Louisiana Hospitality Foundation

The Louisiana Hospitality Foundation's mission is to strengthen Louisiana's hospitality industry through support of individuals within the community. We do this by: - Supporting workforce development programs directly related to our industry; - Providing access to culinary and hospitality education; - Working to ensure a positive perception of Louisiana's hospitality industry; and - Providing financial assistance and/or guidance to people in the hospitality industry during times of crisis.

Our Hospitality Worker Crisis Grant program is unique, and one of the only financial assistance programs for our local hospitality workers. We provide financial assistance to Louisiana hospitality workers when they experience an emergency such as an unexpected injury, illness, death of an immediate family member, or disaster such as flood or house fire. These financial assistance grant are used for basic living expenses including housing assistance (rent or mortgage payments), medical bills, utility bills, &/or funeral expenses.

Since 2006, we have distributed nearly $4.8 million in grants to support our community.

Please consider making a donation to help us continue to support Louisiana's hospitality industry workers!

Testimonials

"I have been working in the hospitality industry as a bartender for nearly 10 years as a means to provide for myself, my family, and to get me through the past seven years of college. My two-year-old is special needs, so in between multiple surgeries, appointments with specialists, and early intervention, I fell on fiscally hard times due to not being able to work as often as I need to. The Louisiana Hospitality Foundation has lifted a massive burden off of my back with their generosity and my little family is incredibly grateful for the Foundation and their supporters."