Who Is Eligible?

Applicants must meet all of the below criteria to be eligible for this opportunity.

• Be a for-profit restaurant, gastropub or bakery with a brick-and-mortar location in Australia, Canada or New Zealand
• Be experiencing hardship due to a government-declared natural disaster* (see below)
• Have 3 or fewer total locations with 50 or less employees per location
• Have been open for at least 6 months
• Have revenues of $3M or less per location in the last 12 months

This grant is only intended to cover disasters that occur from natural processes of the Earth such as hurricanes, floods, and wildfires. COVID-19 related damages are not eligible.

• A "natural disaster" is defined as a major adverse event resulting from natural processes of the Earth. These events occur when a significant amount of extreme weather over a short period of time causes damage to property, blocks or destroys roads or makes them undriveable, disrupts communications systems, causes power outages, and threatens life safety. Natural disasters must be declared by an official governing entity in Australia, Canada or New Zealand.

For examples of qualifying natural disasters, see the FAQs [LINK].

Terms and Conditions

Please note that applications for this grant program are being accepted during three (3) separate rounds and must be submitted no later than the dates below by 11:59 PM ET in order to be considered for that particular round.

• GENERAL
  • The Restaurant Disaster Relief Fund Program (the “Program”) is sponsored and administered by the Global Entrepreneurship Network (“Sponsor”). The funding organization for this program is DoorDash.
  • By entering this Program, you agree to be bound by these Terms and Conditions and Sponsor’s determinations regarding the Program, which are final and binding.
  • The Program is subject to all applicable national, federal, state, provincial, territorial, and local laws, and is void where prohibited.
  • There is no purchase necessary or other cost to enter the Program or win a Grant.
• ELIGIBILITY
  • To be eligible to enter a business in the Program, you (“Officer”) must be all of the following as of the first day of the Program Period (defined below):
    • An entrepreneur who is the leading executive (i.e. Founder and/or President, CEO, CFO, COO, or any such other similar title) of a business that meets the below business criteria;
    • A legal resident of Australia, Canada or New Zealand.
    • Eighteen (18) years of age or older.
    • Officer(s) may not be a DoorDash employee or an immediate family member of a DoorDash employee or a Global Entrepreneurship Network employee.
  • To be eligible to participate in the Program, the business (“Entrant”) must meet all of the following criteria as of the first day of the Program Period:
    • Be a for-profit restaurant, gastropub or bakery with a brick and mortar location in Australia, Canada and New Zealand.
    • Be experiencing hardship due to a government-declared natural disaster
    • Have 3 or fewer total locations with 50 or less employees per location
    • Have been open for at least 6 months
    • Have revenues of $3M or less per location in the last 12 months
  • The potential winners are subject to verification of eligibility by Sponsor, which may include completing associated documentation.
• PROGRAM PERIOD
  • The Program Period begins July 5, 2023 at 9:00 AM EST and ends March 29 at 11:59 PM ET.
  • The time clock of the computer administering this Program is the official clock for this Program.
  • Sponsor reserves the right to shorten or lengthen the Program Period for any reason in its sole discretion.
• HOW TO ENTER
  • To enter the Program, the Officer must clearly and concisely complete all sections of the online application, which consists of a series of questions about the Entrant and the Officer, by taking these steps: during the Program Period, (1) go to URL; (2) create an account or log in if you already have an account; and, (3) complete and submit application (“Entry”).
  • All entries must be received by 11:59 PM ET on the dates listed in the table above to be eligible.
  • Limit: One Entry per Entrant and per Officer. Multiple entries received for any Entrant or Officer after the first Entry received from that Entrant or Officer will be void.
• ENTRY QUALIFICATIONS
  • Sponsor may disqualify any Entry that, as adjudged in Sponsor’s determination:
    • contains any material that is indecent, obscene, hateful, discriminatory; defamatory, slanderous, libelous, unlawful, or otherwise inappropriate;
    • is submitted in bad faith, is inappropriate, or otherwise violates these Terms and Conditions;
    • is submitted by an Entrant or Officer who is ineligible or noncompliant with these Terms and Conditions; and/or,
    • is submitted by any person who tampers with or abuses any aspect of the Program or the Global Entrepreneurship Network website, who acts in an unsportsmanlike or disruptive manner, who violates these Terms and Conditions, or about whom a background check provides unsatisfactory results.
  • If there is a dispute about who submitted an Entry, the authorized account holder of the email address used to register will be deemed to be the Officer and the business identified in the Entry will be deemed the Entrant for the Program. The “authorized account holder” is the natural person assigned an email address by an Internet access provider, online service provider, or other organization responsible for assigning email addresses for the domain associated with the submitted address. The Officer may be required to show proof of being the authorized account holder.
• OTHER ENTRY TERMS
  • After an Entry has been submitted, it cannot be modified in any way. Sponsor is not responsible for a delayed Entry, incomplete Entry, or an Entry which is not received, recognized, or accepted for any reason.
  • Entrant retains all rights in and to its product or service, including all intellectual property rights, but no Entry may disclose any information confidential to or any trade secret of the Entrant or any third party. Sponsor will treat all information disclosed by Entrant as nonconfidential.
  • By submitting an Entry to the Program, each Entrant hereby grants Sponsor and DoorDash on behalf of Entrant and Officer a royalty-free, irrevocable, perpetual, global, nonexclusive license to use, reproduce, modify, publish, create derivative works from, and display the information in the Entry, in whole or in part, and to incorporate it into other works, in any form, media, or technology, now known or later developed, for any purpose including for promotional and marketing purposes, including on www.genglobal.org or other GEN-branded websites or social platforms, or DoorDash branded websites or social platforms.
  • The Released Parties (defined below) do not guarantee that any Entry will be used as described in the preceding license.
  • The Released Parties (defined below) are not responsible for any unauthorized use by third parties of any Entry.
• REVIEW CRITERIA AND SELECTION OF GRANT RECIPIENTS
  • Entries will be reviewed by the Global Entrepreneurship Network, DoorDash, and/or their designated agencies (“Panel”) based on the following criteria:
    • Demonstrated need for funds (40%)
    • Clarity and feasibility of plan for proposed use of funds (40%)
    • Demonstrated commitment to community (20%)