Southern Smoke Foundation

southern smoke is a nonprofit 501c3 foundation founded by chris shepherd and lindsey brown in 2015. it was created to raise funds for charitable purposes, principally for support and assistance for those in the food and beverage community and their suppliers. its annual event has since become houston’s largest food and wine festival that, to date, has donated almost 1.4 million dollars to those in need. southern smoke foundation also operates two new programs that allow organizations and individuals to apply for funding. our emergency relief fund provides funding to those who work in the food and beverage industry that are in crisis and are faced with unforeseen expenses that cannot or will not be covered by insurance. in addition, the foundation funds individual nonprofit organizations who provide relief and/ or resources to their communities.