Restaurant Revitalization Fund

This program provides emergency assistance for eligible restaurants, bars, and other qualifying businesses impacted by COVID-19.

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Applications are now closed.

Program details

The American Rescue Plan Act established the Restaurant Revitalization Fund (RRF) to provide funding to help restaurants and other eligible businesses keep their doors open. This program will provide restaurants with funding equal to their pandemic-related revenue loss up to $10 million per business and no more than $5 million per physical location. Recipients are not required to repay the funding as long as funds are used for eligible uses no later than March 11, 2023.

Supplemental documents

• Restaurant Revitalization Fund program guide
• Restaurant Revitalization Fund sample application (SBA Form 3172)

Get help with your application

Federal guidelines require that we provide the same and equal information to each applicant. Therefore, SBA staff are limited on responses we can provide to applicants, including specific questions regarding RRF eligibility, potential award amount, and other detailed information. Some key information to know:

• For detailed information about how to calculate your award amount, please consult pages 7-9 of the RRF program guide.
• The IRS 4506T form is signed with your application during the e-sign process. You do not need to submit an additional 4506T.
• If you are entering a state in the address section(s) use the abbreviation in capital letters. For example, PA, TX, ME, WA, etc.

For assistance preparing your application, you can access the following:

• RRF knowledge base support documentation
• Application portal screenshots
• Call center support: 844-279-8898

You can also watch a previously recorded webinar training to help you prepare:

• Webinar: Special briefing on RRF with SBA and Public Private Strategies Institute
• Webinar: Learn how to apply for RRF

For assistance with your submitted application:

• Submit a message using the application platform inbox
• Call center support: 844-279-8898

Who can apply

Eligible entities who have experienced pandemic-related revenue loss include:

• Restaurants
• Food stands, food trucks, food carts
• Caterers
• Bars, saloons, lounges, taverns
• Snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars
• Bakeries (onsite sales to the public comprise at least 33% of gross receipts)
• Brewpubs, tasting rooms, taprooms (onsite sales to the public comprise at least 33% of gross receipts)
• Breweries or microbreweries (onsite sales to the public comprise at least 33% of gross receipts)
• Wineries and distilleries (onsite sales to the public comprise at least 33% of gross receipts)
• Inns (onsite sales of food and beverage to the public comprise at least 33% of gross receipts)
• Licensed facilities or premises of a beverage alcohol producer where the public may taste, sample, or purchase products

How to apply

You can apply through SBA-recognized Point of Sale (POS) vendors or directly via SBA in the online application portal. Participating POS providers include Square, Toast, Clover, NCR Corporation (Aloha), and Oracle. If you are working with Square or Toast, you do not need to register beforehand on the application portal.

Registration with SAM.gov is not required. DUNS or CAGE identifiers are also not required.

If you would like to prepare your application, view the SBA form 3172 sample application. You will be able to complete this form online. Please do not submit RRF forms to SBA at this time.

Additional documentation required:

• Verification for Tax Information. IRS Form 4506-T, completed and signed by Applicant. Completion of this form digitally on the SBA platform will satisfy this requirement.
• Gross Receipts Documentation. Any of the following documents demonstrating gross receipts and, if applicable, eligible expenses:
  • Business tax returns (IRS Form 1120 or IRS 1120-S)
  • IRS Forms 1040 Schedule C; IRS Forms 1040 Schedule F
  • For a partnership: partnership’s IRS Form 1065 (including K-1s)
  • Bank statements
  • Externally or internally prepared financial statements such as Income Statements or Profit and Loss Statements
  • Point of sale report(s), including IRS Form 1099-K

  For applicants that are a brewpub, tasting room, taproom, brewery, winery, distillery, or bakery:

  • Documents evidencing that onsite sales to the public comprise at least 33.00% of gross receipts for 2019, which may include Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB) Forms 5130.9 or TTB.
  • For businesses who opened in 2020, the applicant’s original business model should have contemplated at least 33.00% of gross receipts in onsite sales to the public.

  For applicants that operate as an inn:

  • Documents evidencing that onsite sales of food and beverage to the public comprise at least 33.00% of gross receipts for 2019.
  • For businesses who opened in 2020, the applicant’s original business model should have contemplated at least 33.00% of gross receipts in onsite sales to the public.

  When to apply

  Applications are now closed.

  Priority period

  Days 1 through 21

  SBA will accept applications from all eligible applicants, but only process and fund priority group applications. See “Priority groups” below.

  During this period, SBA will fund applications where the applicant has self-certified that it meets the eligibility requirements for a small business owned by women, veterans, or socially and economically disadvantaged individuals.

  See “Set asides” below.

  Open to all applicants

  Days 22 through funds exhaustion

  Priority groups

  • A small business concern that is at least 51 percent owned by one or more individuals who are:
    • Women
    • Veterans
    • Socially and economically disadvantaged

    Set asides

    1. $5 billion is set aside for applicants with 2019 gross receipts of not more than $500,000.
    2. An additional $4 billion is set-aside for applicants with 2019 gross receipts from $500,001 to $1,500,000.
    3. An additional $500 million is set-aside for applicants with 2019 gross receipts of not more than $50,000

    *SBA reserves the right to reallocate these funds at the discretion of the Administrator.

    Funding amount

    Payment calculations

    For detailed information about how to calculate your award amount, please consult pages 7-9 of the RRF program guide.

    Calculation 1 - for applicants in operation prior to or on January 1, 2019:

    • 2019 gross receipts minus 2020 gross receipts minus PPP loan amounts

    Calculation 2 - for applicants that began operations partially through 2019:

    • (Average 2019 monthly gross receipts x 12) minus 2020 gross receipts minus PPP loan amounts

    Calculation 3 - for applicants that began operations on or between January 1, 2020 and March 10, 2021 and applicants not yet opened but have incurred eligible expenses:

    • Amount spent on eligible expenses between February 15, 2020 and March 11, 2021 minus 2020 gross receipts minus 2021 gross receipts (through March 11, 2021) minus PPP loan amounts

    For those entities who began operations partially through 2019, you may elect (at your own discretion) to use either calculation 2 or calculation 3.

    Maximum and minimum amounts

    SBA may provide funding up to $5 million per location, not to exceed $10 million total for the applicant and any affiliated businesses. The minimum award is $1,000.

    Gross receipts

    For the purposes of this program, gross receipts does not include:

    • Amounts received from Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans (First Draw or Second Draw)
    • Amounts received from Economic Injury Disaster Loans (EIDL)
    • Advances on EIDL (EIDL Advance and Targeted EIDL Advance)
    • State and local grants (via CARES Act or otherwise)
    • SBA Section 1112 payments

    Allowable use of funds

    Funds may be used for specific expenses including:

    • Business payroll costs (including sick leave)
    • Payments on any business mortgage obligation
    • Business rent payments (this does not include prepayment of rent)
    • Business debt service, both principal and interest (this does not include any prepayment of principal or interest)
    • Business utility payments
    • Business maintenance expenses
    • Construction of outdoor seating
    • Business supplies (including protective equipment and cleaning materials)
    • Business food and beverage expenses (including raw materials)
    • Covered supplier costs
    • Business operating expenses

    What to expect after you have applied

    • As outlined by Congress, SBA will review applications from priority applications groups first. Applicants who have submitted non-priority applications will remain in "Review" status while priority applications are processed during the first 21 days. We do not anticipate communicating with applicants in "Review" status during this period.
    • Following a successful application submission, all applications will enter “IRS verification” status. This process may take up to seven days and allows the SBA to validate your application submission.

    Use of funds validation

    All RRF recipients have until March 11, 2023 to use award funds. Not later than December 31, 2021 all recipients are required to report through the application portal how much of their award has been used against each eligible use category. If the recipient fully expends their funds prior to December 31, 2021, they will be asked to certify in the application portal that proceeds have been used on eligible expenses. All recipients that do not fully expend award funds prior to December 31, 2021 will be required to complete annual reporting submissions until they fully expend the award funding or the period of performance expires. SBA reserves the right to request supplemental documentation needed to validate the certification. For more information on reporting use of RRF funds, consult the Restaurant Revitalization Program Guide.

    RRF awards are not subject to Single Audit Act requirements.

    Information about RRF in other languages

    RRF applications must be submitted in English or Spanish. We provide documents in additional languages to help you understand eligibility requirements, fill out applications, and answer frequently asked questions.