DoorDash Reveals Additional Restaurant Disaster Relief

DoorDash and its partners Hello Alice and the Global Entrepreneurship Network have launched the 2024-25 Restaurant Disaster Relief Fund, providing an additional $1 million in relief grants to eligible local restaurants impacted by disasters.

The grants, each $10,000, can be used to cover operational expenses including rent, damage repairs, mortgage payments, and payroll. Applications are accepted on a rolling basis through May 2025.

“When a crisis disrupts business, access to funding can make all the difference. That’s why we’ve kept this program going for three years,” said Sueli Shaw, head of social impact at DoorDash, in a statement. “If local restaurants are able to recover from disasters, communities as a whole recover stronger, too.”

To apply for the Restaurant Disaster Relief Fund, restaurants must have been impacted by an eligible state or federally-declared natural disaster, have between one and three brick-and-mortar locations with fewer than 50 employees per location, have been open for at least six months, and have revenues of $3 million or less per location in the past 12 months. Additionally, the restaurants must be located in the United States, Puerto Rico, New Zealand, Australia, or Canada.

Since 2021, the Fund has provided more than $1.8 million in relief grants to over 180 local restaurants across the United States, Puerto Rico, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand, said DoorDash.