Emergency Funds
Authors League Fund
31 East 28th Street
New York, NY 10016
Main phone:
(212) 268-1208
Main fax: (212) 564-5363
The Authors League Fund was
established by the Authors League of America, Inc., to help career authors and
dramatists in the United States and in financial distress due to an urgent
situation. The Fund makes interest-free loans to professional writers in need;
for example, writers with health problems and inadequate health insurance, or
older writers whose income has ceased. Loan-seekers must show need and
documentation of their professional status.
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EMERGENCY FUNDS
Below is
a listing of national and regional emergency grants available to writers in
acute financial crisis. Please contact the organizations directly for more
details. Self-published authors or those published by vanity presses are
generally not eligible. We hope this is helpful.
NATIONAL EMERGENCY
FUNDS
American Society of Journalists and Authors Writer's Emergency
Assistance Fund
Fund which offers first-time grants of up to $3,500 for
established nonfiction writers in crisis situations. In extreme situations
writers may apply for a second grant of up to $2,500 six months after the first
grant. Applicants need not be ASJA members. Application and details available on
web site: www.asja.org/weaf.php
Author's
League Fund
Fund offers interest-free loans of between $2,000 and $3,000 to
writers with severe medical/health-related problems and other serious
misfortunes. No membership necessary. Application and details available on web
site: www.authorsleaguefund.org
Actor's
Fund Financial Assistance Programs
Several programs available with specific
eligibility requirements available to applicants with five years' experience
working in entertainment who have earned a minimum of $6,500 per year in the
industry. See web site for details: www.actorsfund.org
Aid for AIDS
Los Angeles-based organization provides a number of programs and services
for children and adults living with HIV/AIDS. There are several financial aid
programs offering rent, grocery, medical, and/or general living assistance. See
web site for details: www.aidforaids.net
Artist Trust
Nonprofit membership organization dedicated to supporting artists of all
disciplines based in the Washington State area. Grant programs are available for
both beginning and established artists. Web site also provides links to
information services offering advice and non-financial assistance to artists: www.artisttrust.org
The Carnegie
Fund
Offers grants to authors who might have an unexpected emergency for
which they need funds. This is usually a medical or other unforeseen emergency
for which a one-time grant of several thousand dollars, at most, would suffice.
The grants are not meant to underwrite projects. Applicants must prove they are
published authors. For more information and an application, please write to:
The Carnegie Fund for Authors
One Old Country Road
Carle Place, New
York 11514
Directors Guild Foundation
The DGF provides no
interest, confidential loans to Guild members in good standing who are in need
of emergency financial assistance. Details and application online: http://www.dga.org/index2.php3?chg=
Mayer
Foundation
Has grants of up to $5,000 available to individuals who find
themselves in severe economic turmoil due to natural or civil disasters.
Students may also seek scholarships to aid in the completion of a graduate or
undergraduate degree. Funds are not limited to artists. See web site for
details: www.mayerfoundation.org
Motion
Picture Pioneers Assistance Fund
Provides aid for veterans of the theatrical
community (exhibition, distribution, and production) who are encountering an
illness, injury, or life-changing event. Services and qualifications vary by
program. All assistance is intended to provide support during a recovery or
adjustment period. Complete list of programs and qualifications online: http://www.wrpioneers.org/assistance_programs.aspx
PEN
Writers' Fund
Grants of up to $2,000 available to published writers in acute
financial crisis. No membership necessary. Application and details available on
web site: www.pen.org/writersfund
Poets
In Need
Provides 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: www.poetsinneed.org
Science
Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America Emergency Medical and Legal
Fund
Medical fund offers interest-free loans to members facing unexpected
medical expenses. Also makes loans available to authors who must take a
writing-related dispute to court. Details and application online: http://www.sfwa.org/org/funds.htm
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REGIONAL EMERGENCY FUNDS
These
resources are set up for artists and writers from specific regions of the
country. Each resource has its their own criteria for qualifying as a resident.
These groups are not affiliated with PEN so please direct all inquiries to the
individual organizations.
Art House Emergency Assistance (TX)
Arthouse Emergency Relief Fund was established 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 of any genre. For more information: www.arthousetexas.org/index.php?_page=load_page&_id=ARTIST_SERVICES
Opportunity Grants (MT)
Eligible individuals must have been Montana
residents for at least one year. Due to limited resources, organizations that
have received $2,000 or more from the Montana Arts Council Public Value
Partnership grants in the current fiscal year for which you are applying are
ineligible for Opportunity grants. For more information visit: www.art.mt.gov/artists/artists_opportunity.asp
Ramsey
Action Programs (MN)
Emergency grants and loans are available to persons who
do not qualify for other forms of assistance. Loans are available for emergency
rent or mortgage assistance and self-sufficiency (employment related). Short
term loans are available for childcare and to college students, depending on
funding available. For more info visit: www.ramseyactionprograms.org/
Ruth
Talaber Emergency Fund (IL)
Emergency fund established to provide aid to
Illinois artists who find themselves in need of immediate monies to cover an
expense due to loss from fire, theft, a health emergency, or other catastrophic,
career-threatening event. For more info go to: www.caconline.org/default.asp?page=services
Springboard
Artist Loan Fund (MN)
Springboard's Artist Loan Fund provides low-interest
loans from $1000 to $5000, at a rate of 1% above the prime rate, simple
interest, to artists in the Twin Cities area. Loan terms are from 12 to 36
months. Applications are reviewed on a rolling basis; deadlines are the 1st of
the month in January, March, May, July, September, and November. For more
information visit: www.springboardmn.org/Services/ALF.asp
Springboard
Emergency Relief Fund (MN)
Springboard's Emergency Relief Fund exists to
help meet the emergency needs of artists in need of immediate monies to cover an
expense due to loss from fire, theft, health emergency, or other catastrophic,
career-threatening event. Started by artists, the purpose of the Emergency
Relief Fund is to expedite recovery from a specific economic crisis so that the
artist applicant may continue their work. Artists may access up to $500.00 to
meet or defray unexpected emergency expenses. Payment is made directly to the
creditor, not the artist. For more info visit: www.springboardmn.org/Services/ERF.asp
Stephen
Petty Memorial Fund (GA)
The fund is a confidential community resource for
all greater Atlanta's performing arts industry workers living with terminal,
life-threatening or debilitating illness or injury, and who are in need of
supplemental financial assistance to improve quality of life as they deal with
medical conditions. For more info visit: www.atlantaperforms.com/joinus/pettyfund.asp
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Change,
Inc.
Emergency grants for artists in all disciplines needing help with
rent, medical expenses, utility bills, fire damage, etc. Grants up to $1,000.
Change, Inc.
Box 54
Tapiva, FL 33924
(phone) 212-473-3742
(fax) 212-995-8022
Max's Kansas City Project
The
Max's Kansas City Project provides emergency funding and resources to
professionals in the creative arts, primarily in New York state. Individuals who
have made their living through their art form, either professionally or
personally, and demonstrate a financial need for medical aid, legal aid, or
housing. The maximum grant is $1,000.
Max's Kansas City Project
9
Lois Lane
West Saugerties, NY 12477
(phone) 212-545-4151
(fax)
845-247-0553
Website: www.maxskansascity.org/funding.htm
The
Actors Fund
Provides a list of health insurance and medical emergency
resources for artists in all disciplines, organized by state.
Website:
www.actorsfund.org/ahirc/
Emergency
Funds for Writers
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.
Carnegie Fund for Authors
1 Old Country Rd.
Carle Place, NY 11514
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.
The Authors League Fund
31 East 32nd Street, 7th
Floor
New York, NY 10016
(phone) 212-268-1208
(fax)
212-564-5363
Email: authlgfund@aol.com
Website: www.authorsleaguefund.org
The
PEN Writers Fund
Emergency fund for professional--published or
produced--writers with serious financial difficulties. Depending on the
situation, the fund gives grants or loans of up to $2,000.
PEN American
Center
588 Broadway, Suite 303
New York , NY
10012
(phone) 212-334-1660
(fax) 212-334-2181
Email: pen@pen.org
Website: www.pen.org
Science Fiction and
Fantasy Writers of America
Offers interest-free loans to members facing
unexpected medical expenses.
Emergency Medical Fund
SFWA,
Inc.
PO Box 877
Chestertown, MD 21620
Website: www.sfwa.org/org/funds.htm#EMF
American
Society of Journalists & Authors
Writers Emergency Assistance
Fund
Helping 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. Membership in ASJA not
required. No grants to beginning freelancers seeking funding for writing
projects; no grants to fund works-in-progress of any kind. Maximum grant:
$3,500.
1501 Broadway, Suite 302
New York, NY 10036
(phone) 212-997-0947
(fax) 212-937-2315
Email: weaf@asja.org
Website: www.asja.org/weaf.php
Emergency
Funds for Visual Artists
Artists Fellowship
Grants for
emergency aid to visual artists and their families, primarily in New York.
Artists Fellowship
47 5th Ave.
New York, NY 10003
(phone)
646-230-9833
Website: www.artistsfellowship.com/home.html
Visual Aid
Encourages San Francisco Bay Area artists
with life-threatening diseases to continue their creative work. Grants take the
form of vouchers for art supplies. Other assistance is also available.
Visual Aid
116 New Montgomery St., Suite 640
San Francisco, CA
94105
(phone) 415-777-8242
(fax) 415-777-8240
Email: visaid@visualaid.org
Website: www.visualaid.org
Herbert
& Irene Wheeler Foundation
Fellowships and emergency grants to visual
artists of color who are at least 21 and living in the tri-state greater New
York City area. Grants in the range of $500 to $2,000.
Wheeler
Foundation
P.O. Box 300507
Brooklyn, NY 11230
(phone) 718-951-0581
(fax) 718-258-1157
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 CAC to
qualify.
Ruth Talaber Artists' Emergency Fund
Chicago Artists'
Coalition
70 E. Lake Street, Suite 230
Chicago, IL. 60601
(phone)
312-781-0400
(fax) 312-781-0042
Email: info@caconline.org
Website:
caconline.org
Craft Emergency Relief Fund, Inc.
Immediate support to professional craftspeople facing career-threatening
emergencies such as fire, theft, illness, and natural disasters.
Craft
Emergency Relief Fund, Inc.
P.O. Box 838
Montpelier, VT 05601-0838
(phone) 802-229-2306
(fax) 802-223-6484
Email: info@craftemergency.org
Website:
www.craftemergency.org
J. Happy Delpech Foundation
Grants of up to $250 to artists in
the Midwest with AIDS or serious illness.
J. Happy Delpech Foundation
1579 North Milwaukee, Suite 211
Chicago, IL 60622
(phone)
312-342-1359
Photographers & Friends United Against
AIDS
Apply to the Critical Needs Fund.
Photographers + Friends
United Against AIDS
594 Broadway, Suite 508
New York, NY 10012
(phone) 212-219-2672
(fax) 212-219-2676
Also check out http://www.nyfa.org/source
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