What is the Project’s potential?

The potential of Benefit Restaurants is staggering. Consider:

FINANCIAL POTENTIAL: The National Restaurant Association [NRA] forecasts the 945,000 restaurants in America will ring sales totaling $580 billion in 2010. If ten percent of those restaurants donate 4% of their sales, more than $2.3 billion in new funding would flow to nonprofits annually.

EDUCATIONAL POTENTIAL: NRA statistics show 130 million people are food service patrons in America daily. That’s a lot of people who can both help and learn a little bit more each about the excellent work of nonprofits in their midst.

GLOBAL POTENTIAL: The world-wide ubiquity of restaurants presents a singular opportunity for scalability.

This month’s beneficiary

The Winter Quarter theme is FIGHTING HOMELESSNESS. We're proud to give our support this month to the Pine Street Inn which "provides a comprehensive range of services, including permanent supportive housing, job training, emergency shelter and street outreach to over 1,300 homeless men and women each day."

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