Frequently Asked Questions

The Restaurant Strong Fund and Grubhub are teaming up to provide over $4,000,000 in grants to support small business restaurants in 7 different cities. The Restaurant Strong fund is in search of deserving Restaurant owners in Boston, New York City, Chicago, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Portland and Denver who are in need of support. 

The Restaurant Strong Fund will be providing multiple levels of grants based on the need presented in the restaurant’s application. There will be a $50,000 grant, $25,000 grants, $10,000 grants, and $5,000 grants in every city to be used for physical improvements, equipment improvements, marketing and promotion, staff hiring, training, and Covid-19 Compliance. Our intent is to provide a much needed boost to these restaurant recipients to help them get back on track and help them recover from the ongoing pandemic.

Restaurants will have the opportunity to apply for this grant by filling out our application that opens on October 13th 9AM EST. The application portal will close once it has hit its maximum number of applicants at 500 per city.

To be eligible you must: 

  • Complete the application form in full along with providing all required documents 
  • Provide an appropriate explanation for the need of the grant
  • Provide a detailed explanation of what the grant would be used for 
  • Restaurant needs to be in one of the following cities: Boston, New York City, Chicago, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Portland and Denver. 

The Restaurant Strong Fund is a restaurant employee grant program from The Greg Hill Foundation and created in partnership with Sam Adams. Learn more about the fund.

The Restaurant Stronger Grant program will be supported with a $2 million donation recommended from the Grubhub Community Relief Fund (GCRF), which will go directly to support restaurant owners in their efforts to re-open and expand their dining. The Restaurant Strong Fund will be providing $5,000 grants to restaurants to cover the following items:

  • COVID-19 regulation compliance
  • PPE
  • Staff Hiring & Training
  • Equipment Purchases
  • Inventory/Stock Purchases

The Restaurant Stronger grants will be limited to restaurants that have 5 or less locations and within the following cities: Atlanta, Bay Area (San Francisco, Oakland, Berkeley), Boston, Chicago, Las Vegas, Los Angeles area (Los Angeles, Anaheim, /Long Beach)New York City, Philadelphia, Portland, Sacramento, San Diego, Seattle, and Washington D.C. 

Restaurants will have the opportunity to apply for this grant by providing specific plans on how the grant will be utilized. Applications for grants will be open from May 25 through June 5 and will be fully distributed to restaurants by June 11.

 *The Restaurant Strong Fund is no longer accepting application to the 2021 Restaurant Stronger Grant*

The Restaurant Strong Fund was started in partnership with Sam Adams on March 16th, 2020 to help as many Restaurant Industry workers across the country who have been impacted by the Covid-19 Pandemic. As we now look forward to 2021, we will continue to support restaurants and their employees as Covid-19 continues to negatively impact their businesses and livelihoods. The Greg Hill Foundation will launch the 2021 Restaurant Strong Employee Grant program and provide grant donations up to $1,000.00. 

*The Restaurant Strong Fund is no longer accepting application to the 2021 Restaurant Stronger Grant*

The applications will open on February 9th at 9:00 AM and will be closed once 5,000 applications are entered. We apologize if you can longer submit your applications as we have hit our capacity of 5,000 applications.

 The Restaurant Strong Fund provides monetary grants to restaurant and restaurant employees who have been impacted by the Covid-19.

Phase 1 (March 16, 2020 -April 30, 2020) $1,000

Phase 2 (May 1, 2020 – December 31, 2020) $500

Restaurant Winterization Grants – $10,000

2021 Restaurant Strong Employee Grant – $1,000

2021 Restaurant Stronger Grant – $5,000

2021 Restaurant Strong All Day Campaign: $50,000, $25,000, $10,000, $5000

As soon as we approve a grant application, we send an email notifying the recipient immediately. If you did not receive an email to date, your application is still pending.

The applications will open on February 9th at 9:00 AM and will be closed once 5,000 applications are entered. Apply here:

https://thegreghillfoundation.submittable.com/submit/185850/2021-restaurant-strong-grant-application.

As soon as we approve a grant application, we send an email notifying the recipient immediately. If you did not receive an email to date, your application is still pending.

If you submitted your application via Submittable, please; you can check the status of your submissions by signing in to your Submittable account. If you do not remember your password, you can reset it. Once you are in your Submittable account, the submission status label will appear to the left of your submission. This is the most up to date status of your application and we are unable to provide additional status information via email or phone. 

If you did not submit your application via Submittable please contact [email protected]

 If your status on Submittable shows Completed, that means that your application has been reviewed and you are eligible for a grant in Phase 2.

If your status is listed as approved, this means you will be receiving a Restaurant Strong Grant. If you have not received email confirmation or your grant check, please contact [email protected].

Please contact [email protected] with your Full Name, Email Address, and proper mailing address. If your check is returned to us, we will resend it using the address you provided in this email. If it is not returned, we will reissue your grant as soon as possible. 

Our team is working hard to review all applications and assist as many as possible. We are selecting applicants and issuing grants on a biweekly basis and you will be notified via email immediately following the change in status of your application. 

Please contact our office at 781-305-4839 and leave a message including your full name, your check number and the proper contact to reply to in order to verify your check. We will verify your check as soon as possible. 

Please contact [email protected] with your full name, address and the check number.