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 are open through November 15, 2025, and again January 15 through April 15, 2026, or until funds are exhausted.
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 one-time award of $500. Applications will be accepted on a rolling basis, and will be available starting on September 8, 2025. Eligible recipients will be randomly selected on a monthly basis on the Friday before the fourth Monday of each month.
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, and St. Louis, and/or one of the following four (4) Tribal Nations: Bois Forte Band of Chippewa, Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa, Grand Portage Band of Lake Superior Chippewa, and Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe (District I).
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 White Earth, Red Lake and Leech Lake that extend into Becker, Cass, Itasca and Roseau Counties. Rolling applications open November 1, 2025 and reopen on February 1 and May 1, 2026.
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 and are active in creative practice, including current and past MRAC grantees. Applicants must be at least 18 years old, maintain a primary address in one of the seven metro area counties (Anoka, Carver, Dakota, Hennepin, Ramsey, Scott, or Washington).
The Operating Support Grant Program provides up to $15,000 of unrestricted funding to arts organizations within the Arrowhead Region. The Art Project Program provides funding of up to $5,000 to support relevant, meaningful arts activities with value to the community your organization serves.
