Application

Rising Restaurateur: A Community Grant Program is an innovative microgrant program that offers $200,000 in microgrants to New York City Latino, Black, Indigenous, Asian American and/or Pacific Islander restaurateurs. From brick-and-mortar establishments to food trucks and carts, BIPOC/AAPI+ entrepreneurs in the food and beverage industry can apply for microgrants of up to $10,000 to uplift their businesses. Selected participants will also have access to additional business development opportunities through Oyate Group. Rising Restaurateur is a partnership between Oyate Group, Grubhub and the New York State Latino Restaurant Bar & Lounge Association.

To participate, restaurateurs must be Latino, Black, Indigenous, Asian American and/or Pacific Islander, based in Manhattan, Brooklyn, the Bronx, Queens and Westchester County (Mt. Vernon and Yonkers), operating as a single business with 30 or fewer employees and a revenue of $2 million or less. Members of the New York State Latino Restaurant Bar & Lounge Association are encouraged to apply.

Grant funding is made possible by Grubhub and Oyate Group.

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* 1. Contact Details

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* 2. Are you a registered member of the New York State Latino Restaurant Bar and Lounge Association?

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* 3. Which of the following best describes the racial or ethnic background of your restaurant’s leadership?

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* 4. If you selected Hispanic or Latino origin above. Please continue to this question:

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* 5. How does your restaurant’s leadership publicly self-identify in terms of sexual identity?

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* 6. Which of the following best describes the sexual orientation of your restaurant's leadership?

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* 7. Is your restaurant M/WBE Certified (Minority/Women-Owned Business Enterprise)?

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* 8. Is your restaurant Veteran-Owned? 

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* 9. In what month and year did you open your restaurant?

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* 10. What type of dining establishment do you operate?

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* 11. Provide the website link for your restaurant, if available:

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* 12. Describe your target customer:

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* 13. How much is your restaurant seeking in grant funding? Final grant awards will be at the discretion of the program administrators.

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* 14. Briefly explain how you intend to use the grant funds:

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* 15. Have you been awarded a grant in the last 5 years?

If you were awarded a grant in the past 5 years please share more details about the grant below:

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* 16. When was/were the grant(s) awarded?

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* 17. What is/are the name(s) of the grant(s) you were awarded?

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* 18. What type of grant was it?

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* 19. Approximately, how much revenue have you generated in the last three years?

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* 20. Are there any additional resources that your restaurant requires?

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* 21. Please provide your username/handles for any social media platforms your business is active on.

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