ResourcesArtist and Art Organization Emergency Resource Category: Emergency Funding

CalArts Artist, Grant, and Info Resource List

Americans for the Arts Resources for the Arts and Culture Field

CARES Act Table of Loan, Grant, and Compensation Opportunities for the Arts

City of Riverside List of Artist and Art Org Resources

Financial Relief Resources for Artists

Rauschenberg Emergency Grants

One-time cash grants of up to $5,000 to cover expenses caused by one-time, unexpected medical emergencies.

Jazz Road Quick Assist Fund

$1,000 grants available for freelance jazz musicians impacted by COVID-19 to offset lost income due to cancelled events in March, April, and May 2020.

Critical Minded COVID-19 Relief Grants

Unrestricted relief grants of $500 for cultural critics from underrepresented communities experiencing financial hardship due to the pandemic.

National Association of Latino Arts and Cultures Actos de Confianza Micro-Grants

$500 micro-grants to provide Latinx artists and arts administrators with short-term emergency financial assistance to compensate for loss of income due to the cancellation of an event, engagement, project or employment.

Artist Relief

Unrestricted $5,000 grants for practicing artists facing dire financial emergencies due to COVID-19.

The Actors Fund

Free and confidential assistance nationally to everyone who works in performing arts and entertainment.

Musicians Foundation

Financial assistance to professionals in the music industry.

MusiCares

Short-term financial assistance for musicians’ personal needs that have arisen due to unforeseen circumstances.

Author’s League Fund

Helps professional authors, journalists, poets, and dramatists who find themselves in financial need because of medical or health-related problems, temporary loss of income, or other misfortune.

CERF+ – CERF+ Emergency Assistance

Supporting intensive care, focused on those infected with the COVID-19 that require intensive medical care.

PEN America Writer’s Emergency Fund

 Small grants for professional writers in acute or unexpected financial crisis.

Queer Writers of Color Relief Fund

- Emergency relief grants up to $500 for queer writers of color who have experienced a loss of income due to the COVID-19 crisis.

Desert X Artist Relief Fund

One-time unrestricted emergency relief cash grants up to $1,000 for Southern California artists, including the Coachella Valley and desert environs, who have been directly impacted by the current COVID-19 pandemic.

LA Arts COVID-19 Relief Fund

Emergency relief grants up to $30,000 for Los Angeles County-based arts nonprofits to maintain essential functions and retain core staff through the COVID-19 crisis.

East Bay/Oakland Relief Fund for Individuals in the Arts

 Relief grants up to $2,000 to help the various and diverse cultural communities of artists, teaching artists, culture bearers, and nonprofit arts workers who comprise Alameda and Contra Costa Counties, with dedicated support for those in the City of Oakland.

Foundation for Contemporary Arts Emergency Grants for Visual and Performing Artists

 Urgent funding for visual and performing artists who incur unexpected or unbudgeted expenses for projects close to completion with committed exhibition or performance dates.

Arts Administrators of Color Network Arts and Culture Leaders of Color Emergency Fund

Up to $200 to help those pursuing careers as artists or arts administrators whose income has been directly impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Coronavirus (COVID-19) Disaster Relief Assistance for Immigrants

California is providing one-time state-funded disaster relief assistance to undocumented adults who are ineligible for other forms of assistance. The California Department of Social Services has selected twelve nonprofit organizations to help individuals apply for and receive this disaster relief assistance in their region. An undocumented adult who qualifies can receive $500 in direct assistance, with a maximum of $1000 in assistance per household.