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Funding Resources/Funding
Lists
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
Website: http://www.artisttrust.org/node/346
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
P.O. Box 53
Woodstock, NY 12498
Phone: (845) 679-2593
(212) 545-4151
Fax: (845) 679-2593
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/
The Foundation for Contemporary Arts
Provides speedy funding for visual and performing artists who have unanticipated, sudden opportunities to present their work to the public, or who incur unexpected or unbudgeted expenses for projects underway and close to completion. Intended to support the creation of innovative and experimental work by individuals and groups when there is insufficient time to seek other sources of funding.
Foundation for Contemporary Arts
820 Greenwich St.
New York, NY 10014
T: (212) 807-7077
ms@contemporary-arts.org
Website: www.foundationforcontemporaryarts.org/
grant_programs/immediate_needs.html
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
Website: http://www.artisttrust.org/node/340
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 St., 7th Floor
New York, NY 10016
Phone: (212) 268-1208
Fax:
(212) 564-8363
Email: staff@authorsleaguefund.org
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
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:
West Coast: (800) 687-4227
Central: (877) 626-2748
Northeast: (877) 303-6962
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
15456 Ventura Blvd. #304
Sherman Oaks, CA 91403
Phone: (818) 995-7100
FAX: (818) 995-7466
Helpline: (866) 767-7671
Email: sos@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 420
Philadelphia, PA 19110
Phone: (215) 568-1080
Fax: (215) 568-1026
Email: kmvconnelly@aol.com
Website: www.rhythmblues.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
224 W. Corbin St.
Hillsborough, NC 27278
Phone: (919) 643-2456
Fax: (888) 238-8592
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
4952 Warner Ave., #100
Huntington Beach, CA 92649
Phone: (714) 846-3030
Fax: (714) 846-3636
Email: info@sweetrelief.org
Website: www.sweetrelief.org
Other Sources of Emergency Fund Lists
The New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA)
Offers lists of emergency funds for artists in a variety of disciplines affected by recent natural disasters. Go to www.nyfa.org, click on the "For Artists" tab near the top of the page, and then click on Emergency Resources.
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.
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