Press Release

Force4Good Surpasses 10,000 Restaurant Locations, Strengthening Its Reach Into Communities Nationwide

This milestone reflects the growing number of restaurant brands using Force4Good to fund schools, nonprofits, and local causes

October 1, 2026

ERIE, Colo., October 1st, 2026 Force4Good, the community fundraising platform built to connect restaurants with the schools, nonprofits, and local groups around them, announced it has crossed 10,000 participating restaurant and local business locations across the country.

The milestone spans restaurant brands and businesses of every size, from single-unit independents to some of the largest names in QSR and fast casual, all using Force4Good to turn everyday sales into fundraising dollars for the communities they serve.

"Every one of these 10,000 locations represents a restaurant that decided to show up for its community in a real way," said Steven Cook, co-founder of Force4Good. "That's 10,000 places where a school group, a youth sports team, or a local nonprofit can walk in, host a fundraiser, and walk out knowing their neighborhood restaurant or local business had their back. This milestone belongs to them as much as it does to us."

Since its founding in 2019, Force4Good has grown from a single enterprise fundraising tool into a full community giving platform, supporting donations, gift cards, sponsorships, and nonprofit relationship management alongside its original fundraiser-night model. The platform now works with a database of more than 45,000 nonprofit organizers nationwide, making it simple for local causes to find and book fundraisers at participating restaurants.

"We set out to make it easier for restaurants to be good neighbors, and easier for the people doing good work in those neighborhoods to get funded. Ten thousand locations means that mission is working at a scale we're proud of, and we're just getting started toward our goal of 1 million fundraisers,” said Cook.

Force4Good continues to expand its restaurant partner network while investing in tools that make fundraising simpler for both restaurant operators and the nonprofit organizers who rely on them.