New Donor Spotlight: FCM Hospitality

In February of 2022, FCM Hospitality (FCM), and eight of the hospitality company’s restaurants – Liberty Point, Morgan’s Pier, Harper’s Garden, Lola’s Garden, Rosy’s Taco Bar, The Garden at Cherry Street Pier, Craft Hall and Juno – announced their $50,000 donation of crucial food and supplies to all twelve culinary arts programs in the School District of Philadelphia. FCM’s owner, Avram Hornik, made the donation to address the difficulty schools were experiencing with the timely delivery of food and supplies due to nationwide supply-chain issues and labor shortages, coupled with the abrupt cancellation of the previous supplier contract days before the start of the school year.

Hornik coordinated with School District of Philadelphia's Career and Technical Education director, schools, and the Fund for the School District of Philadelphia to identify the best way to mobilize his support, creating a system in which FCM provided food and supplies directly to the culinary programs at their request through the end of the school year. The $50,000 gift helped more than 730 students receive the hands-on training they needed to prepare for careers in the culinary industry.

By The Numbers

$50,000 in-kind gift; 12 culinary programs supplied; 730 students impacted