The Tri-State Relief Fund to Support Non-Salaried Works in the Visual Arts

The Willem de Kooning Foundation, the Helen Frankenthaler Foundation, Teiger Foundation, and the Cy Twombly Foundation have partnered to establish an emergency relief grant program, administered by New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA), that will provide $1,250,000 in aid to Tri-State non-salaried workers in the visual arts who have experienced financial hardship from lack of income or opportunity as a direct result of the COVID-19 crisis.

The Tri-State Relief Fund to Support Non-Salaried Workers in the Visual Arts will distribute one-time unrestricted cash grants of $2,000 each to freelance, contract, or non-salaried archivists, art handlers, artist/photographer’s assistants, cataloguers, database specialists, digital assets specialists, image scanners/digitizers, and registrars.

Applications will be accepted over three cycles starting Tuesday, May 5, 2020. After reviewing for completeness and documented losses of income, qualifying applicants will be selected for funding each cycle via a lottery process. Applicants who do not receive funding are invited to re-apply during future cycles.

GRANT TIMELINE

Grant Launch: Tuesday, April 28, 2020

Cycle I
Application Opens: Tuesday, May 5, 2020 at 10:00 AM EDT
Application Closes: Wednesday, May 6, 2020 at 11:59 PM EDT
Application Review: Thursday, May 7 - Sunday, May 17, 2020
Applicants Notified: Monday, May 18, 2020

Cycle II
Application Opens: Tuesday, May 19, 2020 at 10:00 AM EDT
Application Closes: Wednesday, May 20, 2020 at 11:59 PM EDT
Application Review: Thursday, May 21 - Sunday, May 31, 2020
Applicants Notified: Monday, June 1, 2020

Cycle III
Application Opens: Tuesday, June 2, 2020 at 10:00 AM EDT
Application Closes: Wednesday, June 3, 2020 at 11:59 PM EDT
Application Review: Thursday, June 4 - Sunday, June 14, 2020
Applicants Notified: Monday, June 15, 2020