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Artist Relief emergency grants, administered by the Foundation for Contemporary Arts (FCA), provide urgent project-based funding to visual and performing artists and poets across the United States. Awards range from $500 to $3,000, with an average grant of $2,200. The program accepts applications year-round, receives approximately 100 applications monthly, and makes 15–20 grants per month.
Grants support artists facing sudden, unanticipated opportunities to present their work or unexpected expenses on projects nearing completion with committed exhibition or performance dates. Projects may take place in the U.S. and abroad. Dedicated funding from the Trust for Mutual Understanding is also available for international cultural exchanges between the U.S. and select Eastern European and Central Asian countries.
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FCA Emergency Grants COVID-19 Fund Frequently Asked Questions Created in 1993 to further FCA's mission to encourage, sponsor, and promote work of a contemporary, experimental nature, Emergency Grants provide urgent funding for visual and performing artists and poets who: Have sudden, unanticipated opportunities to present their work to the public when there is insufficient time to seek other sources of funding Incur unexpected or unbudgeted expenses for projects close to completion with committed exhibition or performance dates Emergency Grants is a year-round, multi-disciplinary program that offers immediate, project-based assistance to artists living and working anywhere in the United States, for projects occurring in the U.S. and abroad.
Each month FCA receives an average of 100 Emergency Grant applications and makes approximately 15-20 grants in the range of $500 to $3,000 each. Applicants may request any amount in that range and, if granted, may receive full or partial funding. The average grant is currently $2,200.
Follow FCA on Instagram and Facebook to learn more about Emergency Grants-supported projects. Please review all guidelines and FAQs before applying and watch our recorded information session.
FCA receives dedicated support from the Trust for Mutual Understanding to fund unexpected or unbudgeted travel-related expenses for cultural exchanges between the U.S. and the following countries: Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Estonia, Georgia, Hungary, Kazakhstan, Kosovo, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Mongolia, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, and Uzbekistan.
The 2025 Emergency Grants are supported in part by grants from: The Amphion Foundation; Milton & Sally Avery Arts Foundation; The Aaron Copland Fund for Music; The Cowles Charitable Trust; Mertz Gilmore Foundation; The Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation; Jerome Foundation; Louisa Stude Sarofim/The Brown Foundation of Houston, Inc.; Trust for Mutual Understanding; as well as individual supporters.
This program is also supported, in part, by a bequest from the estate of Margo Leavin, and by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, in partnership with the City Council. Ivy Baldwin, performance still from Emergency Grants-supported Quarry , at MANITOGA/The Russel Wright Design Center in Garrison, NY, 2019. Photo by Maria Baranova.
Body Weather Laboratory, performance still from Emergency Grants-supported Façade of Time on the streets and canals of Venice, CA, 2019. Photo by Moses Hacmon. Raafi Rivero, installation view of Emergency Grants-supported project Unarmed , at Leon Gallery in Denver, CO, 2021.
According to the current listing, eligibility includes: Individual artists during emergency periods. Confirm the full requirements in the official notice before applying.
The current listing shows typically $5,000 (emergency). Verify award ceilings, matching requirements, and allowable costs in the official notice.
Artist Relief (emergency grants) is funded by Coalition (Creative Capital, Foundation for Contemporary Arts, United States Artists, etc.). Verify program details on the funder's official page before applying.
Yes — this listing is flagged as national in scope, so applicants across the U.S. may apply, subject to the sponsor's other eligibility criteria.
Applications go through the funder's official portal — the Apply Now link on this page goes there directly.
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