Hospitality Relief Network
Employer pilot brief
A nonbinding framework for employers willing to help design and evaluate an HRN pilot.
- Prepared for
- Hotel management companies, ownership groups, restaurant groups, franchisees and independent operators
- Status
- Planning-stage discussion material
- Version
- August 2026
The employer opportunity
A shared network could give smaller and midsize hospitality employers a way to tell an employee, "There is somewhere you can turn," without requiring the company to create a foundation, review private hardship documents or administer individual grants.
Pilot design questions
- Approximate eligible employee population and operating footprint.
- Payroll-provider capabilities and voluntary deduction requirements.
- Potential employer-match structure and internal approval process.
- Employee communications, privacy boundaries and employment verification.
- Pilot timing, success measures and responsible off-ramp terms.
What HRN would be responsible for
- Independent charitable and grant-administration structure.
- Published eligibility framework and conflict controls.
- Private application, verification and review processes.
- Fund accounting, reporting and approved employee communications.
- Clear separation between employers and individual grant decisions.
Nonbinding interest
An employer may document interest in continued design discussions and a future pilot, subject to legal review, internal approval, final program terms and selection of a qualified charitable administrator.