Does Olive Garden donate to fundraisers?

Olive Garden says it donates to charitable causes that benefit the community.

Donation requests can include gift certificates or food.

Requests are handled by the General Manager of your local Olive Garden restaurant, not by a national office.

Olive Garden says it is not possible to honor every request it receives.

Separately, every Olive Garden restaurant takes part in its Harvest program, donating food to local nonprofit partners, and Olive Garden is a long-term partner of Feeding America.

What Olive Garden donates

Olive Garden has typically donated: Gift certificate or food.

Who can apply

Olive Garden limits donation requests by area: National.

How to apply

Olive Garden asks every request to include the following.

• Submit the request in writing to the General Manager of your local Olive Garden.
• Put the request on your organization's official letterhead, including the organization's full name, address, phone and fax numbers.
• State what you are requesting, when it is needed and how it will benefit the community.
• Submit the written request 30 days before the date the donation is needed.

When to ask

Olive Garden states a lead time of 30 day. Count back that far from your event date and send the request no later than then.

Across more than 25,000 fundraising events in our own records over fifteen years, March, April and May are the busiest months for fundraisers, October is the next busiest, and July and December are the quietest.

Work backwards from your event rather than forwards from today, and if your event falls in the spring peak, ask earlier than the stated lead time rather than later.

Common questions

How far ahead should we ask Olive Garden for a donation?

Olive Garden's stated lead time is 30 day. Work backwards from your event date: count back that far from the day of the event and send your request before that point.