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Every dollar donated supports those in the food and beverage industry. You know them. They may have seared your steak or crafted your favorite cocktail. Maybe they passed you extra sauce through the drive-thru window—or grew the food themselves. No matter who they are or where they live in the U.S., their lives are improved by your generosity. On behalf of them all, thank you.

With your support, we can continue to pay for essentials like groceries, clothing, and rent, as well as cover the cost of life-saving medications, natural disaster damages, and more for F+B workers nationwide who need it most. Your support also allows us to continue to evolve and expand our mental health program to F+B workers.

Thanks to generous donors like you, we have granted more than $15.3 million to F+B workers in crisis since 2017. In addition, we launched our mental health program, Behind You, in August 2020 and have provided access to more than 9,580 no-cost counseling sessions for F+B workers through our university partnership grant initiative.

We are both founded and fueled by leadership who deeply understand the unique stressors and dynamics of the F+B industry, and we encourage you to join us in serving those who are always there to serve us.

Levels of Giving

$250

helps an F+B worker pay for one month of essential medication without insurance

$500

Helps a single parent working in F+B with one month of childcare expenses

$1,000

Offers support with a month’s worth of groceries for an F+B worker and their family

$1,600

Supports a food and beverage worker’s participation in the Behind You mental health program

$2,700

2025 national average cost for an out-of-pocket emergency room visit

$5,000

Helps a food and beverage worker experiencing domestic violence with living or relocation costs

$10,000

Covers three months of basic living costs for a food and beverage worker receiving treatment for a serious long-term health condition

$25,000

Supports a new state pilot program for the Behind You mental health program

$30,000

Average weekly distribution of emergency relief funding to F+B workers nationwide

$50,000

Assists 100 F+B workers affected by a large-scale crisis

$60,000

Offers access to 750 no-cost counseling sessions for F+B workers in states with SSF’s Behind You mental health program

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Other Ways to Give

In addition to the donation link above, we can accept payment via ACH, stock transfer or check.

For details on sending a donation via ACH or a stock transfer, please email Lindsey Brown, executive director, or Cris Tang, CFO.

If mailing a check, please make the check payable to:

Southern Smoke Foundation
1302 Waugh Drive #970
Houston, TX 77019

Double Your Impact

Did you know that you can double your donation through our matching donation program?

Many employers provide matching gift programs to match charitable contributions made by their employees. Gifts from employees’ spouses and retirees may also qualify for a match. Search to find out if your employer has a matching gift program.

Here’s how the gift matching process unfolds:

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Make your personal donation and save your tax receipt. Many matching programs will allow for up to one year after you’ve made your donation to request a corporate match.
Search

Using the Double the Donation search bar below, find out if your company offers a matching gift program and review the guidelines. No results? Contact your HR department directly to ask if they offer a matching gift program.
Match

Click on your company’s intranet link provided in the search results. Log in and submit your request electronically.

Questions?

Southern Smoke Foundation
1302 Waugh Drive #970
Houston, TX 77019
Email: info@southernsmoke.org

Our Commitment to Our Donors

We will not sell, share, or trade our donors’ names or personal information with any other entity, nor send mailings to our donors on behalf of other organizations. This policy applies to all information received by Southern Smoke Foundation, both online and offline, on any Platform (“Platform”, includes the Southern Smoke Foundation website and mobile applications), as well as any electronic, written, or oral communications. To the extent any donations are processed through a third-party service provider, our donors’ information will only be used for purposes necessary to process the donation.

Donation Information

For every dollar donated, 75 cents goes directly to programs that provide emergency relief to F+B workers nationwide when there’s a widespread or personal crisis. As an independent 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization registered in the state of Texas, Southern Smoke Foundation provides services nationwide throughout all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico. All donations to us are tax-deductible to the fullest extent of the law. Southern Smoke Foundation’s TAX ID number is 81-2423050.

Even a little goes a long way.

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Hungry to help?

In addition to the donation link above, we can accept payment via ACH, stock transfer or check.

Did you know that you can double your donation through our matching donation program?

Here’s how the gift matching process unfolds:

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Search

Match

Questions?

Even a little
goes a long way.