Only Southern Smoke staff will see an application in its entirety. If your situation has escalated since you submitted your application, please email The application process is completely anonymous. If you have questions about the status of your application, please email unless you have already been assigned a caseworker. As a start, the Bulleit Frontier Fund will make donations to organizations such as the United States Bartenders Guild, Another Round, Another Rally and. If you need help with your utilities, please have your bills available.If you are asking for help with your rent, please have your lease agreement available.For instance, life-and-death cases are prioritized over car payment requests. Case managers are assigned to cases based on the urgency of the crisis and not on a first-come-first-served basis.Please use the description area within the application to explain your individual crisis in as much detail as possible.Unfortunately, we are unable to make any exceptions.Įxamples of need include medical bills, a car accident, weather catastrophes, family support assistance, and mental health needs.

Every applicant must show proof of such employment, so please have paycheck stubs and/or W2s available. To qualify for emergency relief funding, you must be currently working a minimum of 25 hours per week in the food and beverage industry. We fund people in the food and beverage industry in crisis: restaurant and bar workers (front and back of house), baristas, sommeliers, farmers, ranchers, winemakers, distillers, brewers, and anyone in the “food chain.” If you have an emergency, please call 911.

Established in 2017, our emergency relief fund has distributed more than $8.1 million to individuals in the food and beverage industry in crisis.

Bartender relief charity