Donate
One-time or monthly. Every gift goes to ingredients, aprons, space and supplies, so no family is turned away.
Start your own fundraiser.
Celebrating a birthday, a restaurant anniversary or a family milestone? Set up a personal KARA page in five minutes and ask friends, family or customers to give.
Restaurants: run a giving day. Share a day’s sales, set out a donation jar, or put a special dish on the menu with proceeds to KARA. We’ll send a toolkit with table cards, a QR code and a social post.
Put your name behind the next generation.
Our top sponsorships are exclusive: one partner per tier, with no competing brand in your industry. Businesses, foundations and restaurant groups can claim a program, the festival or the whole year.
Presenting Sponsor
Your name on everything KARA does for a full year, starting with the KARA Roots Festival.
- Title billing: “KARA Roots Festival, presented by [Your Name]”
- Category exclusivity: no competing sponsor in your industry
- Top logo placement on the homepage, every event, the festival stage and all printed materials
- Remarks from the festival main stage
- A private Korean cooking experience for your team, led by a KARA chef
- Featured in our annual report and grant reports
Festival Stage Sponsor
Name the KARA Roots main stage. Logo on the stage, festival map, signage and website, a festival booth, and a social media feature.
Program Sponsor
Own one program for a year: Sonmat Saturdays, Youth Entrepreneurship or Seasonal Celebrations. “Presented by” on its page, every session and its recipe cards.
Youth Leadership Sponsor
Fund the teen volunteer crew and youth entrepreneurship booth. Your logo on crew shirts, plus a chance to meet and mentor the teens.
Workshop Sponsor
Underwrite one complete family workshop. Recognition at the workshop and on social media, and your team is invited to cook alongside families.
Community Sponsor
Logo on festival signage and our supporters wall.
Friend of KARA
Name on our supporters wall and a thank-you at the festival.
In-kind Sponsor
Ingredients, kitchen space, printing or equipment. Listed on our supporters wall.
KARA Foundation (legal name: Korean American Restaurant Association) is a Washington nonprofit corporation and 501(c)(3) public charity, EIN 41-4947499. Contributions are tax-deductible to the extent allowed by law.