The Texas Restaurant Foundation is offering grants to help independent Central Texas restaurants rebuild after the July 4 floods. Applications are now open.
KERRVILLE, Texas — The Texas Restaurant Foundation is opening a new grant program to support independent restaurants across Central Texas that are still recovering from the July 4 floods, the organization announced Monday.
The foundation said it will distribute more than $30,000 through its TX Restaurant Relief Fund. The money is intended to help restaurants with long-term rebuilding efforts so they can stay open and continue employing local workers. Applications will start being accepted Thursday, December 4.
Eligible restaurants must be independently owned, plan to reopen or remain open. They must also have suffered physical or economic damage from the floods and be located in one of 30 following counties.
- Bandera
- Bexar
- Burnet
- Caldwell
- Coke
- Comal
- Concho
- Edwards
- Gillespie
- Guadalupe
- Hamilton
- Kendall
- Kerr
- Kimble
- Kinney
- Lampasas
- Llano
- Mason
- Maverick
- McCulloch
- Menard
- Real
- Reeves
- San Saba
- Schleicher
- Sutton
- Tom Green
- Travis
- Uvalde
- Williamson
“Restaurants are the heartbeat of every community, and many in Central Texas are still navigating the financial and emotional toll of the July 4 floods,” Emily Williams Knight, EdD, president and CEO of the Texas Restaurant Association and the Texas Restaurant Foundation, said in a statement. “These grants give independent operators a lifeline so they can continue serving the employees and neighborhoods that count on them.”
The Community Foundation of the Texas Hill Country will match up to $15,000 in total grants awarded to restaurants located in its service area, which includes Bandera, Blanco, Edwards, Gillespie, Kendall, Kerr, Kimble, Mason, Real and Uvalde counties.
“Our region is still healing from the July 4 floods, and restaurants are central to that recovery,” CEO Austin Dickson said. “We are proud to join the Texas Restaurant Foundation to match these grants so independent restaurants in our service area can take meaningful steps toward rebuilding and long-term stability.”
Applications will be processed on a first-come, first-served basis while funds remain available. Restaurants can apply online through the Texas Restaurant Foundation.