The Actors Fund - The Actors Fund provides services and financial support to entertainment professionals facing personal or work-related problems. It is also a conduit for emergency financial assistance in times of pressing need or in response to catastrophic events - info
Anonymous Was A Woman (AWAW) x New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA) Emergency Relief Grant - The program will distribute $250,000 in unrestricted grants, up to $2,500 apiece, to women artists who have experienced financial hardship from loss of income or opportunity as a direct result of the crisis. As with AWAW’s annual award, the program is open to women-identifying visual artists over the age of 40 in the United States and territories, and aims to address the unique challenges faced by artists in middle age or older, particularly at this critical time - info
Artist Relief Project - The Artist Relief Project is collecting donations from those with the means to help. Funds will support artists in any discipline, who have been directly impacted by event cancellations and venue closures due to COVID19-related health concerns. The funds raised will offer relief to artists in the immediate short term in the form of a one-time stipend and in the long term in the form of resources for alternative, sustainable economic opportunities. - link
Authors League Fund - The Authors 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. Unfortunately, at this time they are unable to help dramatists enduring income loss due to COVID-19 cancellations. But they ARE accepting applications from dramatists experiencing medical emergencies. The Fund exists to help professional writers continue their careers with dignity by providing no-strings-attached “loans” to pay for pressing expenses. Repayment of this emergency support is not required - link
Black, Brown, and Indigenous Artists’ fund - Info
#BrooklynShowsLove Emergency Fund for Flatbush, East Flatbush and Crown Heights residents who are hourly workers - Gofundme; [not taking any new requests as of March 24]
Cinema Worker Solidarity Fund - Gofundme, Tweet
COVID-19 Relief Fund - small cash grants for marginalized communities, workers who have lost income, families, immunosuppressed folx, and anyone else in need of food, resources, and supplies donate here; request form coming soon
Dramatists Guild Foundation - DGF provides emergency financial assistance to individual playwrights, composers, lyricists, and bookwriters in dire need of funds due to severe hardship or unexpected illness. DGF will be processing Emergency Grants based on severity of need, especially as it relates to COVID-19 - link
Financial Solidarity for Formerly Incarcerated People and Their Families Mutual Aid Project - info
Freelancers’ Relief Fund- offers financial assistance of up to $1,000 per freelance household to cover lost income and essential expenses not covered by government relief programs. Apply.
Jazz Foundation Musicians Emergency Fund - In this time of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Jazz Foundation of America continues to connect with hundreds of jazz and blues musicians to provide compassionate counsel and offer direct financial support - link
Kinkade Foundation Emergency Grant for Curators - for curators who are developing projects that promote artwork of contemporary and experimental nature. The Emergency Grant provides funding for a curatorial project that sheds light on the world during this time of darkness. Priority will be given to curators who have a venue secured for their project and are greatly impacted by the challenges we are facing due to COVID-19. The program will provide one-time grants of up to $5,000 for unexpected emergencies related to the COVID-19 pandemic - link
Low-Income Artist/Freelancer Relief Fund - donate via Gofundme [not taking any new requests as of March 16]
Musicians Foundation Emergency Grant Program - Our new Emergency Grant Program gives all eligible applicants up to $200 to get through a week or two at the beginning of this difficult time. Our request to you is simple – give $200 or $400 to directly assist one or two musicians in need - donate
NYC COVID-19 Response & Impact Fund - for non-profits - The NYC COVID-19 Response & Impact Fund was created to aid nonprofit service providers struggling with the health and economic effects of the coronavirus. It will give grants and loans to NYC-based nonprofits that are trying to meet the new and urgent needs that are hitting the city. Priority will be given to nonprofits addressing essential healthcare and food insecurity as well as arts and culture, because New York is the cultural capital of the nation - link
One Fair Wage has a fund that provides cash assistance to low-wage service workers.
NYC Small Businesses - donate to support staff during Covid-19 - Giant list here
Queer Writers of Color Relief Fund - This fund is for queer writers of color only, not organizations or nonprofits, who are in need of financial assistance right now - link
Rauschenberg Emergency Grant - The program will provide one-time grants of up to $5,000 for unexpected medical emergencies. The grants are available to visual and media artists and choreographers who are U.S. citizens or permanent residents in the United States, District of Columbia, or U.S. Territories - link
Service/gig/freelance workers support from Service2Service - give or request support via Google Form
Brooklyn service workers fund from Service Workers Coalition - Info, volunteer form, Venmo @bkservicecoalition
Sex Worker Relief Fund - Gofundme, Tweet
Street Vendor Emergency Fund - Gofundme
Undocumented people fund by Outlive Them NYC - info; Venmo @cory-tamler
Undocumented restaurant worker fund - Info, Venmo undocumentedworkersfund@gmail.com
Undocumented Youth Fund- Info, Donate
Werc Space - Resources, tools and support to help small businesses owned by women and non-binary people. Website.
Restaurant Workers’ Community Foundation COVID-19 Relief Fund - donate, FAQ/info on how to apply for funds
US Bartenders' Guild COVID-19 Relief Fund - apply for funds or donate – note: this is for bartenders or spouses or children of bartenders
Domestic Workers Alliance COVID-19 Relief Fund - apply for funds or donate
Children of Restaurants Employees' COVID-19 Relief Fund - general info, apply for funds;
