Annual Corporate Partnership
Be a leader among leaders.
Our annual partners are our most generous backers. Supporting our biggest events of the year, they help us fulfill our mission.
Annual partners are recognized throughout the year, both on our various online platforms and at GK signature events. Your logo will also be featured on our website. (You can see all of our current annual corporate partners at the bottom of this page!)
For more information about becoming an annual corporate partner, please email Shelley Vincent at Shelley.Vincent@thegivingkitchen.org.
Sponsor A Signature Event
Our signature events comprise a massive portion of our annual budget dedicated to helping thousands of food service workers throughout the year.
Team Hidi is our biggest annual fundraiser and the seedling from which Giving Kitchen grew. Initially a fundraiser to support Ryan Hidinger’s heroic fight against cancer in 2013, over 100 food service establishments now come together on this historic night - which historically has provided about one-third of our annual funding - to help food service workers in crisis as we remember Ryan.
Dining with Gratitude is officially one of the best times of the year! Hundreds of food service partners donate a portion of their sales to raise money for and awareness about Giving Kitchen.
The Pinky is a shotgun-style golf tournament held annually at Heritage Golf Links the Friday before Thanksgiving in honor of Willy Cellucci, who lost his battle with cancer in 2013. The Pinky, like Team Hidi, began as a fundraiser to help him through treatments but has evolved into an epic day to celebrate his life and raise money to help other food service workers.
Tennessee Golf Tournament and North Carolina Golf Tournament are a shotgun-style golf tournaments in the spirit of The Pinky.
If you’d like to sponsor one of these events, or if you’re a restaurant, caterer, food truck, distillery, winery, brewery or concessionaire and would like to participate in any of the above initiatives in the future, please contact our team!
For Georgia or Alabama, email Sean Palani at sean.palani@thegivingkitchen.org
For Tennessee, Kentucky, or Mississippi email Kelly Kaplan at kelly@thegivingkitchen.org.
For North Carolina or South Carolina, email Leah Melnick at leah@thegivingkitchen.org.
Cause Marketing Partnerships and Purpose Partners
Every so often we partner with a company to co-brand a special product, like GK Wine or Montane Sparkling Water. We're always interested in hearing proposals for new and exciting partnerships!
Please email Shelley Vincent at Shelley.Vincent@thegivingkitchen.org about cause marketing partnerships.
Payroll Deduction
Join these companies by offering payroll deduction donations to your entire team:
If you have questions about Pass the Hat or would like to set up Pass the Hat employee giving through payroll deductions, please contact Ella Burge, at ella.burge@thegivingkitchen.org.
Partner Fundraisers
From events like Beer Dinners, Day of Sales, and local Festivals, there's a GK-serving partner fundraiser hosted nearly every week. For a listing of all current partner fundraisers, click here.
If you're interested in supporting Giving Kitchen as a community partner, please contact us!
For Georgia or Alabama, email Sean Palani at sean.palani@thegivingkitchen.org
For Tennessee, Kentucky, or Mississippi email Leah Melnick at leah@thegivingkitchen.org.
For North Carolina or South Carolina, email Ariel Smith at ariel.smith@thegivingkitchen.org.
Stability Network Partnerships
If you are an employee or volunteer for a service or community organization, please consider offering your services to food service workers through Giving Kitchen’s Stability Network program. We'd love to hear from you!
Email Kaitlynn Perez-Mockett at kaitlynn@thegivingkitchen.org to start the conversation.
Thank You to Our Annual Corporate Partners
