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GRANT RESOURCES FOR ARTISTS

Here are some national grant resources for artists who may need assistance especially during the pandemic.  If you know of any other resources, please let us know so that we can share.  Also, these grants all have different grant periods and deadlines, they may not all be active at this time.

Adolph & Esther Gottlieb Emergency Grant

What it is: Interim financial assistance (up to $15,000; standard award is $5,000) for unforeseen circumstances; one-time assistance for a specific emergency. This does not cover dental, chronic conditions, or art projects.

Who it’s for: Only eligible for visual artists (painters, printmakers, and sculptors) who are in a mature phase of their career (have been working for at least 10 years in their field).

Dates to know: Rolling application process.

 

Arts Leaders of Color Emergency Fund

What it is: Funds in the amount of $200 per person, on a first-come, first-served basis.

Who it’s for: Black, indigenous, and people of color artists or administrators in financial need.

Dates to know: Rolling application process.

 

CERF+ (Craft Emergency Relief Fund)

What it is: $3,000 in immediate financial assistance; discounts and donations for art supplies also available.

Who it’s for: Professional artists who have contracted COVID-19 and are in need of financial assistance. Applicants must be legal US residents and face a career-threatening emergency.

Dates to know: Rolling application process.

 

NYFA and Rauschenberg Emergency Grants

What it is: One-time grants of up to $5,000 for medical emergencies.

Who it’s for: Visual and media artists and choreographers who have eligible expenses which include, but are not limited to: hospital and doctor bills (including insurance co-pays), tests, physical/occupational therapy, prescription drugs specifically for the emergency medical condition, and emergency dental work.

Dates to know: Applications will be accepted and reviewed by the panel on a monthly basis beginning in late May/early June 2020.

 

Pollock-Krasner Foundation 

What it is: Grants for artistic merit and demonstrable personal or professional financial need. The size of the grant is determined by the artist’s individual circumstances.

Who it’s for: Artists must be actively exhibiting their work in galleries or museums. The foundation does not accept applications from commercial artists, video artists, performance artists, filmmakers, crafts-makers, or any artist whose work primarily falls into these categories.

Dates to know: Rolling application process.

 

Artist’s Charitable Fund

What it is: A non-profit fund that pays a portion of emergency medical bills directly to the medical providers.

Who it’s for: Painters and sculptors who have been affected by medical bills.

Dates to know: Rolling application process.

 

Artists’ Fellowship, Inc

What it is:  One-time grants to pay emergency medical bills.

Who it’s for: Artists who are dealing with immediate medical emergencies and their aftermaths.

Dates to know: Rolling application process.

 

Artist Relief

What it is: One-time $5,000 grants

Who it’s for: Artists facing dire financial emergencies due to COVID-19, including the lack or imminent endangerment of essentials such as housing, medicine, childcare, and foodDates to know: The fund will operate through September 2020. Grants will be available and distributed over six months to allow time for internal processing as well as communication to reach as many artists as possible

 

The Photographer’s Fund with Format

What it is: A $25,000 fund providing assistance of up to $500 per artist.

Who it’s for: Self-employed photographers facing financial hardships due to COVID-19.

Dates to know: Rolling application process, until funds are depleted.

 

Leveler

What it is: Peer-to-peer wealth redistribution in small increments. Applicants fill out a form explaining how they’ve been impacted and
and others who are in better financial positions can donate.

Who it’s for: People in the arts, hospitality, and gig economy who have been directly impacted by COVID-19. Funds go directly to the persons on the database via Venmo/PayPal.

Dates to know: Rolling application process and as funds are available.

 

Freelancers Relief Fund

What it is: Up to $1,000 in financial assistance per freelance household to cover lost income and essential expenses including food, supplies, utility payments, and cash assistance to supplement income loss.

Who it’s for: Freelancers who primarily reside in the United States who have experienced a sudden decrease in income of 50 percent or more as a result of COVID-19, due to cancellation, loss of work, or caring for family members. These include sole proprietors and limited liability companies where there is only one employee.

Dates to know: Rolling application process.

What it is: One-time grants of $1,500.

Who it’s for: Artists who have had performances or exhibitions canceled or postponed because of the pandemic.

Dates to know: Rolling application process.

 

Artist Relief Project 

What it is: One-time emergency stipend in the amount of $200.

Who it’s for: Any artist in any discipline who has been impacted by COVID19-related cancellations and closures may apply for assistance.

Dates to know: Stipends and support will be given on a first-come, first-serve basis, with the only limitation being how much is money able to be raised.

 

Art Interrupted Emergency Arts Fund

What it is: An emergency fund launched by the Massachusetts nonprofit Twenty Summers with grants for individual artists up to $500 and grants of $1,000 for arts organizations. Twenty Summers will also help promote artists’ work through video sharing and social media.

Who it’s for: Artists and arts organizations suffering from unexpected and severe financial loss as a result of COVID-19.

Dates to know: Rolling application process.

 

Patreon’s What the Fund

What it is: One-time grants to support artists, as chosen by a board of fellow creators. Patreon has donated $10,000 in initial funds and is accepting further donations.

Who it’s for: Any creator, anywhere in the world, who has been demonstrably impacted by the COVID-19 situation.

Dates to know: Accepting applications through today, April 14, 2020.

 

Women Photograph

What it is: Five grants of $5,000 to support photography projects.

Who it’s for: Visual journalists working in a documentary capacity. One grant will be earmarked for a non-binary or transgender photographer.

Dates to know: Application deadline is May 15, 2020.

 

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PPP LOANS ROUND 2-HAVE YOU APPLIED?

HAVE YOU APPLIED FOR YOUR PPP THIS YEAR? SELF-EMPLOYED, GIG ARTISTS?
DEADLINE MARCH 31
Washington passed the COVID Relief Bill and one of the programs was a second round of the PPP (Payroll Protection Program). Here is what you need to know…
When can I apply?
  1. As you know, you must apply for the program through a financial lending institution. These can be banks, credit unions and several other lenders like Square.
  2. If your lender is a large bank, over $1 billion in assets, you can apply through them tomorrow, Jan 15.
  3. If your lender is smaller, you can apply through them starting Jan 19.
  4. If you need to know the size of your lender you can go HERE to find out.
  5. You must apply no later than March 31, 2021.
Who can apply?
  1. If this is your first PPP loan (first draw) you cannot have received a PPP loan prior to Aug 8, 2020.
  2. businesses
  3. sole proprietors, self-employed, independent contractors, gig performers
  4. 501c3, 501c6, 501c19, tribal organizations
  5. housing coops, destination marketing organizations, news organizations
What’s different than the first time?
  1. You can choose your “covered period” which is any 8-24 weeks once you are approved and receive your loan disbursement.
  2. You will NOT have your EIDL grant deducted from your loan forgiveness. **
  3. If you are applying for an amount less than $150k you will file for your loan forgiveness on a simplified form.
Special Applicants:
SBA will assist eligible borrowers in underserved and disadvantaged communities. At least $15 billion is being set aside for First Draw PPP loans to eligible borrowers with a maximum of 10 employees or for loans of $250,000 or less to eligible borrowers in low- or moderate-income neighborhoods.
FIRST DRAW LOANS:
What can I use the money for?
payroll costs, including benefits, mortgage interest, rent, utilities, worker protection costs related to COVID-19, uninsured property damage costs caused by looting or vandalism during 2020, and certain supplier costs and expenses for operations.
How do I get full forgiveness?
if during the 8- to 24-week covered period following loan disbursement:
  1. Employee and compensation levels are maintained;
  2. The loan proceeds are spent on payroll costs and other eligible expenses;
  3. At least 60 percent of the proceeds are spent on payroll costs
How do I figure out the loan amount?
Basically you are applying for 2 1/2 months of your payroll expenses…..
A. self-employed and have no employees:
(and your principal place of residence is in the United States, including if you are an independent contractor or operate a sole proprietorship-but not if you are a partner in a partnership)
  1. Find your 2019 IRS Form 1040 Schedule C line 31 net profit amount (if you have not yet filed a 2019 return, fill it out and compute the value). If this amount is over $100,000, reduce it to $100,000. If this amount is zero or less, you are not eligible for a PPP loan.
  2. Calculate the average monthly net profit amount (divide the amount from Step 1 by 12).
  3. Multiply the average monthly net profit amount from Step 2 by 2.5.
B. Business/non-profit with employees:
  1. Compute 2019 payroll costs by adding the following:
a. 2019 gross wages and tips paid to your employees whose principal place of residence is in the United States, which can be computed using 2019 IRS Form 941 Taxable Medicare wages & tips (line 5c-column 1) from each quarter plus any pre-tax employee contributions for health insurance or other fringe benefits excluded from Taxable Medicare wages & tips, subtracting any amounts paid to any individual employee in excess of $100,000 and any amounts paid to any employee whose principal place of residence is outside the U.S
b. 2019 employer health insurance contributions (portion of IRS Form 990 Part IX line 9 attributable to health insurance);
c. 2019 employer retirement contributions (IRS Form 990 Part IX line 8); and
d. 2019 employer state and local taxes assessed on employee compensation, primarily state unemployment insurance tax (from state quarterly wage reporting forms).
2. Calculate the average monthly payroll costs (divide the amount from Step 1 by 12).
3. Multiply the average monthly payroll costs from Step 2 by 2.5.
C. Self-Employed with employees:
  1. Basically you are going to do both of the above. Figure your payroll like “A” and figure your employees payroll like “B”.
  2. After adding them together, divide by 12 for average monthly payroll costs.
  3. Multiply that number by 2.5.
If you have questions are have a specific situation we– recommend you discuss this with your accountant. You can also call us at 860-428-7739 or EMAIL us. Our Business Resource Center partner, SBDC can also help you free of charge. Please contact Greg Lewis.