California Restaurant Foundation Inc
Sacramento, CA · EIN 95-3676330. Reported 171 grants totalling $1,710,000 to 171 organizations across tax years 2023, on Form 990 Schedule I.
171organizations funded
$10,000median reported grant
$1,710,000granted, 2023
1%of dollars to its largest recipient
Does this grantmaker accept applications?
Its tax return does not say, and we will not guess. Private foundations file Form 990-PF, which asks outright whether they fund only organizations they select themselves -- 78% say yes, and that one answer is what lets the rest of this site tell you which foundations are worth approaching. Grantmaking charities like this one file a regular Form 990 instead, and the IRS never puts the question to them. Anyone claiming to know the answer from the filing is inventing it.
Three things in the filing do bear on it:
- What kind of organization it is. The IRS has no activity classification on file for this one, so we cannot tell you whether it is a community foundation or a single-institution support fund. The recipient list below is the better guide.
- How spread out its giving is. 171 distinct organizations, with 1% of the dollars going to the largest single recipient. That is genuinely spread out -- the mark of a funder making many independent decisions rather than underwriting one institution.
How big are its grants?
The median reported grant is $10,000. Half of what it reported fell between $10,000 and $10,000; the smallest was $10,000 and the largest $10,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong organization.
Schedule I only reports grants over $5,000. Form 990 requires a charity to list recipients it paid more than that and lets it omit the rest, so every grant-size figure on this page describes the grants it reported, not all of them. Its real median is lower and its real recipient count is higher. This is also why these numbers cannot be compared with the private-foundation figures elsewhere on this site -- Form 990-PF has no reporting floor, so the two are different populations rather than two samples of one.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Recipients are grouped by the EIN the filer reported, not by name, so an organization that was typed differently in two years appears once rather than twice.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aj Noodle Inc | Glendale, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Al Italiano | Canoga Park, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Alra 05 LLC Dba Amara Chocolate & Coffee | Pasadena, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Alta Adams | Los Angeles, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Ama 168 Lp | Los Angeles, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Amarone Kitchen and Bar | Los Angeles, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Amir's Falafel Inc | Studio City, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Anarbagh Inc | Woodland Hills, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Anyash Inc Dba Paper Or Plastik Cafe | Los Angeles, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Aunties Cafe | Gardena, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Baby's Burgers | Los Angeles, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Backstage Bar & Grill | Culver City, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Bagel Broker LLC | Los Angeles, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Baked Bar La | Culver City, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Banh Oui | Hollywood, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Barrio Bistro | Los Angeles, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Belly's Sliders and Wings | Harbor City, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Billionaire Food Group | Los Angeles, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Blackwood Coffee Bar | Los Angeles, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Boneyard Bistro LLC | Sherman Oaks, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Bsc Events Catering | Van Nuys, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Bueno Chi Inc Dba Qusqo Llama Love Vegan | Los Angeles, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Bun& Blanket LLC | La Canada Flintridge, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Burgerlords LLC | Los Angeles, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Burnt to a Crisp Texas Smokehouse | Granada Hills, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Cafe De Mama | Los Angeles, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Cela Cafe | Burbank, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Celia's Rancho Restaurante | Burbank, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Charqute | Burbank, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Chef Evi Catering & Events LLC | Los Angeles, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Chili Johns of Ca | Burbank, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Chippy LLC | Burbank, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Classical LLC Dba Athenian Grill | Reseda, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Comfort Kitchen LLC | Los Angeles, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Compelling Coffee | Los Angeles, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Country Boy Catering | Glendale, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Cream & Sugar Cafe | La Mirada, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Crudo E Nudo LLC | Santa Monica, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| D'caterers Inc | Sylmar, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Dear Bella Creamery | Los Angeles, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Dish Functional Inc Dba Grub Gals Catering & Hollywood's Hidden | Los Angeles, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Dr Shica's Bakery | Glendale, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Dukes Cafe | Los Angeles, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Earth Wind & Flour Restaurant | Santa Monica, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| East Los Tacos | Los Angeles, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Elite Downtown Management Co Dba Seasalt Fish Grill | Los Angeles, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Epic Gourmet Tacos | San Fernando, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Executioner LLC | Long Beach, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Flavor of India Enterprises Inc | Studio City, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Food & Bounty | Los Angeles, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Food Fetish Inc | No Hollywood, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Forage | Los Angeles, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Found Coffee | Los Angeles, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Franco's Motion Picture Catering | Palmdale, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Fttf Inc Dba Tardino Brothers Italian Kitchen | Pasadena, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Garcia R&g Enterprises Inc | South Gate, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Gindi Thai Restaurant | Burbank, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Go Fusion & Grill LLC | Newhall, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Handsome Older Guys LLC | Studio City, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Here's Looking at You | Los Angeles, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Industry Cafe & Jazz | Culver City, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Javista Coffee | Hollywoood, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Just Turkey La | Los Angeles, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Kazan | Beverly Hills, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Kimbobrex Inc | Glendale, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Kings Deli | Burbank, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Kustaa Cheese and Wine | Culver City, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Lady & Larder | Santa Monica, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Lazer Kat Llcthe Naughty Pig | West Hollywood, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Leaf Cafe | Burbank, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Leza Dba Cafe Leza | Woodland Hills, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Los Compadres Restaurant | Long Beach, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Lotus and Light | Burbank, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Lunch to Latenite Corporation Dba the Kitchen | Los Angeles, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Ma's Italian Kitchen | Burbank, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Mach Infotek Inc | Los Angeles, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Maison Matho | Los Angeles, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Maneatingplant | Long Beach, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Maravilla Latin Cuisine | Reseda, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Marbled La | Glendale, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Margaritas Mexican Grill Inc | Valencia, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Mentrup Group LLC | Los Angeles, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Middle Feast Inc | Tarzana, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Mneet Brothers Inc | Canoga Park, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Mofongos | North Hollywood, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Mongolian Grill | Burbank, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Nativo Hlp | Los Angeles, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Neat | Los Angeles, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Nextmex Corp | Los Angeles, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Nicole's Kitchen Inc | Gardena, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Off the Shelf Catering LLC | Pacoima, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Only at Dining Group LLC Dba Otono | Los Angeles, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Otti LLC Dba Citrus on Sunset | Los Angeles, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Pacheco Key Food Business Inc | Los Angeles, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Pez Cantina | Los Angeles, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Pisces Poke & Ramen Corp | Los Angeles, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Pocha La | Los Angeles, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Potions & Poisons Inc | Los Angeles, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Pr Chente Inc | Pico Rivera, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Prossimo LLC Dba Cosa Buona | Los Angeles, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Red Maple | North Hollywood, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Red Moon Lounge | Valley Village, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Reel Chefs Catering | Sylmar, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Renospizzeria Inc | Studio City, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Rocco's Neighborhood Pizza | Los Angeles, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Romancing the Bean | Burbank, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Ronan | Los Angeles, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Ronis Diner | Beverly Hills, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Rustic Kitchen | Los Angeles, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| S&w Country Diner | Culver City, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| S'moreology | Los Angeles, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Santuari LLC | Los Angeles, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Sapori Di 786 Degrees | Pasadena, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Seabirds Kitchen | Los Angeles, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Siri Thai Cuisine | Burbank, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Something Good La LLC | Montebello, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Sooda Sushi & Lounge | Los Angeles, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| St Felix | Los Angeles, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Stems | Pasadena, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Story Tavern | Burbank, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Street Tacos and Grill LLC | Los Angeles, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Strings of Life | Los Angeles, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Suds Cafe & Bottleshop Dba Cordova Cafe & Bottleshop | Pasadena, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Sumac Mediterranean Cuisine | Los Angeles, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Sunrise to Sunset Food Service Inc | Burbank, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Sushi Ahn | Los Angeles, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Tacos Delta | Los Angeles, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Tacos Manzano Inc | North Hollywood, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Tallyrand Restaurant | Burbank, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Tamashii Ramen House | Sherman Oaks, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Tap 24 Bar and Grill | Long Beach, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Thai Corner Food Express | Los Angeles, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Thai Vegan Beverly Hills | Beverly Hills, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The Blind Donkey Pasadena | Pasadena, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The Cat and Fiddle Restaurant | Los Angeles, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The Crossroads La | Hawthorne, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The Curious Palate Inc | Santa Monica, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The Den on Sunset | West Hollywood, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The Doughroom | Los Angeles, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The Falafel Factory | Downey, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The Falls | Los Angeles, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The Goat Mafia | Compton, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The Griddle Cafe Inc | Los Angeles, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The New Deal | Burbank, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The Phoenix Restaurant and Bar LLC | Los Angeles, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The Sherman | Sherman Oaks, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The Tropic Truck LLC | Altadena, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The Ugly Mug Coffee House | Burbank, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The York | Los Angeles, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Tierra Restaurants LLC | Los Angeles, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Treme Kitchen | Los Angeles, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Tubtim Siam Restaurant | Los Angeles, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Tuning Fork Restaurant | Studio City, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Twin Dragon | Los Angles, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Uncle Zev LLC Dba Motor City Deli | Culver City, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Unicorporated Coffee Roasters | Burbank, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Uniworld Restaurants Inc Dba Walter's Cafe | Beverly Hills, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Upper West Restaurant | Los Angeles, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| USA Donuts | North Hollywood, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Valencia Restaurant Group #1 Inc | South Pasadena, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Vegan Af | Los Angeles, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Vegetable | Studio City, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Vino Wine & Tapas Room | Encino, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Whitehouse Dish La LLC | Los Angeles, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Who's Hungry LLC | Los Angeles, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Wicked Food Inc | Los Angeles, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Wife and the Somm | Los Angeles, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Wild Carvery | Burbank, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Wood & Water | Sherman Oaks, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Woods Deli | Huntington Park, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Zpizza | West Hollywood, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
It also reported 10 groups of grants to individuals -- scholarships, emergency assistance and similar. Schedule I reports these by category with a headcount and never by name, so there is nothing here we could publish about the recipients even if we wanted to.
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Funders that support the same organizations
These grantmakers and private foundations gave to organizations this one also funded. Shared grantees are the strongest signal available that two funders have overlapping priorities -- and a funder already backing your peers is a far warmer prospect than one that merely lists your cause.
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How to approach this grantmaker
- Look for a published programme first. Unlike most private foundations, organizations of this kind often do run open, deadlined grant cycles with written guidelines. Its own website is the authority on that; this page is the authority on who it has actually paid.
- Check you are its size. The median reported grant is $10,000 -- and because grants under $5,000 need not be reported, it very likely writes smaller cheques than this page can see.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving concentrates in California.
- Read the recipient list for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer and a cheap one to get.
Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from California Restaurant Foundation Inc's own Form 990 Schedule I filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). Nothing here is scraped, inferred or estimated.
Address of record on the latest return: 621 Capitol Mall 2000, Sacramento, CA, 95814.
EIN 95-3676330 · See the original filings on ProPublica · How we build this
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