Many in the arts grant-making community are coming together to create emergency relief funds for artists. Whether or not you're eligible for Emergent Seed, you may find some of the resources below valuable. ES attempts to update this list of resources regularly as some of the opportunities previously listed are no longer accepting applications.

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National

 

Artist Relief - 100 $5K grants disbursed weekly through September in a wide range of genres. Last cycle closed Dec. 15th, check back for updates.

Songwriter Fund - app reopens April 28th

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Local

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• Awesome Foundation - $1,000 grants for arts and community-based projects in DC, deadlines: May 16th, June 20th, July 18th, August 22nd, and September 19th

• Care for Our Creatives - pay-what-you-can counseling provided by GW and the DC government's Creative Affairs Office. Email Lindsay at CCSCFoggyBottom@gwu.edu

• DC Cares - $1,000 one-time payments for individuals who are gig workers

• DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities FY22 Artist Fellowship - up to $10,000 for projects, deadline June 4th at 11:59pm

• DC's Love + Solidarity Collective - $100 for DC independent artists

• Maryland State Arts Council "Creativity Grants" - $1-3.5K for artists and arts orgs; rolling deadline

• Theatre Washington's Take Care Fund - $500 grants for DC-area theatre professionals

• Virginia Commission for the Arts and Humanities FY 22 Artist Fellowships - up to $5,000 for residents of VA. Deadline is Oct. 1st by 5pm

• VoxCorona - $250-$500 grants for DC-area vocalists

• Washington Project for the Arts Wherewithal Grants - $1-5K grants for DC-area visual artists