Alex Ray The Common Man Family of Restaurants Ashland, NH Read more

Alex Ray doesn't consider himself a philanthropist. His "doing good" philosophy is a matter of good business, he says. In the past 38 years, Ray's Common Man Family of Restaurants and its 800 employees have been involved in hundreds of fundraisers and company-wide community-service events. and economic empowerment programs.

BJ's Restaurants, Inc Locations nationwide Read more

BJ's Restaurants team members increasingly are on the lookout for ways to help their communities. When one of the Huntington Beach, Calif.-based company's 90 restaurants finds a suitable activity, its staff goes into TASC Force mode, or Team Action to Support Communities.

Rod's Steak & Seafood Grille Morristown, NJ Read more

When the Keller siblings took over their parents' restaurant in 1972, they inherited a sense of community service. "It was a natural progression from the example set by our parents. They were always involved in something."

Madam’s Organ Washington, DC Read more

Bill Duggan was driving home from his beach house 13 years ago when he passed children playing on a run-down, inner-city playground. Duggan, who owns Madam's Organ, a Washington, D.C., restaurant and bar, wanted to give the children a chance to be kids