Does Cracker Barrel donate to fundraisers?

Cracker Barrel supports communities with in-kind donations and funding, and the Cracker Barrel Old Country Store Foundation gives grants to select nonprofits.

The main focus areas are food insecurity and hunger relief, and diversity and inclusion.

Cracker Barrel says it focuses on high-need, underserved minority communities.

Cracker Barrel does not support organizations whose programs discriminate against any legally protected class.

It does not give directly to Feeding America member food banks, which are asked to use the Feeding America member grant application instead.

Cracker Barrel says it cannot fund every program, event or organization that asks.

Tips from the program page: Lead with the hunger-relief or inclusion angle of your event; Cracker Barrel says it directs most of its giving there.

Who can apply

Cracker Barrel limits donation requests by area: National.

How to apply

Cracker Barrel asks every request to include the following.

• Create an account on Cracker Barrel's Donation Request Site and submit your request online.
• Show how your organization or event helps fight hunger in America or promotes diversity and inclusion.

What Cracker Barrel will not fund

Cracker Barrel states in its own published guidelines that it will not fund the following.

• Organizations whose programs discriminate based on race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, national origin, age, marital status, medical condition, mental or physical disability or any other class expressly protected by law
• Feeding America member food banks (directed to the Feeding America member grant application instead)

This covers only what Cracker Barrel states. A request can still be turned down for reasons a company does not publish.

Common questions

Can a school, team, or individual apply to Cracker Barrel?

Cracker Barrel states that it will not fund: Organizations whose programs discriminate based on race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, national origin, age, marital status, medical condition, mental or physical disability or any other class expressly protected by law; Feeding America member food banks (directed to the Feeding America member grant application instead). Check your organization and your event against that list before you apply — those are the restrictions Cracker Barrel publishes itself.