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FINANCIAL AND COMMUNITY RESOURCES

Actors Fund Entertainment Assistance Program

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.

Actors with Disabilities in the World of Film

What does it mean to have a disability in the film industry?

American Poets Fund

The fund assists poets of demonstrated ability who are in a state of urgent financial need. 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.

Artists Thrive Coronavirus Resource List

This is a list of artist resources compiled by Artists Thrive to help the creative community during this challenging time.

Authors League Fund

The Author League Fund helps professional writers in financial need because of medical or health-related problems, temporary loss of income, or other misfortune by providing no-strings-attached “loans” to pay for pressing expenses.

Brooklyn Arts Council Resources for Artists

Brooklyn Arts Council has created a digital booklet of resources on healthcare, newly available funding, organizing tips, and entertainment resources — all with our borough’s artists in mind.

Carnegie Fund for Authors

The Carnegie Fund is established to support American authors who have published at least one full-length work—fiction or nonfiction—that has been published by a mainstream publisher in any format.

Coronavirus Preparedness for Theatres

This webinar by the Theatre Communications Group provides a holistic take on preparedness for theatres, including, general preparedness strategies, how to forecast budget shifts should productions be cancelled, how to navigate insurance, and more.

COVID-19 Mutual Aid Directory: Hire Independent Artists

This is a growing directory of independent artists whose livelihoods are impacted due to COVID-19. Most of these artists identify as QTBIPOC (listed first). Supporters can directly donate to artists and artists can fill out the form to be listed.

COVID-19 Relief for Artists, Freelancers, and Gig Workers Webinar Recording

You can access the recording of the New York City Council webinar for freelance artists here.

Dance/NYC Reopening during COVID-19 Toolkit

Reopening Dance in NYC Guidelines offers are a digital toolkit to help guide reopening plans for the dance community in NYC.

Dancers’ Resource

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. Support includes counseling, healthcare referrals, educational seminars, emergency financial assistance, and more.

DCLA COVID-19 Coronavirus Resources

This is a list of information and resources related to public health, funding for organizations, funding for artists, preparedness resources, and more.

Gottlieb Emergency Grant Program

This emergency grant provides financial assistance to painters, printmakers, and sculptors whose needs are the result of an unforeseen incident, and who lack the resources to meet that situation.

HOWL Emergency Life Project (HELP)

This fund was created to provide emergency financial assistance and social service support to artists who have participated in the annual Howl Festival or who make their careers in New York City’s East Village and Lower East Side arts community and whose work challenges the traditional boundaries of dance, theatre, music, multimedia and the spoken word.

IWMF Journalism Relief Fund

The IWMF Journalism Relief Fund is open to women-identifying journalists in dire straits - journalists who have faced significant financial hardship, lost work, were recently laid off or who urgently need assistance to avoid severe, irreversible outcomes. This fund will provide small grants of up to $2,000 USD per request.

Jazz Foundation of America

The Housing and Emergency Assistance program provides jazz and blues artists with an experienced social worker to assess his/her situation and provide rapid assistance including financial support, legal services, housing counseling, and more.

MusiCares

The Recording Academy and its charitable foundation MusiCares have committed $2 million in total to a COVID-19 Relief Fund, established to assist those in the music community who have been affected by the pandemic.

Musicians Foundation

The Musicians Foundation provides grants between $500 and $3,000 to U.S. musicians in any genre in a time of acute need due to personal, medical, dental, or family crisis, natural disaster, or other emergency situation.

New York State Resources for Arts and Culture

NYSCA’s resource page for community support and assistance for the arts.

NYC Small Business Services

The City provides relief for small businesses across the City seeing a reduction in revenue because of COVID-19. Businesses with fewer than 100 employees who have seen sales decreases of 25% or more will be eligible for zero interest loans of up to $75,000 to help mitigate losses in profit. The City is also offering small businesses with fewer than 5 employees a grant to cover 40% of payroll costs for two months to help retain employees.

NYFA Emergency Grants List

The New York Foundation for the Arts has a running list of additional emergency grant opportunities for artists, categorized by disciplines.

NYFA Rauschenberg Medical Emergency Grants

The Rauschenberg Medical Emergency Grants program provides one-time grants of up to $5,000 for unexpected medical, dental, and mental health emergencies experienced by artists in the past six months.

New York State Emergency Rental Assistance Program (ERAP)

The Emergency Rental Assistance Program (ERAP) will provide significant economic relief to assist households that are unable to pay rent and utilities due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Grantees use the funds to provide assistance to eligible households through existing or newly created rental assistance programs.

Pentacle Pro Bono Financial Urgent Care Program

In response to a prevalent need in the community for immediate and comprehensive financial relief for arts nonprofits and individual artists, Pentacle’s Financial Urgent Care will now offer all artistic entities 5 pro bono “care hours”.

The Pollock Krasner Foundation Grant

Pollock-Krasner grants have enabled artists to create new work, purchase needed materials and pay for studio rent, as well as their personal and medical expenses. Artists can apply to The Pollock-Krasner Foundation by submitting an online application.

Preparing Your Organization for Coronavirus Outbreak Webinar

This webinar by the Event Safety Alliance provides some helpful information around planning and crisis management.

SAG-AFTRA Foundation COVID-19 Relief Fund

The foundation’s COVID-19 Relief Fund is available to eligible SAG-AFTRA members who have been impacted by this pandemic. SAG-AFTRA members are eligible to apply to the Fund if they are currently active and paid up on their dues through October 2019. The Fund covers members who are in an emergency financial crisis related to COVID-19 (Coronavirus) to cover basic expenses such as rent, mortgage, utilities, medical bills, and other essential needs.

Screen Actors Guild Motion Picture Players Welfare Fund

The MPPWF is designed to assist eligible members who are struggling with a financial, personal or medical crisis. Financial assistance is available for rent, utilities, mental health and medical care as well as other basic living expenses. Administered by the Actors Fund, offering access to their services as well.

Sweet Relief COVID-19 Fund

Sweet Relief has established a donor-directed fund to be used specifically for musicians and music industry workers affected by the coronavirus. Funds will go towards medical expenses, lodging, clothing, food and other vital living expenses for those who get sick or lose work due to the pandemic.

Will Rogers Motion Picture Pioneers Assistance Fund (MPPAF)

The Pioneers Assistance Fund (MPPAF) serves members of the motion picture entertainment industry (exhibition, distribution and trade services) who are encountering an illness, injury or life changing event. Services include temporary financial aid for emergency needs, monthly stipends for frail or disabled low income senior veterans, and social service counseling.

WomenArts Directory of Emergency Grants

WomenArts is dedicated to increasing the visibility of women artists across all disciplines. They regularly update their list of emergency grants.

APA COMMUNITY RESOURCES

AA and NHPI In-Language Resources on COVID-19

APIAHF is launching a crowd-sourcing project to collect as many AA and NHPI in-language relief resources as possible to share with the respective communities. Please feel free to add to this list and share the resources widely.

AAF Safety Resources in Asian Languages to Help Asian New Yorkers Face Growing Hate Crimes

The Asian American Federation (AAF) has launched a new initiative to distribute flyers and other resources in five (5) Asian languages, in addition to English, to help Asian New Yorkers deal with a rise in anti-Asian racism amidst the coronavirus pandemic.

AAF Self-Defense Videos to Help Asian New Yorkers Deal with the Rise in Anti-Asian Bias Incidents

The Asian American Federation (AAF) has launched a series of three safety videos that teach simple, easy-to-follow self-defense strategies designed to keep individuals safe in threatening situations. Developed in partnership with experts from the Center for Anti-Violence Education, these videos are available in English, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Tagalog, and Vietnamese.

AAF Safety Booklets in Response to Anti-Asian Violence

The Asian American Federation (AAF) has been working on addressing the surge in anti-Asian violence through advocacy and community safety resources. To equip our community members, we created safety booklets on verbal and physical self-defense strategies. Available in English, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Tagalog, and Vietnamese.

COVID 19 Resources: Anti-Asian Harassment and Violence

The Asian American Bar Association of New York (AABANY) has established a resource and reference guide for AA individuals to utilize if they have experienced harassment or hate crime due to the xenophobia that has risen out of the COVID 19 pandemic.

COVID-19 Resources Guide for Immigrants

This resource guide is for immigrant communities that are in need of support and assistance during COVID-19. Resources range in the categories of healthcare, housing, and financial assistance.

COVID-19 Resources for Undocumented Communities

This list includes resources for immigration services, healthcare access directories, and education resources.

Mental Health Support for the Asian American Community during COVID-19

AAF wants to help and hear how the APA community is navigating this crisis. Please submit the survey so AAF can better serve the APA community.

NYC Commission on Human Rights

Anti-Asian attacks have been rising. We need to stand together to support our community. If you or someone you know has been the victim of Anti-Asian racism, please report it here.

OCA COVID-19 Toolkit Strategies to Defeat Asian American Racial Profiling and Xenophobia

Read this COVID-19 Toolkit for strategies to defeat Asian American racial profiling and xenophobia.

Resources to Stand Against Racism

Asian Americans have been targeted by racism and xenophobia related to the coronavirus. AAJC offers the following resources in response to this hate.

Stop Asian Hate: A Toolkit for Addressing Anti-Asian Bias, Discrimination, and Hate

The NYC Commission on Human Rights, the Mayor’s Office for the Prevention of Hate Crimes, the Mayor’s Community Affairs Unit (CAU), and the Mayor’s Office of Immigrant Affairs are coordinating closely to educate the public about their rights and protections in light of COVID-19-related stigma and hate crimes.

Stand Against Hatred

Asian Americans Advancing Justice has set up a report line where individuals can submit their stories of experiencing anti-Asian hate due to the rise of xenophobia caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.

WE ARE NOT COVID

This spreadsheet is an attempt to document a period in time when anti-Asian incidents related to Covid19 are dramatically escalating. Please share this document with others whom you feel may have experienced similar harassment, at any scale.

#WashTheHate Campaign

With the coronavirus now declared a national pandemic in the U.S, uncertainty and fear causing acts of discrimination and violence against people of Asian descent. Help combat and stand up for the APA community by sharing the campaign on social media.

SELF-CARE RESOURCES

Healing & Arts Resources During COVID-19

A collective document created by Huiying B. Chan to gather healing & arts resources offered virtually during the pandemic, especially ones that center/ are run by people of color.

Taking Care of Your Mental Health in the Face of Uncertainty

Refer to this resource page for ways to support good mental health practices.

Low-Fee Psychotherapy at The New School

The Safran Center for Psychological Services offers low-fee psychotherapy for a diverse range of presenting problems using both psychodynamic and CBT approaches and a social justice framework. Sessions are held via telehealth. This program is a good fit for people who are interested in experiencing psychotherapy for the first time, or as a brief return to process and support in these difficult times.

PRESENTING RESOURCES

Behance Live

Behance is offering free live stream workshops in different illustration, design, and visual art disciplines

Coping with COVID: Financial Implications for Creative Individuals

This recorded Creative Capital online workshop provides an overview of the financial implications of the COVID-19 outbreak. It is meant to help creative individuals cope with the unique financial challenges they face and provide tangible strategies for coping with the ongoing uncertainty.

Coping with COVID: Time Management for Artists during Challenging Times

This recorded Creative Capital online workshop will provide a look at how to manage time during this crisis we find ourselves in. So many of us are now working from home, scrambling to take care of kids and teaching remote learning, while co-existing in a space with a lot of people and sometimes in a small space. This is a great time to learn tips, tools, and resources to create a better structure, take control of your environment, manage your time better, reduce stress, and start doing the things you really want to do but don’t have time for, while also feeling productive and creative.

Coping with COVID: Centering Wellness and Self-Care for Creatives

In this recorded online workshop, Rhonda Wheatley leads a consideration of how this challenging period is highlighting changes artists might implement after the world settles into whatever new normal is emerging. Wheatley closes the workshop with a relaxing and grounding guided meditation and leaves artists with wellness practices they may use on their own after the workshop.

Gibney Dance Online Classes and Programs

Gibney Dance has compiled a list of online dance classes and projects, as well as additional self-care resources to be utilized.

Nightly Met Opera Streaming

Each night, the Metropolitan Opera will live stream an opera from their archive for virtual viewing.

The Social Distancing Festival

The Social Distancing Festival is an online artist’s community made to celebrate and showcase the work of the many artists around the world who have been affected by the need for social distancing that has come about due to the spread of the virus. Submissions are open to all!

The Ultimate Guide to Virtual Museum Resources, E-Learning, and Online Collections

A list of free global museum resources.

Virtual Museum Tours

Hyperallergic has compiled a list of museums with virtual tours, so you can explore collections and exhibitions online.

Yin Yue/YY Dance Company In-Home Classes

Take free dance classes instructed by YY Dance Company via Instagram videos

ORGANIZING AND ADVOCACY RESOURCES

Artists, Culture Workers, Freelancers, Gig Event Economy Losses

The COVID-19 pandemic has shown in very short order how fragile the economic existence of the precariat is. If you are an artist, cultural worker, freelance content creator, or creative gig worker, you have likely already seen work opportunities disappear, and are likely anticipating more.

COVID-19 Grassroots Relief Models

This collaborative document was started by the NYC Artist Coalition and House Coalition to collect examples of grassroots responses to COVID19 from around the world. Add examples & models so artists can attain answers globally! Share solutions city to city.

COVID-19 Relief for NYC Art Galleries, Artists, and Art Workers

The New Art Dealers Alliance (NADA) is calling on New York City to provide COVID-19 relief for art galleries, artists, and art workers. Show your support for our community during this challenging time by signing and sharing our petition.

Petition for Act To Suspend Rent & Real Estate Financial Obligations During COVID-19

New Yorkers cannot be expected to maintain rent, leases, mortgages, and related tax obligations. Participate in this petition to all city and state officials in New York to 1) declare all residential tenants, commercial tenants, and property owners are SAFE to remain in their respective situations without fear of retaliation, default, eviction, seizure, arrest, nor deportation of any kind and 2) temporarily suspend the financial obligations of all people transacting in real estate matters.

Trickle Up - NYC Artists Network

Trickle Up NYC enlists performing artists who are suffering from lost income, by sharing work on the platform. The goal is to attract 10,000 subscribers at $10 a month, then every month we can give $10,000 commissions (for further video content) to 10 different artists affected by the pandemic. And every month thereafter new artists in need will get $10,000 commissions.

Unemployment Benefits for the Self Employed

If you are self-employed, you may file for Unemployment Insurance benefits online to help recover costs due to the global pandemic.

W.A.G.E. Guidelines for the Postponement or Cancellation of Work

These guidelines introduce some of the basics that can be used by artists and nonprofit institutions to navigate the future of work in the arts field during the pandemic.

WAYS TO GIVE

Arts Leaders of Color Emergency Fund

Arts Administrators of Color Network has set up this emergency fund to directly support artists and arts administrators that are people of color who have been financially impacted due to this challenging time.

Corona Relief Fund

The Equal Sound Corona Relief Fund was set up on short notice to provide direct financial assistance to musicians who have lost work as a result of Corona-related event cancellations.

NYC Dancers Relief Fund

This Fund will offer urgent relief to freelance dance artists that have suffered financial losses due to the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus and the government enforced social restrictions.

CORONAVIRUS INFORMATION

CDC - What you need to know about Coronavirus (COVID-19)

Symptoms, Older Adults & Medical Conditions, Prepare Your Family, Community Resources, and Latest Updates on the virus.

New York State Government Information on COVID-19

Updates, latest news, and information on the virus from the office of Governor Cuomo (NY)

New York City Government Information on COVID-19

Updates, latest news, and information on the virus from the office of Mayor Bill DeBlasio

Mental Health Directory

The first-ever Asian mental health directory that speaks your language