New York Foundation for the Arts often receives calls from artists requesting information on emergency grants to serve dire financial need given the current economic downturn. While many emergency funders define “emergency” as an unforeseeable catastrophic event such as a hurricane or fire, some define “emergency” more fluidly to include bereavement, illness, or general financial need. NYFA has compiled the following list of emergency funders that define “emergency” in ways that may serve dire financial need (depending on circumstance). Check the organizations’ websites or call to get the latest programmatic information and eligibility requirements.
Below the following list of emergency funders you will find information on websites that host job listings, art material resources, non-art organizations that may be of use to artists experiencing dire financial need, and a listing of art service organizations in NYC.
The following list contains only a sample of the resources available to artists on NYFA's website. For details about individual programs and access to more resources, visit NYFA Source at www.nyfasource.org - the nation's most extensive directory of information and services for individual artists.
Emergency Funders that define “emergency” in ways that may serve dire financial need (depending on circumstance):
VISUAL ARTS
Adolph and Esther Gottlieb Foundation, Inc.
The Emergency Assistance Program is intended to provide interim financial assistance to qualified artists who lack the resources to meet their situation. Each grant is given as a one time assistance.
Mailing Address:
380 West Broadway
New York, NY 10012
Telephone: 212-226-0581
Fax: 212-226-0584
Email: shirsch@gottliebfoundation.org
Website: http://www.gottliebfoundation.org/emergency_grants.htm
Arthouse Texas
Arthouse has established the Emergency Relief Fund to provide financial assistance to Texas artists who have experienced an unforeseen health or property disaster which prevents their normal production of art. Applicants must be full-time artists.
Mailing Address:
Arthouse at the Jones Center
Contemporary Art for Texas
700 Congress Avenue
Austin, TX 78701
Telephone: 512-453-5312
Fax: 512-459-4830
Email: info@arthousetexas.org
Website: http://www.arthousetexas.org/
Artists’ Fellowship, Inc.
The Artists' Fellowship, Inc. is a private, charitable foundation that assists professional fine artists (painters, graphic artists, sculptors) and their families in times of emergency, disability, or bereavement.
Mailing Address
47 Fifth Avenue
New York, NY 10003
Telephone: 212-255-7740 Ext. 216
Email: info@artistsfellowship.org
Website: http://artistsfellowship.org/home.html
Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation
The Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation offers the Artist’s Resource Trust (A.R.T.) Fund to professional New England visual artists in painting, sculpture, printmaking, photography or mixed media who have a financial need. Applicants must have resided in New England for at least two years prior to applying.
Mailing Address:
271 Main Street
Suite 3
Great Barrington, MA 01230-1972
Telephone: 413-528-8039
Fax: 413-528-8158
Email: info@berkshiretaconic.org
Website: http://www.berkshiretaconic.org/
Change, Inc.
Change, Inc., offers emergency grants to artists of any discipline able to demonstrate financial emergency by proof of copies of outstanding bills, medical fee estimates and current financial statements.
Mailing Address:
PO Box 54
Tapiva, FL 33924
Telephone: 212-473-3742
Fax: 212-995-8022
CERF+ (Craft Emergency Relief Fund + Artists' Emergency Resources)
CERF+ emergency relief assistance includes small grants, no-interest loans, access to resources, waivers and discounts on booth fees, and donations of craft supplies and equipment. One of the eligibility requirements is having had a recent career-threatening emergency such as serious illness, injury, or significant loss from theft, fire, flood or other disaster.
Mailing Address:
CERF+
PO Box 838
Montpelier, VT 05601-0838
Telephone: 802-229-2306
Fax: 802-223-6484
Email: info@craftemergency.org
Website: http://craftemergency.org
Foundation for Contemporary Arts
Emergency Grants are available by application to artists working in all disciplines who have sudden opportunities or unexpected expenses associated with presenting work to the public. For guidelines and more information please visit our website. Applications and inquiries may be submitted via email.
Mailing Address:
Foundation for Contemporary Arts
820 Greenwich Street
New York, NY 10014
Telephone: 212-807-7077
Fax: 212-807-7177
Email: ms@contemporary-arts.org
Website: http://www.foundationforcontemporaryarts.org/grant_programs/immediate_needs.html
John Anson Kittredge Educational Fund
The John Anson Kittredge Educational Fund awards grants to artists in very special circumstances ($1,000 - $10,000). Initial contact by letter stating purpose, amount requested, period of funding, supporting letter.
Mailing Address:
C/O Key Trust Company of Maine
PO Box 1054
Augusta, ME 04332
Louisiana Arts Economic Recovery Grants
The Louisiana Division of the Arts through Economic Recovery Grants will distribute $279,000 from the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) in order to preserve jobs in the nonprofit arts sector. Non-profit arts organizations with 501(c)3 status from the IRS are eligible to apply for salary support for critical jobs that are in jeopardy or have been eliminated as a result of the current economic climate; or for fees for previously engaged artists or contractual personnel to maintain or expand their engagements.
Mailing Address:
Arts Economic Recovery Grants
Louisiana Division of the Arts
P.O. Box 44247
Baton Rouge, LA 70804-4247
Telephone: Kathleen Sarsfield, 225-342-8200
Email: info@crt.state.la.us
Website: http://www.crt.state.la.us/arts/
Max’s Kansas City Project
Max’s Kansas City Project offers assistance to individuals who have made their living through their art form either professionally or personally and demonstrates a financial need for medical aid, legal aid or housing.
Mailing Address:
Max's Kansas City Project
PO Box 53
Woodstock, NY 12498
Telephone: 845-679-2593
Email: maxskc@aol.com
Website: http://www.maxskansascity.org
Mayer Foundation
The Mayer Foundation offers economic relief grants to needy individuals who are distressed or suffering as a result of poverty, low income or lack of financial resources
Mailing Address:
300 East 74th Street, Suite 35A
New York, NY 10021
Email: mayerfoundation@hotmail.com
Website: http://foundationcenter.org/grantmaker/mayer
The Pollock-Krasner Foundation, Inc.
The Pollock-Krasner Foundation‘s dual criteria for grants are recognizable artistic merit and demonstrable financial need, whether professional, personal or both.
Mailing Address:
The Pollock-Krasner Foundation, Inc.
863 Park Ave
New York, NY 10075
Telephone: 212-517-5400
Fax: 212-288-2836
Email: grants@pkf.org
Website: http://www.pkf.org/
Ruth Talaber Artists’ Emergency Fund
Emergency grants to $500 for visual artists in Illinois facing fire, flood, medical and other unexpected, catastrophic events. Must join Chicago Artists’ Coalition to qualify.
Mailing Address:
Ruth Talaber Artists' Emergency Fund
Chicago Artists' Coalition
70 E. Lake Street, Suite 230
Chicago, IL. 60601
Phone: 312-781-0400
Email: info@caconline.org
Website: http://caconline.org/
LITERATURE
American Poets Fund
The fund assists poets of demonstrated ability who are in a state of urgent financial need. Grants cannot be used to promote or otherwise enhance literary talent or reputation, and applications are not accepted. Academy Chancellors, Fellows, and prize winners must bring the circumstances of qualifying poets to the attention of the American Poets Fund committee by sending a letter of nomination, including specifics about the nominee's current financial situation, to the Executive Director of the Academy.
Mailing Address:
The Academy of American Poets
584 Broadway Suite 1208
New York, NY 10012
Website: http://www.speculativeliterature.org/Writing/medical.php
American Society of Journalists & Authors
The American Society of Journalists and Authors helps established freelance writers across the country who because of advanced age, illness, disability, a natural disaster, or an extraordinary professional crisis, are unable to work.
Mailing Address:
1501 Broadway, Suite 302
New York, NY 10036
Telephone: 212-997-0947
Fax: 212-937-2315
Email: weaf@asja.org
Website: http://www.asja.org/weaf/
Authors League Fund
The Fund gives open-ended, interest-free, no-strings-attached loans to professional writers and dramatists who find themselves in financial need because of medical or health-related problems, temporary loss of income or other misfortune.
Mailing Address:
31 East 32nd Street, 7th Floor
New York, NY 10016
Telephone: 212-268-1208
Fax: 212-564-5363
Email: staff@authorsleaguefund.org
Website: http://www.authorsleaguefund.org
Carnegie Fund for Authors
Emergency assistance to needy writers who have commercially published at least one book of reasonable length which has received reader acceptance.
Mailing Address:
Carnegie Fund for Authors
1 Old Country Road
Carle Place, NY 11514
Website: http://www.artisttrust.org/node/340
Human Rights/Hellman-Hammett Grants
Human Rights Watch administers the Hellman/Hammett grant program for writers who have been victims of political persecution or are in financial need. Hellman/Hammett grants typically range from $1,000 to a maximum of $10,000. In addition to providing much needed financial assistance, the Hellman/Hammett grants focus attention on repression of free speech and censorship by publicizing the persecution that the grant recipients endured.
Mailing Address:
Human Rights Watch
350 Fifth Avenue, 34th Floor
New York, NY 10118-3299
Telephone: 212-290-4700
Fax: 212-736-1300
Email: hrwnyc@hrw.org
Website: http://www.hrw.org/en/node/75288
Poets In Need
Poets in Need is a non-profit organization founded in 2000 providing emergency assistance to poets who have an established presence in the literary community as innovators in the field and have a substantive body of published work. Assistance is given only in cases of current financial need that is in excess of and unrelated to the recipient's normal economic situation and that is the result of recent emergency (due, for example, to fire, flood, eviction, or a medical crisis).
Mailing Address:
Post Office 5411
Berkeley, CA 94705
Email: walterblue@earthlink.net
Website: http://www.poetsinneed.org/
Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America, Inc. (SFWA, Inc.)
SFWA, Inc. offers interest-free loans to members facing unexpected medical expenses.
Mailing Address:
Emergency Medical Fund
SFWA, Inc.
PO Box 877
Chestertown, MD 21620
Website: http://www.sfwa.org/org/funds.htm#EMF
The Academy of American Poets
Academy of American Poets hosts the American Poets Fund for poets with illness or emergency.
Mailing Address:
The Academy of American Poets
584 Broadway, Suite 604
New York, NY 10012-5243
Telephone: 212-274-0343
Fax: 212-274-9427
Website: http://www.poets.org/
The PEN Writers Fund
Emergency fund for professional--published or produced--writers with serious financial difficulties.
Mailing Address:
PEN American Center
Writers' Fund
588 Broadway, Suite 303
New York, NY 10012
Telephone: 212-334-1660 Ext. 101
Fax: 212-334-2181
Email: aproctor@pen.org
Website: http://www.pen.org/page.php/prmID/251
The PEN Fund for Writers and Editors with HIV/AIDS
Administered under the PEN Writers’ Fund, grants of up to $2,000 are given to professional writers and editors who face serious financial difficulties because of HIV or AIDS-related illness.
Mailing Address:
PEN American Center
Writers' Fund
588 Broadway, Suite 303
New York, NY 10012
Telephone: 212-334-1660 Ext. 101
Fax: 212-334-2181
Email: aproctor@pen.org
Website: http://www.pen.org/page.php/prmID/251
Writers Guild of America, West
The Good & Welfare Fund provides temporary assistance to WGA members experiencing financial stress in emergency situations. Loans are intended to assist in the procurement of life necessities. To be eligible, members must be in good standing and have had at least one applicable job in the past four years.
Mailing Address:
7000 West Third Street
Los Angeles, CA 90048
Telephone: (323) 782-4568
Website: http://www.wga.org
MUSIC
American Federation of Musicians (AFM):
Lester Petrillo Memorial Fund
The Lester Petrillo Memorial Fund for Disabled Musicians provides a modest grant to temporarily or permanently disabled musicians who are members of the AFM.
Mailing Address:
New York Headquarters
1501 Broadway
Suite 600
New York, NY 10036
Fax: 212-764-6134
Telephone: 212-869-1330 Ext. 236
Website: http://www.afm.org/about/donate/afm-lester-petrillo-fund
American Guild of Musical Artists Relief Fund
AGMA members in good standing may be eligible for emergency financial assistance. Grants are administered by The Actors Fund from the New York, Chicago and Los Angeles offices.
Mailing Address:
1430 Broadway, 14th Floor
New York, NY 10018
Telephone:
East coast: 212-221-7300 | 800-221-7303
Midwest: 312-372-0989
West coast: 323-933-9244
Fax: 212-262-9088
Email: AGMA@MusicalArtists.org
Website: http://www.musicalartists.org/contacts/arf.html
American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers Loans (ASCAP)
The ASCAP offers its members emergency interest-bearing loans on royalties and advances based on earnings.
Mailing Address List:
http://www.ascap.com/contact/membership_offices.aspx
Telephone: 1-800-95-ASCAP
Email: MemberServices@ascap.com
Website: http://www.ascap.com/benefits/
Associated Musicians of Greater New York Local 802
Local 802 offers an Emergency Relief Fund, which provides assistance to members in dire need. Financial assistance is provided in the form of a directed grant to the musician's creditors; for example, to a landlord, physician, etc.
Mailing Address:
322 West 48th Street
New York, NY 10036
Telephone: 212-245-4802 (Office)
Email: info@local802afm.org
Website: http://www.local802afm.org/
Blues Foundation HART Fund
The HART Fund (Handy Artists Relief Trust) provides financial assistance to Blues musicians in need (and their families) due to a broad range of health concerns. The Fund provides for acute, chronic and preventive medical and dental care as well as funeral expenses. Grants generally range between $250 and $1500.
Mailing Address:
49 Union Avenue
Memphis, TN 38103
Telephone: 901-527-2583 ext 12
Fax: 901-529-4030
Email: jay@blues.org
Website: http://www.blues.org/hart/index.php
Gospel Music Trust Fund
The Gospel Music Trust Fund provides financial assistance in the event of an emergency or major catastrophe, terminal or severe illness, to individuals who have derived a substantial portion of their income from the field of Gospel music.
Mailing Address:
PO Box 144
Goodlettsville, TN 37070
Telephone: 615-851-4500
Fax: 615-851-9461
Website: http://www.gospelmusictrustfund.org
Grand Ole Opry Trust Fund
Any person who has been employed full time in the country music industry may be eligible for financial aid from The Opry Trust Fund.
Mailing Address:
2804 Opryland Drive
Nashville, Tennessee 37214
Telephone: 615-316-6174
Fax: 615-458-0440
Email: OpryTrustFund@opry.com
Website: http://www.opry.com/MeetTheOpry/OpryTrustFund.aspx
Jazz Foundation of America
The Musicians' Emergency Fund offers aid to elder jazz and blues musicians in crisis.
Mailing Address:
322 West 48th St. 6th Floor
New York, NY 10036
Telephone: 212-245-3999
Fax: 212-245-3994
Email: info@jazzfoundation.org
Website: http://jazzfoundation.org/
Marshall and Mary Brondum Special Assistance Foundation
The Special Assistance Foundation offers financial assistance to folk musicians.
Mailing Address:
Marshall and Mary Brondum Special Assistance Foundation, Inc.
P.O. Box 3106 3106
Missoula, MT 59806-3106
Motown/ Universal Music Group Fund
The Fund provides grants for assistance to R&B recording artists formerly affiliated with Universal Music Group and any of its labels, to ensure that artists in need have access to financial resources for health, welfare and medical needs.
Website: http://www.motownumgfund.com/
Music Maker Relief Foundation
The Musical Sustenance Program gives grants to meet basic life needs and emergency relief to people 55 years or older and rooted in a Southern musical tradition.
Mailing Address:
PO Box 1358
Hillsborough, NC 27278
Telephone: 919-643-2456
Fax: 888-238-8592
Email: info@musicmaker.org
Website: http://www.musicmaker.org
MusicCares Foundation
MusiCares provides a safety net of critical assistance for music people in times of need. MusiCares services and resources cover a wide range of financial, medical and personal emergencies.
Telephone: Each region has its own toll-free help line:
West Coast: 800-687-4227
Central: 877-626-2748
Northeast: 877-303-6962
Email: MusiCares@grammy.com
Website: http://www.grammy.com/Musicares/
Musicians Foundation
Helps professional musicians by providing emergency financial assistance in meeting current living, medical and allied expenses.
Mailing Address:
875 6th Avenue, Suite 2303
New York, NY 10001
Telephone: 212-239-9137
Fax: 212-239-9138
E-mail: info@musiciansfoundation.org
Website: http://www.musiciansfoundation.org/
Rhythm and Blues Foundation
The fund provides emergency financial assistance to former Motown artists of the 1960s and 1970s.
Mailing Address:
100 South Broad Street
Suite 420
Philadelphia, PA 19110
Telephone: 800-258-3799
Fax: 215-568-1026
Email: info@rhythmblues.org
Website: http://www.rhythm-n-blues.org/
Society of Singers
SOS helps singers who have financial needs resulting from personal, family, or medical crises. Applicants must have derived their primary income from professional singing for five or more years.
Mailing Address:
15456 Ventura Blvd., Suite 304
Sherman Oaks, CA 91403
Telephone: 818-995-7100
Fax: 818-995-7466
Email: sos@singers.org
Website: http://www.singers.org/
Sweet Relief Musicians Fund
Sweet Relief provides financial assistance to career musicians who are facing illness, disability, or age-related problems.
Mailing Address:
Sweet Relief Musicians Fund
4952 Warner Avenue, Suite 242
Huntington Beach
California 92649
Telephone: 888-955-7880
Fax: 714-846-3636
Email: info@sweetrelief.org
Website: http://sweetrelief.org/
PERFORMING ARTS
Actors Fund of America
Eligibility for The Fund's financial assistance program requires an application, documentation of your professional earnings and an interview. Applicants are encouraged to call and speak with an intake Social Worker who can determine which program will best fit your needs. (Financial assistance varies by program.)
Mailing Address:
729 Seventh Avenue, 11th floor
New York, NY 10019
Telephone: 212- 221-7300
Website: http://www.actorsfund.org/
American Guild of Variety Artists (AGVA)
AGVA offers its current and previous members emergency aid through the AGVA Sick & Relief Fund. Once a need has been verified, the AGVA Sick & Relief Fund will pay a variety of bills such as: rent, utilities, telephone, etc. as well as give emergency grants. All grants are confidential and these grants are handled through a separate office to ensure privacy.
Mailing Address:
184 Fifth Ave, 6th floor
New York, NY 10010
Telephone: 212-675-1003 Ext. 105
Website: http://www.agvausa.com/
Dancers’ Group
The Dancers' Group offers The Parachute Fund, which provides grants to members of the Bay Area dance community facing HIV/AIDS or other life-threatening illnesses. Since its inception (1987), the Parachute Fund has distributed close to $100,000 to those in need.
Mailing Address:
Dancers' Group
Attn: Parachute Fund
1360 Mission Street, Suite 200
San Francisco, CA 94103
Telephone: Contact Wayne Hazzard, 415-920-9181
Fax: 415-920-9173
Email: wayne@dancersgroup.org
Website: http://www.dancersgroup.org/
Dancers’ Resource
Founded by Actors Fund Vice President Bebe Neuwirth, The Dancers’ Resource was created in response to the unique situation dancers face due to the physically demanding nature of their work, coupled with the significant financial challenges of earning a living in dance. The Resource’s financial assistance program requires an interview, application and documentation of professional earnings and financial need.
Telephone: 212-221-7300 x 119
Email: intakeny@actorsfund.org
Website: http://new.actorsfund.org/services/Social_Services_and_Financial_Assistance/The_Dancers_Resource
Dramatists Guild Fund
The Fund provides confidential grants to professional dramatists experiencing personal hardships such as health-related problems or the temporary loss of income. Recipients need not be Dramatists Guild members.
Mailing Address:
1501 Broadway
Suite 701
New York, NY 10036
Telephone: Sue Drury, Administrator Dramatists Guild Fund: 212-398-9366 x 14
Email: sdrury@dramatistsguild.com
Website: http://www.dramatistsguild.com/thefund.aspx
Episcopal Actors Guild of America
Offers aid to those in economic need because of extenuating circumstances such as debilitating illness, (including chemical dependency problems); illness or death of a family member or significant other; a sudden increase in expenses or unforeseen drop in income; or, if retired or disabled, an insufficient fixed income from sources such as pensions, social security or disability benefits.
Mailing Address:
Little Church Around the Corner
One East 29th Street
New York, NY 10016-7405
Telephone: 212- 685-2927
Fax: 212-685-8793
Email: info@actorsguild.org
Website: http://www.actorsguild.org/
Professional Dancers Society
Financial assistance is available to dancers and choreographers who meet eligibility criteria. Administered by Actors Fund.
Mailing Address:
P.O. Box 15605
Beverly Hills, CA 90209
Telephone: 310-278-5222
Email: info@professionaldancerssociety.org
Website: http://www.professionaldancerssociety.org/
Renaissance Entertainers, Services, and Crafters United Foundation
The RESCU Foundation was established to promote and maintain the health and medical well-being of the participants of Renaissance Fairs, historical performances and other artistic events through several programs including financial assistance for emergency medical needs.
Mailing Address:
RESCU Foundation
1421 East Broad St #248
Fuquay-Varina, NC 27526
Telephone: 800-374-9215
Email: contact@RESCUfoundation.org
Website: http://rescufoundation.org/
Screen Actors Guild Foundation
The SAG Foundation makes it a priority to help Guild members in need. The Emergency Assistance program, the Self-Pay Premium program, and the Catastrophic Health Fund assist eligible members facing challenging circumstances.
Mailing Address:
5757 Wilshire Boulevard, Suite 124
Los Angeles, CA 90036
Telephone: Stacey Jackson, Emergency Assistance Administrator: 323-549-6773
Email: sjackson@sagfoundation.org
Website: http://www.sagfoundation.org
Screen Actors Guild Motion Picture Players Welfare Fund
The Motion Picture Players Welfare Fund (MPPWF) is an emergency financial assistance fund of the Screen Actors Guild New York region designed to assist eligible members who are struggling with a financial, personal or medical crisis. The Screen Actors Guild contracts with The Actors Fund to administer the MPPWF as well as provide an array of services to meet each members needs.
Telephone: 212-221-7300, Ext. 119
Website: http://www.actorsfund.org/services/Partner_Programs/Motion_Picture_Players/index_html
Stuntwomen's Foundation
The Stuntwomen's Foundation provides financial assistance grants to stuntwomen who are unable to work due to debilitating illness or injuries.
Mailing Address:
5699 Kanan Rd. #533
Agoura Hills, CA 91301
Email: Contact Annie, surfinannie@mac.com
Website: http://stuntwomensfoundation.org/
Will Rogers Motion Picture Pioneers Assistance Fund
The Fund serves veterans of the theatrical community - those who have worked in the exhibition, distribution or production of theater or movies - who are encountering an illness, injury or life-changing event.
Mailing Address:
Will Rogers Motion Picture Pioneers Foundation
10045 Riverside Drive, Third Floor
Toluca Lake, CA 91602
Telephone: 888-994-3863
Email: info@wrmail.org
Website: http://wrpioneers.org/
MEDIA ARTS
Advertising Industry Emergency Fund (AIEF)
The Advertising Industry Emergency Fund provides financial assistance to those in the industry during a time of crisis, when they are unable to work.
Mailing Address:
11700 National Blvd., Suite L #230
Los Angeles, CA 90064
Telephone: 310-397-7830
Email: info@aief.org.
Website: http://www.aief.org/
American Federation of Television and Radio Artists Financial Assistance (AFTRA)
Visual Aid AFTRA members of at least two years' standing may be eligible for grants for living expenses. For local East of Omaha, this includes the AFTRA Theatre Authority Fund, and the Serviceman's Fund, which assists veterans. For locals West of Omaha, AFTRA offers the Frank Nelson Sick and Benefit Fund.
Mailing Address:
261 Madison Avenue
New York, NY 10016
Telephone: 800-562-4690
Website: http://aftra.com
Broadcasters' Foundation
The Broadcasters Foundation of America provides an anonymous safety net to men and women in the radio and television broadcast profession in cases of critical illness or crisis.
Mailing Address:
125 West 55th Street
21st Floor
New York, NY 10019-5366
Telephone: 212-373-8250
Fax: 212-373-8254
Email: info@thebfoa.org
Website: http://broadcastersfoundation.org/
Directors Guild Foundation
The DGA provides confidential loans to members who are facing short term financial hardship.
Mailing Address:
Directors Guild of America
New York Headquarters
110 West 57th Street
New York, New York 10019
Telephone: 800-356-3754
Website: http://www.dga.org
Motion Picture and Television Fund
Emergency financial assistance is available for qualifying industry members who experience financial hardship due to illness, disability, unemployment or other reasons.
Mailing Address:
23388 Mulholland Drive
Woodland Hills, CA 91364
Telephone: 818-876-1050
Website: http://www.mptvfund.org/
MULTIDISCIPLINARY
J. Happy Delpech Foundation
Grants of up to $250 to artists in the Midwest with AIDS or serious illness.
Mailing Address:
J. Happy Delpech Foundation
1579 North Milwaukee, Suite 211
Chicago, IL 60622
Telephone: (312) 342-1359
Ludwig Vogelstein Foundation
Grants ranging from $1,000 to $3,000 are awarded for specific projects on the criteria of merit and need; the foundation is especially concerned with those who have no other source of funding. Eligibility: artists and sculptors working in various media (note that the Foundation does not fund photography/digital video/film projects of any kind).
Mailing Address:
Ludwig Vogelstein Foundation, Inc.
PO Box 510 Shelter Island, NY 11964-0510
Email: lvf@earthlink.net
The Haven Foundation
The Haven Foundation is a national, nonprofit organization making grants to freelance writers and artists experiencing career-threatening illness, accident, natural disaster or other emergency or personal catastrophe. The Haven Foundation is a small fund providing grants of up to $25,000 per year, renewable for up to five years (pending approval of renewal application).
Email: Form on website
Website: http://www.thehavenfdn.org/
Visual Aid
Visual Aid is a non-profit organization for professional visual artists with life-threatening illnesses living in one of the nine San Francisco Bay Area counties. Each year Visual Aid offers a voucher program and ArtBank for free art supplies, an active Exhibition Program, Career Services, Image Archives, and an Educational Outreach Program and community for its grantees.
Mailing Address:
116 New Montgomery Street
Suite 640
San Francisco, CA 94105
Telephone: 415-777-8242
Email: visaid@visualaid.org
Website: http://www.visualaid.org