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Restaurant Workers' Community Foundation Inc

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$886k
Granted FY2022
20
Grants FY2022
12
States reached
$375k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2022.

Arts & Culture$822kCommunity Improvement$465kPhilanthropy$340kHealth$320kEmployment$285kFood & Nutrition$201kHuman Services$150kCivil Rights$75kOther$0
02FY2022 · 20 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2022

  • $10k–50k16 grants · $270k
  • $50k–250k3 grants · $241k
  • $250k+1 grant · $375k
$15,000
Median grant
12
States reached
$977k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
ASCENDUS$375,000
SOUTHERN SMOKE$141,000
THE GIVING KITCHEN INITIATIVE$50,000
THE BIG TABLE$50,000
ALLIANCE FOR GLOBAL JUSTICE FISCAL SPONSOR FO QUEER FOOD FOUNDATION$35,000
TINY SEED PROJECT INC$35,000
STUDIO ATAO INC$35,000
IN THE WEEDS INC$35,000
LA COCINA$15,000
EMMA'S TORCH$15,000
SAINT CITY CULINARY FOUNDATION$10,000
SAFE BARS INC$10,000
BENS FRIENDS$10,000
ALLIANCE FOR GLOBAL JUSTICE$10,000
RESTAURANT AFTER HOURS$10,000
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY21–22, $125k) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 84% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%ANOTHER ROUND ANOTHER RALLY: $20k → 11%FOCUS POINTS FAMILY RESOURCE CENTER: $30k → 12%HOT BREAD KITCHEN: $30k → 20%EMMA'S TORCH: $30k → 20%EMMA'S TORCH: $15k → 20%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

VT
WA
MN
IL
MI
NY
MA
CA
CO
MD
AZ
SC
DC
LA
GA
TX
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
04

Where the work is directed

The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.

About 100% of Restaurant Workers' Community Foundation Inc’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address. By recipient address, 23% of the giving stays in NY; by stated purpose, 0%.

Restaurant Workers' Community Foundation Inclessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address
How this is measured
Recipient view: each grant at its grantee’s ZIP, mapped to a county. Directed view: each grant at the county its stated purpose names, falling back to the recipient’s county when the purpose names no place; US grants only. A county shows only if it carries the top 95% of that view’s dollars. Purposes are read from the funder’s own 990 grant descriptions.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

59%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.6M · 15 repeat orgs$1.1M to everyone else

15 repeat relationships: 15 still active in FY2022, 0 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2022 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

15
19

Total granted

$1.6M
$686k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

-14%
-6%

Still filing today

87%
68%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2022, 50% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $440k went to new ones.

50%100%’21’22
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’21’22
HealthHuman ServicesArts & CulturePhilanthropyCivil RightsCommunity ImprovementOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • TG
    THE GIVING KITCHEN INITIATIVE INC
    3× · 2020–2022 · $150k · revenue +35%
  • TINY SEED PROJECT INC
    2× · 2021–2022 · $45k · revenue +515%
  • BF
    BEN'S FRIENDS
    3× · 2020–2022 · $40k · revenue +61%

Funded once

  • KW
    Khesed Wellness a Colorado Nonprofit DBA Kind Therapy Incgraduated
    2× · 2020–2021 · $125k · revenue +180%
  • OF
    ONE FAIR WAGE INC
    2× · 2020–2021 · $85k · revenue -23%
  • MP
    MELTING POT FOUNDATION USA INC
    one grant, 2021 · $60k · revenue -21%
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Turning Tables

Turning tables was built by industry mentors and introduced to new orleans with its first graduating class of externs in 2019. what we found that year was a thirst for community within the hospitality industry among black and brown…

Employment
2
Food Jobs Work Foundation
Employment
3
Brandworkers International Inc

Brandworkers is a non-profit organization of local food-making workers coming together for a good job and sustainable food system.

Civil Rights
4
Equitable Food Initiative

EFIs mission is to transform the produce industry and the lives of farmworkers by facilitating collaboration among workers, agricultural employers, retail buyers and consumer advocates.

Human Services
5
Feast Collective

Feast Collective elevates and empowers immigrants and former refugees as leaders. We use international cuisine as a platform for economic resilience, holistic growth, and culture-sharing.

Employment
6
Fork Food Lab

Fork Food Lab is a nonprofit food business incubator and shared commercial kitchen focused on growing the local food economy. We support the growth of sustainable Maine-based businesses by providing entrepreneurs with work space,…

Environment
7
The Momentum Group Create Common Good

We use food to change lives and build healty communities. our foodservice job-training programs help people with barriers to employment achieve self-sufficiency by marrying their talents to the needs of the community.

Religion
8
Project Restart Inc

Our mission is to help people return to independent living and be self-sufficient. The HWH model is partner based and encompasses housing, mental health services, workforce training and employment. This supportive structure and services…

Housing & Shelter
9
La Cocina Va

To use food to generate workforce & economic development in minority communities through culinary arts, job readiness training, vocational instruction, life skills development, job placement, & safety certifications.

Food & Nutrition
10
Friends of Codeys Nola

Dedicated to empowering food on entrepreneurs on their journey to scale by building bridges to education, collaboration, and capital.

Food & Nutrition
11
Pathways Kitchen

Pathways kitchen helps justice-impacted youth thrive over survive by providing training, work opportunities and individualized support to ensure they can chart their own path forward

Crime & Legal
12
Kitchen Work Foundation

Provides financial support and mentorship to food entrepreneurs, matching them with funding and providing access to experienced professionals as they embark on establishing new restaurants, markets, cafes, bakeries, and other local food…

Food & Nutrition
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Lee Initiative Inc; the most unlike its peers is Studio Atao. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
05the grantee network

53 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

2
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
10
Early backer (in before they grew)
49/53
Grantees still filing
24/53
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Southern Smoke Foundation: $752,000 · Arts & CultureSouthern Smoke FoundationSTUDIO ATAO: $55,000 · Arts & CultureSTUDIO ATAO+1 more: $15,000 · Arts & CultureASCENDUS INC: $375,000 · Community ImprovementASCENDUS INCLA COCINA: $50,000 · Community ImprovementLA COCINAIN THE WEEDS INC: $45,000 · Community ImprovementIN THE WEEDS INCTHE GIVING KITCHEN INITIATIVE INC: $150,250 · PhilanthropyTHE GIVING KIT…The Big Table: $150,000 · PhilanthropyThe Big TableCOMMUNITIES FOUNDATION OF TEXAS INC: $40,000 · PhilanthropyCOMMUNITIES FO…THE MIGRANT KITCHEN INCORPORATED: $21,000 · PhilanthropyTHE MIGRANT KI…SAINT CITY CULINARY FOUNDATION: $100,000 · OtherSAINT CITY CULINARY FOUNDA…RESTAURANT AFTER HOURS INC: $40,000 · OtherRESTAURANT AFTER HOURS INCFESTEVENTS FOUNDATION: $40,000 · OtherFESTEVENTS FOUNDATIONSUPPORT STAFF: $30,000 · OtherNO US WITHOUT YOU LA: $30,000 · OtherSERVING THOSE SERVING: $30,000 · OtherTransCanWork Inc: $40,000 · OtherTransCanWork IncFLORECIENDO: $40,000 · OtherFLORECIENDODRIVE CHANGE INC: $30,000 · OtherMELTING POT FOUNDATION USA INC: $60,000 · OtherMELTING POT FOUNDATION USA…Alliance for Global Justice Corp: $45,000 · OtherAlliance for Global Justic…TINY SEED PROJECT INC: $45,000 · OtherTINY SEED PROJECT INCGood Work Austin: $40,000 · OtherGood Work AustinPRO BONO NET INC: $35,000 · OtherPRO BONO NET INC+3 more: $45,000 · Other+3 moreKhesed Wellness a Colorado Nonprofit DBA Kind Therapy Inc: $125,000 · HealthKhesed We…BEN'S FRIENDS: $40,000 · HealthBEN'S FRI…Culinary Hospitality Outreach and Wellness: $40,000 · HealthCulinary …I'll Have What She's Having: $30,000 · HealthI'll Have…PILOT LIGHT: $10,000 · HealthEMMA'S TORCH LTD: $45,000 · Human ServicesFOCUS POINTS FAMILY RESOURCE CENTER: $30,000 · Human ServicesHOT BREAD KITCHEN LTD: $30,000 · Human ServicesANOTHER ROUND ANOTHER RALLY: $20,000 · Human ServicesONE FAIR WAGE INC: $85,000 · Civil RightsMARCH ON MARYLAND: $20,000 · Civil RightsSAFE BARS INC: $10,000 · Civil Rights
Arts & Culture$822,000Community Improvement$470,000Philanthropy$361,250Other$650,000Health$245,000Human Services$125,000Civil Rights$115,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetSouthern Smoke Foundation: $752,000 over 3y, 22% of budgetASCENDUS INC: $375,000 over 2y, 2.8% of budgetTHE GIVING KITCHEN INITIATIVE INC: $150,250 over 3y, 2.6% of budgetThe Big Table: $150,000 over 3y, 4.3% of budgetKhesed Wellness a Colorado Nonprofit DBA Kind Therapy Inc: $125,000 over 2y, 22% of budgetONE FAIR WAGE INC: $85,000 over 2y, 1.5% of budgetMELTING POT FOUNDATION USA INC: $60,000 over 1y, 8.3% of budgetSTUDIO ATAO: $55,000 over 2y, 37% of budgetLA COCINA: $50,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetEMMA'S TORCH LTD: $45,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetAlliance for Global Justice Corp: $45,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetTINY SEED PROJECT INC: $45,000 over 2y, 5.1% of budgetIN THE WEEDS INC: $45,000 over 2y, 6.2% of budgetGood Work Austin: $40,000 over 1y, 4.4% of budgetBEN'S FRIENDS: $40,000 over 3y, 17% of budgetTransCanWork Inc: $40,000 over 2y, 4.5% of budgetCulinary Hospitality Outreach and Wellness: $40,000 over 3y, 17% of budgetFLORECIENDO: $40,000 over 2y, 6.8% of budgetCOMMUNITIES FOUNDATION OF TEXAS INC: $40,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPRO BONO NET INC: $35,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetI'll Have What She's Having: $30,000 over 2y, 9.9% of budgetSUPPORT STAFF: $30,000 over 1y, 34% of budgetFOCUS POINTS FAMILY RESOURCE CENTER: $30,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetHOT BREAD KITCHEN LTD: $30,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetDRIVE CHANGE INC: $30,000 over 2y, 2.9% of budgetTHE MIGRANT KITCHEN INCORPORATED: $21,000 over 1y, 4.7% of budgetMARCH ON MARYLAND: $20,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetANOTHER ROUND ANOTHER RALLY: $20,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetCAFE MOMENTUM: $20,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetCULTURE AID NOLA: $15,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetPILOT LIGHT: $10,000 over 2y, 1.6% of budgetSAFE BARS INC: $10,000 over 2y, 7.2% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

Co-funders

Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

The Hyde and Watson F…Tides FoundationThe San Francisco Fou…Brooklyn Community Fo…The Greater New Orlea…Silicon Valley Commun…Amalgamated Charitabl…Rockefeller Philanthr…The Kresge FoundationConrad N Hilton Found…California Community …Impactassetsinc
The Hyde and Watson FoundationNJ16.3× affinity6 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Hyde and Watson Foundation · Tides Foundation · The San Francisco Foundation · Brooklyn Community Foundation · The Greater New Orleans Foundation · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · Amalgamated Charitable Foundation Inc · Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Inc · The Kresge Foundation · Conrad N Hilton Foundation · California Community Foundation · Impactassetsinc

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Restaurant Workers' Community Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Restaurant Workers' Community Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    2get no government money at all
    11report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    typical government reliance, FY20–25
    How this is measured
    Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.
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    Find your warmest path to Restaurant Workers' Community Foundation Inc through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

    Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

    On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 39 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

    How this is measured
    Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

    Generated from the IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2022, released 2022. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

    Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2024) is on record and reports no grant expense, so the figures above are from FY2022, the most recent year this funder made grants.

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