About Guy Fieri Foundation
The Guy Fieri Foundation uses food, cooking, and education to nourish, uplift, and encourage our communities.
Focus Areas
culinary educationscholarshipsdisaster relief / emergency feedingveterans and military supportfirst respondersliteracy and youth educationcommunity food programs
Who They Fund
K-12 students (high school students)students participating in literacy programspeople experiencing food insecurity / families in needcommunity participants in culinary training programs
Funding Style
About Guy Fieri Foundation
The Guy Fieri Foundation’s recent grantmaking is shaped by food, cooking, and education, with large gifts sitting alongside smaller program awards across schools, relief partners, and community groups. In 2024, the foundation gave $1,200,000 to the Hawaii Restaurant Association in Honolulu for fundraising, followed by $300,000 to The Salvation Army in Honolulu for fundraising. Those larger awards sit within a broader portfolio that also includes recurring support for culinary education, literacy, disaster response, and services for veterans and first responders. The foundation’s work reaches K-12 culinary programs, scholarship partners, and organizations tied to emergency feeding and community support. Several named grants show that mix. Read On Sonoma in Santa Rosa received $48,992 in 2025 for literacy programming, while Family Reach in Boston received $25,000 in 2025 for culinary support. The foundation also backed local institutions such as the Sonoma County Fair in Santa Rosa and California Restaurant Assoc in Sacramento, alongside school-based culinary grants in Las Vegas. Its grantmaking combines event-based support, direct program funding, and partnerships with local and national organizations.
What Guy Fieri Foundation Funds
Culinary education is a consistent thread. The foundation gave $22,000 to Rancho High School in Las Vegas for a culinary program and $20,000 to Centennial High School in Las Vegas for a culinary program, showing support for school-based career and technical education. It also awarded $18,000 to Canyon Springs High School in North Las Vegas for a culinary program. Literacy is another defined area. Read On Sonoma in Santa Rosa received $48,992 in 2025 for a literacy program, and Michelle Leisen in Healdsburg received $25,000 in 2025 for a literacy program. The foundation also made a $15,386 literacy grant to Halo Branded Solutions in Chicago. Community support extends to food and crisis response. Convoy of Hope in Springfield received $20,000 in 2024 for a program, and Santa Rosa Fire Foundation received $20,000 in 2024 for a program. These grants fit the foundation’s disaster-relief and emergency-feeding work.
How Guy Fieri Foundation Gives
Typical grants cluster in the five-figure range: the p25 is $10,000, the median is $17,752, and the p75 is $24,827. That pattern sits below the headline gifts, which reach well into the six and seven figures. The recent record also shows repeat support to the same recipients across multiple years, including California Restaurant Assoc in Sacramento, Unlv Foundation in Las Vegas, Humboldt County Fair in Ferndale, and The Salvation Army in Santa Rosa. The foundation does not fund individuals and does not make program-related investments. A small portion of its support is linked to event or seasonal giving, including Christmas donations.
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$349K
Total Assets
$2.7M
Total Revenue
$732K
Total Expenses
$980K
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $10K and $25K, with a median of $18K.
25th Percentile
$10K
Median
$18K
75th Percentile
$25K
Geographic Reach
Regional12 states funded
Funding intensity
LowHigh
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