Resource Database
Search below for opportunities to get help, give help, or donate to people in your community.
The Safety Net Fund
Who can get help: Artists in the Bay Area
What: This fund will offer grants to artists, with no expectation of repayment, to help provide direct monetary support through this crisis. This money is offered with the intent of helping artists survive and continue to create despite the maelstrom. The maximum grant is $500 per person per month, and the number of grants per month is dependent upon the funds raised.
NYC Artist / Freelancer Relief Fund
Who can get help: Low Income Artist + Freelancers in New York City
What: Income replacement for artists + freelancers in New York City, in particular people of color and trans/non-binary/gender non-conforming/queer individuals.
Rauschenberg Emergency Grants
Who can get help: Visual and performing artists in New York.
What: One-time grants of up to $5,000 for medical emergencies.
Boston Artist Relief Fund
Who can get help: Individual artists in Boston
What: Relief fund that provides grants of $500 and $1000 to individual artists who live in Boston whose creative practices and incomes are being adversely impacted by Coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19).
Seattle Artist Relief Fund Amid COVID-19
Who can get help: Individual artists in Seattle
What: This fund is for individual artists only who live in the greater Seattle area, not organizations or nonprofits. There are larger funds in the Seattle area dedicated to supporting orgs and nonprofits, and our focus is on the individual gig workers who need assistance now.
The Musicians Foundation
Who can get help: Musicians in New York City facing financial harship
What: Grants, up to $3,000, for medical and allied living expenses in emergencies, and to pay these debts.
Actor's Fund Disability Support
Who can get help: Anyone in in the Entertainment Industry with Disabilities.
What: Through a Disabled Care Program, qualified social workers will develop plans personalized to their needs. This can range from income support, referrals, and assistance getting public and private benefits.
Foundation for Contemporary Arts Emergency Grants
Who can get help: Experimental artists across the United States.
What: $1,000 grants to artists who have had performances or exhibitions canceled or postponed because of the COVID-19 virus.
Adolph and Esther Gottlieb Foundation
Who can get help: Painters, printmakers, and sculptors.
What: The grant provides interim financial assistance for qualified applicants whose needs are the result of an unforeseen, catastrophic incident, and who lack the resources to meet that situation.
Artist Relief Tree (ART)
Who can get help: Anyone who is an artist of any kind
What: Artist Relief Tree provides financial assistance to artists who have lost income because of COVID-19. They plan to fulfill every request with a flat US$250 on a first-come-first-serve basis.
City of Boston Mayor’s Office of Arts and Culture Artist Relief Fund
Who can get help: Individual artists living in Boston
What: Grants of $500 and $1000 to individual artists who live in Boston whose creative practices and incomes are being adversely impacted by Coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19)
Emergency Grants - New York Foundation for the Arts
Who: Artists living in New York City, Boston, Seattle, or Columbus, Ohio.
What: Website providing links to organizations in; Boston, Columbus, OH, NYC, Seattle,