Washington, D.C. · Public charity
The National Restaurant Association Educational Foundation
As the philanthropic foundation of the National Restaurant Association, we enhance the industry's service to the public through education, community engagement, and promotion of career opportunities.
- $4.8M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 71
- Itemized grants FY2024
- 94
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 35%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Itemized, FY2024
- $3.3M
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2024
- $26,304
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $217,014
- Organizations funded a year
- 48 to 94
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 50
- Total assets, FY2024
- $42M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 35% of the organizations The National Restaurant Association Educational Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 24% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 76% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $908k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 69 | $3.3M | 9% |
| FY2023 | 94 | $3.8M | 35% |
| FY2022 | 84 | $3.8M | 30% |
| FY2021 | 90 | $4.3M | 47% |
| FY2020 | 61 | $1.7M | 23% |
| FY2019 | 48 | $1.3M | 0% |
| FY2018 | 49 | $1.3M | 4% |
| FY2017 | 50 | $1.3M | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas Restaurant Association Education Foundation Inc | $710,618 | 8 | 18% |
| Safer Foundation | $690,979 | 4 | 1% |
| Restaurant Association of Maryland Education Foundation Inc | $658,398 | 8 | 37% |
| Colorado Restaurant Foundation | $612,694 | 8 | 9% |
| Education Foundation of the Lra Inc | $556,998 | 8 | 43% |
| The Education Foundation of the Florida Restaurant and Lodging Association Inc | $549,196 | 8 | 8% |
| California Restaurant Foundation Inc | $517,349 | 8 | 4% |
| New York State Restaurant Association Educational Foundation Inc | $504,204 | 8 | 65% |
| San Antonio Food Bank | $414,918 | 3 | 0% |
| Delaware Restaurant Association | $404,278 | 6 | 10% |
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Where it is load-bearing
The National Restaurant Association Educational Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 28 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 142 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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How this is measured
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.
Open a dossier: National Restaurant Association · Jacques Pepin Foundation The · Farestart · The Denver Foundation · Redf · Sourceamerica · Gates Family Foundation · The Colorado Health Foundation · Truist Foundation Inc · The Albertsons Companies Foundation · Share Our Strength · The Pittsburgh Foundation
How this is measured
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About The National Restaurant Association Educational Foundation
- How much does The National Restaurant Association Educational Foundation give?
- The National Restaurant Association Educational Foundation reported 71 itemized grants totaling $3,289,598, out of $4,814,872 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 48 and 94 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does The National Restaurant Association Educational Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Employment (43%), Education (16%), Community Improvement (15%).
- Who are The National Restaurant Association Educational Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Texas Restaurant Association Education Foundation Inc ($711k), Safer Foundation ($691k), Restaurant Association of Maryland Education Foundation Inc ($658k).
- Does The National Restaurant Association Educational Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 35% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The National Restaurant Association Educational Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include National Restaurant Association, Jacques Pepin Foundation The, Farestart.
- Where is The National Restaurant Association Educational Foundation based?
- The National Restaurant Association Educational Foundation is based in DC.
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