Restaurant Revitalization Fund
Active
- Assistance listing
- 59.078
- Grant awards
- Not on record
Program facts
- Also known as
- RRF
- Treasury account
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- 73-0800-0-1-376
- More information
Program details come from SAM.gov Assistance Listings. Updated .
About this program
The Small Business Administration established the Restaurant Revitalization Fund under CFDA 59.078 as an emergency assistance program that concluded in 2023, providing non-repayable grants to food-service and beverage businesses impacted by COVID-19. This program is no longer active and accepting applications.
The RRF funded eligible restaurants, bars, food trucks, caterers, bakeries, breweries, wineries, distilleries, and inns—specifically businesses where on-site public sales comprised at least 33 percent of gross receipts for production facilities. Awards covered pandemic-related revenue losses up to $10 million per business and $5 million per physical location, provided funds were obligated by March 11, 2023. Eligible uses included payroll costs and sick leave, mortgage obligations, rent, debt service, utilities, maintenance, outdoor seating construction, supplies including protective equipment, food and beverage inventory, covered supplier costs, and general operating expenses.
The program opened May 3, 2021 and operated through fund exhaustion. Applications flowed through SBA-recognized Point of Sale Restaurant Partners, direct SBA online portal submission at Restaurants.SBA.Gov, or call center support. The SBA implemented oversight and performance measurement under 2 CFR 200 standards.
No grant award portfolio data, recent award examples, or recent funding opportunity details are available in the source. The program's authorization and funding mechanism have concluded; the statutory deadline for obligating awarded funds passed in March 2023. Organizations seeking to understand historical disbursement patterns, recipient outcomes, or the total federal dollars obligated should consult SBA administrative records or closed-program evaluation documentation. This program should not be pursued for new applications.
Objective and description
- Objective
This program provided emergency assistance for eligible restaurants, bars, and other qualifying businesses impacted by COVID-19.
- Description
The American Rescue Plan Act established the Restaurant Revitalization Fund (RRF) to provide funding to help restaurants and other eligible businesses navigate and recover from the COVID-19 pandemic. This program will provide restaurants with funding equal to their pandemic-related revenue loss up to $10 million per business and no more than $5 million per physical location. Recipients are not required to repay the funding as long as funds are used for eligible uses no later than March 11, 2023.
Eligibility
- Applicant eligibility
1) Restaurants 2) Food stands, food trucks, food carts 3) Caterers 4) Bars, saloons, lounges, taverns 5) Snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars 6) Bakeries (onsite sales to the public comprise at least 33% of gross receipts) 7) Brewpubs, tasting rooms, taprooms (onsite sales to the public comprise at least 33% of gross receipts) 8) Breweries and/or microbreweries (onsite sales to the public comprise at least 33% of gross receipts) 9) Wineries and distilleries (onsite sales to the public comprise at least 33% of gross receipts) 10) Inns (onsite sales of food and beverage to the public comprise at least 33% of gross receipts) 11) Licensed facilities or premises of a beverage alcohol producer where the public may taste, sample, or purchase products
- Uses of assistance
1) Business payroll costs (including sick leave) 2) Payments on any business mortgage obligation 3) Business rent payments (note: this does not include prepayment of rent) 4) Business debt service (both principal and interest; note: this does not include any prepayment of principal or interest) 5) Business utility payments 6) Business maintenance expenses 7) Construction of outdoor seating 8) Business supplies (including protective equipment and cleaning materials) 9) Business food and beverage expenses (including raw materials) 10) Covered supplier costs 11) Business operating expenses
- Length and time phasing of assistance
Start May 3, 2021 until the funds are exhausted.
How to apply
- Award procedure
Restaurants had to apply through SBA-recognized Point of Sale Restaurant Partners, or directly via SBA in an online application portal @ Restaurants.SBA.Gov, or the call center support line: 844-279-8898. Their applications had to go through a review process and eligible entities were awarded based upon program criteria.
Quick answers
What is Assistance Listing 59.078?
Assistance Listing 59.078 is Restaurant Revitalization Fund, a federal grant program run by Small Business Administration.
What is the CFDA number for Restaurant Revitalization Fund?
Its CFDA number is 59.078: Assistance Listing numbers were called CFDA numbers before 2018.
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