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Funding Resources/Funding Lists
Change, Inc. Emergency grants for artists in all disciplines needing help with rent, medical expenses, utility bills, fire damage, etc. Grants up to $1,000.
Max's Kansas City Project The Max's Kansas City Project provides emergency funding and resources to professionals in the creative arts, primarily in New York state. Individuals who have made their living through their art form, either professionally or personally, and demonstrate a financial need for medical aid, legal aid, or housing. The maximum grant is $1,000.
The Actors Fund Provides a list of health insurance and medical emergency resources for artists in all disciplines, organized by state.
Carnegie Fund for Authors Emergency assistance to needy writers who have commercially published at least one book of reasonable length which has received reader acceptance.
Authors League Fund The Fund gives open-ended, interest-free, no-strings-attached loans to professional writers and dramatists who find themselves in financial need because of medical or health-related problems, temporary loss of income or other misfortune.
The PEN Writers Fund Emergency fund for professional--published or produced--writers with serious financial difficulties. Depending on the situation, the fund gives grants or loans of up to $2,000.
Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America Offers interest-free loans to members facing unexpected medical expenses.
American Society of Journalists & Authors Writers Emergency Assistance Fund Helping established freelance writers across the country who, because of advanced age, illness, disability, a natural disaster, or an extraordinary professional crisis, are unable to work. Membership in ASJA not required. No grants to beginning freelancers seeking funding for writing projects; no grants to fund works-in-progress of any kind. Maximum grant: $3,500.
Artists Fellowship Grants for emergency aid to visual artists and their families, primarily in New York.
Visual Aid Encourages San Francisco Bay Area artists with life-threatening diseases to continue their creative work. Grants take the form of vouchers for art supplies. Other assistance is also available.
Herbert & Irene Wheeler Foundation Fellowships and emergency grants to visual artists of color who are at least 21 and living in the tri-state greater New York City area. Grants in the range of $500 to $2,000.
Ruth Talaber Artists' Emergency Fund Emergency grants to $500 for visual artists in Illinois facing fire, flood, medical and other unexpected, catastrophic events. Must join CAC to qualify.
Craft Emergency Relief Fund, Inc. Immediate support to professional craftspeople facing career-threatening emergencies such as fire, theft, illness, and natural disasters.
J. Happy Delpech Foundation Grants of up to $250 to artists in the Midwest with AIDS or serious illness.
Photographers & Friends United Against AIDS Apply to the Critical Needs Fund.
The Adolph and Esther Gottlieb Foundation Emergency Grants program provides financial assistance to painters, sculptors, or printmakers facing an unforeseen, catastrophic incident. Grants given on one-time basis for specific emergencies such as flood, fire, or emergency medical need. Maximum grant is $10,000; typical grant amount is $4,000. Applicants must be able to demonstrate minimum of 10-year period of involvement in a mature phase of work in order to be eligible. Program does not consider requests for dental work, chronic situations, capital improvements, or projects of any kind; nor can it consider situations resulting from general indebtedness or lack of employment.
Musicians Foundation
Jazz Musicians Emergency Fund The JMEF is committed to helping jazz professionals, especially older musicians, overcome their hard times and to help them get back on their feet, making emergency funds available for immediate needs.
MusicCares Foundation
The Rhythm and Blues Foundation Provides emergency financial assistance and career recognition awards to artists and practitioners of rhythm and blues music who worked and/or recorded rhythm and blues music in the 1940's, 50's, and 60's.
Music Maker Relief Foundation
Sweet Relief Musicians Fund
The New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA) Offers an extensive list of emergency funds for artists in a variety of disciplines and includes funds for artists still coping with losses due to Hurricane Katrina. You can find this list by going directly to www.nyfa.org/level2.asp?id=89&fid=1. You can also find it by going to www.nyfa.org and clicking on the "For Artists" tab near the top of the page; under "Information" you will see "Emergency Resources for Artists." While you're visiting the NYFA website, please note the other free information resources NYFA offers, such as the NYFA Source (a searchable online database of opportunities for artists), the NYFA Current magazine, and the NYFA Classifieds opportunity listings. |
The Fund for Women Artists 3739 Balboa Street #181 San Francisco, CA 94121 Phone: (415) 751-2202 Website: www.womenarts.org Email: info@womenarts.org |