Sustainable Arts Foundation

Sustainable Arts Foundation – about / application process
Award Amount:  $6,000 for the Visual Arts Award or the potential for smaller Promise Awards.
Applications open January 15th, 2014
Deadline:  February 28th, 2014, 5 PM PT

• $10 application fee
• Must have a child under the age of 18.
• Their purpose is to reward excellence and is based on your portfolio and your future plans and how this award will aid you in attaining your goals.
• Standard application is available online and requires three parts of following:
  –  Contact information
  –  Personal information:  a chance to tell who you are as a person, parent as an artist
  –  Who I am:  bio
  –  What I do:  artist statement
  –  What I’ve Done:  CV
  –  What I’d like to do:  how the award will be used
  –  Portfolio:
  –  10-20 images at the highest resolution available
  –  Provide titles, mediums, and dates the works were created
  –  If the work was exhibited, please note where and when it was.
• Awards announced on November 1st, 2013.
• No current online application website is provided, however, there is a print version available for you to get started.

Craft Emergency Relief Fund

Craft Emergency Relief Fund

RAPID RELIEF EMERGENCY GRANT:

• Aid amount could potentially be up to $5,000.
• This grant is specifically for craft artists (woodworkers, fiber artists, metalsmith, glass artists, potters, and furniture makers) going through career-threatening emergencies.
• Online application is available here.
• Guidelines and print application available here.
• For additional inquiries:  submit this form.

CAREER RECOVERY LOAN:

• Provides zero interest loans to craft artists to re-establish, improve or expand your work capacity after an emergency.
• Loan amount can be up to $8,500.
• There is no interest and the loan must be repaid within five years in monthly installments.
• Application is the through the same online platform or in print as above.

You may request both an emergency grant and a career recovery loan.

Change Inc. Emergency Grant

Change Inc.
Award Amount: One-time $1,000

• For professional visual artists in need of emergency aid to avoid eviction or to pay for medical expenses, utility bills, avoiding eviction, or another emergency the organization board deems worthy.

• No information is given for application except to contact:
  Emergency Grants, Change Inc.
  P.O. Box 54
  Captiva, FL 33924
  (212) 473-3742

Artists’ Fellowship, Inc.

Artists’ Fellowship, Inc.

• Provides aid for artists in the event of an emergency. An emergency usually involves health-related issues, accidents, financial crises or bereavement.

• Must fill out this application and include:
  –  Signed copy of household’s most current IRS tax returns and Schedule C
  –  A letter detailing the reasons of financial assistance
  –  Copies of official documents supporting amount required (doctor / hospital bills)
  –  Resume, exhibition brochures, gallery affiliation and copies of published reviews of your work.

Adolph and Esther Gottlieb Emergency Grant

Adolph and Esther Gottlieb Emergency Grant
Award Amount: $5,000 – $15,000

• One-time financial assistance to artists in a mature phase (a minimum of ten years) of their work unable to fund their project as result of a catastrophic incident who lack the resources to meet that situation.
• Application is only available by request through telephone: (212) 226-0581