIC TO RESTAURANTS AND SUPPORT RESTAURANT CARE.

  Expenses $1,785,137 · Grants $1,590,300

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Officers and directors · 2024

As listed in Part VII of the 2024 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

The first 25 listed. Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

• 2024

  Revenue

  $3,237,653

  Expenses

  $2,684,971

  Contributions

  $2,875,198

  Grants paid

  $1,755,800

• 2023

  Revenue

  $5,529,066

  Expenses

  $4,662,514

  Contributions

  $5,150,314

  Grants paid

  $3,880,480

• 2022

  Revenue

  $3,205,829

  Expenses

  $2,444,683

  Contributions

  $2,990,411

  Grants paid

  $1,666,250

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Other returns filed

• 2021 · 990

  Revenue

  $3,189,997

  Expenses

  $1,937,343

  Assets (EOY)

  $7,888,115

• 2020 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,728,645

  Expenses

  $1,319,151

  Assets (EOY)

  $6,605,855

• 2019 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,101,107

  Expenses

  $994,612

  Assets (EOY)

  $5,793,205

• 2018 · 990

  Revenue

  $3,865,670

  Expenses

  $1,058,032

  Assets (EOY)

  $5,171,603

• 2017 · 990

  Revenue

  $961,982

  Expenses

  $814,330

  Assets (EOY)

  $2,677,657

• 2015 · 990

  Revenue

  $794,838

  Expenses

  $781,110

  Assets (EOY)

  $2,529,288

• 2014 · 990

  Revenue

  $893,738

  Expenses

  $808,883

  Assets (EOY)

  $2,696,920

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all.

Grants made

• PACHECO KEY FOOD BUSINESS INC

  $10,000

  2023 · RESILIENCE FUND GRANT

• BAKED BAR LA

  $10,000

  2023 · RESILIENCE FUND GRANT

• CHEF EVI CATERING & EVENTS LLC

  $10,000

  2023 · RESILIENCE FUND GRANT

• KINGS DELI

  $10,000

  2023 · RESILIENCE FUND GRANT

• OFF THE SHELF CATERING LLC

  $10,000

  2023 · RESILIENCE FUND GRANT

• CAFE DE MAMA

  $10,000

  2023 · RESILIENCE FUND GRANT

• KAZAN

  $10,000

  2023 · RESILIENCE FUND GRANT

• TACOS MANZANO INC

  $10,000

  2023 · RESILIENCE FUND GRANT

• RENOSPIZZERIA INC

  $10,000

  2023 · RESILIENCE FUND GRANT

• LOS COMPADRES RESTAURANT

  $10,000

  2023 · RESILIENCE FUND GRANT

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Where these grants went next →

Grants received

• CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION

  $1,030,000

  2022 · ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY

• CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION

  $525,000

  2023 · ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY

• CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION

  $270,000

  2024 · DISASTER RESPONSE

• THE SAN DIEGO FOUNDATION

  $200,000

  2024 · A SAN DIEGO GAS & ELECTRIC ECONOMIC PROSPERITY GRANT FOR 2024 SUPPORT FOR THE RESTAURANTS CARE RESILIENCE FUND

• THE NATIONAL RESTAURANT ASSOCIATION EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION

  $138,380

  2023 · ProStart Program, Restaurant Ready

• FAIRFIELD COUNTYS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC

  $100,000

  2024 · FOR GENERAL SUPPORT

• THE GUY FIERI FOUNDATION

  $94,000

  2025 · PROGRAM SUPPORT

• CALIFORNIA RESTAURANT ASSOCIATION

  $88,340

  2024 · RESTAURANT INDUSTRY EDUCATION; GENERAL ASSISTANCE

• CALIFORNIA RESTAURANT ASSOCIATION

  $83,402

  2023 · RESTAURANT INDUSTRY EDUCATION; GENERAL ASSISTANCE

• CALIFORNIA RESTAURANT ASSOCIATION

  $76,346

  2022 · RESTAURANT INDUSTRY EDUCATION; GENERAL ASSISTANCE

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Related organizations

From Schedule R Part II, where a filer lists the tax-exempt organizations it is related to by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

Taxable family

From Schedule R Parts I, III and IV: entities that legally are the filer, and taxable partnerships, corporations and trusts it is related to. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money.

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