We change lives through restaurants. Our powerful combination of training, education, scholarships, and relief grants creates a foundation for our restaurant community to thrive.

CRF was founded in 1981 as a scholarship fund and has since evolved into a holistic and innovative restaurant nonprofit.

Serving everyone at the heart of restaurants. The California Restaurant Foundation celebrates the enormous diversity in California’s foodservice community through our programs and services where by all we serve feel respected and valued regardless of gender, age, race, ethnicity, national origin, sexual orientation or identity, disability or any other bias.