The Emergency Relief Fund for Individuals grant is a $500 grant intended to provide short-term, quick relief to artists and creative people in the 9-county region of Blue Earth, Brown, Faribault, Le Sueur, Martin, Nicollet, Sibley, Waseca, or Watonwan who are facing lost income or unexpected expenses due to a personal or community-wide emergency. Applications […]
Five Wings Arts Council will offer a pilot year of Emergency Relief Funding to artists and creatives, ages 18 years and older, who live in Cass, Crow Wing, Morrison, Todd, and Wadena counties, and the residents of the Leech Lake Tribal community. Eligible applicants will be selected through a randomized selection process to receive a […]
The Emergency Relief Fund Grant Program provides $500 or $1000 to individual artists who have had a critical need relating to healthcare, housing, equipment, or legal emergencies since January 1, 2024. Applicants must live in the Arrowhead Regional Arts Council (ARAC)’s service region consisting of the following seven counties: Aitkin, Carlton, Cook, Itasca, Koochiching, Lake, […]
Region 2 Arts Council provides grants of up to $500 to individual artists who have had a critical need relating to property damage due to natural disaster, healthcare, housing, equipment, or legal emergencies since June 1, 2025. Eligible geographies are Beltrami, Clearwater, Hubbard, Lake of the Woods, and Mahnomen Counties; and the sovereign nations of […]
Providing $500 for short-term, rapid relief to artists facing unexpected expenses or loss of income due to personal/professional emergencies or natural disasters. The ERF application is designed to be straightforward, so that artists can access funds when they need it most. Monthly deadlines through June 2026. ERF is open to individuals who identify as artists […]
MusiCares provides a “safety net of critical assistance for music people “struggling with financial, medical, or personal crises.” (New York, Nashville, Southern California)
Jazz Musicians Emergency Fund through the Jazz Foundation of America helps “save musicians from eviction and provide emergency living expenses.” (New York)
New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA) Rauschenberg Medical Emergency Grants are up to $5,000 support direct treatment expenses for medical, dental or mental health emergencies. Choreographers, those creating in the visual arts, and those creating in the film/video/electronic/digital arts are eligible.
Artists+ Material Grant from Visual AIDS is for artists living with HIV in need of financial assistance for materials to create their work. Must be a member to apply. (New York)
The Pollock-Krasner Foundation offers grants to artists based on “recognizable artistic merit and demonstrable financial need, whether professional, personal or both.” (New York)
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