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Emergency Funds for Artists in All Disciplines

 

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.

Change, Inc.
P.O. Box 54
Captiva, FL 33924
(phone) 212-473-3742

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.

Max's Kansas City Project
9 Lois Lane
West Saugerties, NY 12477
(phone) 212-545-4151
(fax) 845-247-0553

Website:  www.maxskansascity.org/funding.htm

 

The Actors Fund

Provides a list of health insurance and medical emergency resources for artists in all disciplines, organized by state.

Website: www.actorsfund.org/ahirc/

Emergency Funds for Writers

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.

Carnegie Fund for Authors

1 Old Country Rd.

Carle Place, NY 11514

 

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 Authors League Fund
31 East 32nd Street, 7th Floor
New York, NY 10016
(phone) 212-268-1208

(fax) 212-564-5363

Email: authlgfund@aol.com

Website: www.authorsleaguefund.org

 

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.

PEN American Center

588 Broadway, Suite 303

New York , NY 10012

(phone) 212-334-1660

(fax) 212-334-2181

Email: pen@pen.org

Website: www.pen.org

 

Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America

Offers interest-free loans to members facing unexpected medical expenses.

Emergency Medical Fund

SFWA, Inc.
PO Box 877
Chestertown, MD 21620
Website: www.sfwa.org/org/funds.htm#EMF

 

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.

 

1501 Broadway, Suite 302

New York, NY 10036

(phone) 212-997-0947

(fax)  212-937-2315

Email: weaf@asja.org

Website: www.asja.org/weaf.php

 

Emergency Funds for Visual Artists

 

Artists Fellowship

Grants for emergency aid to visual artists and their families, primarily in New York.

Artists Fellowship
47 5th Ave. 
New York, NY 10003
(phone) 646-230-9833

Website: www.artistsfellowship.com/home.html

 

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.

Visual Aid
116 New Montgomery St., Suite 640
San Francisco, CA 94105
(phone) 415-777-8242

(fax) 415-777-8240
Email: visaid@visualaid.org
Website: www.visualaid.org

 

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.

Wheeler Foundation
P.O. Box 300507
Brooklyn, NY 11230
(phone) 718-951-0581
(fax) 718-258-1157

 

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.

Ruth Talaber Artists' Emergency Fund
Chicago Artists' Coalition
70 E. Lake Street, Suite 230
Chicago, IL. 60601
(phone) 312-781-0400

(fax) 312-781-0042

Email: info@caconline.org
Website: caconline.org

 

Craft Emergency Relief Fund, Inc.

Immediate support to professional craftspeople facing career-threatening emergencies such as fire, theft, illness, and natural disasters.

Craft Emergency Relief Fund, Inc.
P.O. Box 838
Montpelier, VT 05601-0838
(phone) 802-229-2306
(fax) 802-223-6484
Email: info@craftemergency.org
Website: www.craftemergency.org


 

J. Happy Delpech Foundation

Grants of up to $250 to artists in the Midwest with AIDS or serious illness.

J. Happy Delpech Foundation
1579 North Milwaukee, Suite 211
Chicago, IL 60622
(phone) 312-342-1359

 

Photographers & Friends United Against AIDS

Apply to the Critical Needs Fund.

Photographers + Friends United Against AIDS
594 Broadway, Suite 508
New York, NY 10012
(phone) 212-219-2672
(fax) 212-219-2676

 

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.

The Adolph and Esther Gottlieb Foundation

Emergency Grants

380 West Broadway

New York, NY 10012

(phone) 212-226-0581

(fax) 212-226-0584

website: www.gottliebfoundation.org/emergency_grants.htm

 

Emergency Funds for Musicians

Musicians Foundation
Helps professional musicians by providing emergency financial assistance in meeting current living, medical and allied expenses.

Musicians Foundation

875 6th Avenue, Suite 2303  
New York, NY  10001
(phone) 212-239-9137
(fax) 212-239-9138
E-mail: info@musiciansfoundation.org
Website: www.musiciansfoundation.org

 

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.

Jazz Foundation of America
322 West 48th Street, 3rd Floor
New York, NY 10036

(phone) 212-245-3999

Email: pledge@jazzfoundation.org
Website: www.jazzfoundation.org/emergency_fund.php

 

MusicCares Foundation
MusiCares provides a safety net of critical assistance for music people in times of need. MusiCares services and resources cover a wide range of financial, medical and personal emergencies, and each case is treated with integrity and confidentiality. With offices in New York, Nashville, Chicago, Austin, and Santa Monica and Hollywood, CA.

MusicCares Foundation

Each region has its own toll-free help line: 800.687.4227 (West Coast), 877.626.2748 (Central) and 877.303.6962 (Northeast).

Email: MusiCares@grammy.com

Website: www.grammy.com/MusiCares


Society of Singers Financial Aid
The Society helps singers meet financial needs resulting from crises or other circumstances. Charitable grants may be provided toward basic necessities of life such as food, shelter, utilities, medical/dental assistance, HIV/AIDS treatment, substance abuse rehab, psychotherapy and other basic expenses.

Society of Singers
6500 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 640
Los Angeles, CA 90048
(phone) 866-767-7671

Email: help@singers.org  

Website: www.singers.org

 

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.

Rhythm and Blues Foundation
100 S. Broad Street, Suite 620
Philadelphia, PA  19110
(Phone) 215-568-1080
(Fax) 215-568-1026

Email: kmvconnelly@aol.com

Website: www.rhythm-n-blues.org

 

Music Maker Relief Foundation
Helps the pioneers and forgotten heroes of Southern musical traditions gain recognition and meet their day to day needs. Criteria for recipients is they be rooted in a Southern musical tradition, be 55 years or older and have an annual income less than $18,000. Life Maintenance - Grants for necessities such as food, medical needs, housing. Emergency Relief - Substantial one-time grants to recipients in crisis (medical, fire, theft, etc.).

Music Maker Relief Foundation
Eno Valley Station
PO Box 72222
Durham, NC 27722-2222

(phone) 919-643-2456
(fax) 919-643-2597

Email: info@musicmaker.org

Website: www.musicmaker.org

 

Sweet Relief Musicians Fund
Provides financial assistance to all types of career musicians who are facing illness, disability, or age-related problems. The applicant must be a musician who has regular public performances, or performed on at least three widely released recordings (audio or audiovisual), or written music that has been performed on three widely released recordings, or published on three occasions.

Sweet Relief

65 South Grand Avenue, #209

Pasadena, CA 91105

(phone) 888-955-7880

(fax) 626-792-2899
Email: info@sweetrelief.org

Website: www.sweetrelief.org

 

Other Sources of Emergency Fund Lists

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