Creator Grants

Creator Grants is sponsored by Creators Guild of America Foundation. The Creators Guild of America Foundation awards grants to creators experiencing financial hardship due to emergencies, health events, and disruptions beyond their control. The program aims to provide direct financial impact to working creators.

Creators Guild of America Foundation | Creator Grants The Creators Guild of America Foundation awards grants to creators experiencing financial hardship, and supports aligned 501(c)(3) organizations advancing the creator economy. Real money, directly to the people doing the work. The program is in development now, and this page is where it will live.

Direct financial grants for creators. Creator income is independent income: no sick leave, no severance, no employer floor when a platform shifts or health fails. One bad quarter can end a viable career, not because the work stopped being good, but because the buffer ran out.

Grants exist to hold professionals through the moments the profession does not yet protect. The grant program is built around hardship support for working creators, emergencies, health events, and disruptions beyond a creator’s control, alongside support for aligned 501(c)(3) organizations doing complementary work in the field.

The intent is direct impact: money that reaches the person doing the work, with process light enough to matter in real time. Criteria, amounts, and application windows will be published on this page when the program opens, in full and in public. A grant program is a trust instrument, and the Foundation intends to run it like one: clear standards, transparent process, and accountability for where the money goes.

Grants are funded by donations from creators, brands, and institutions who believe the creator economy deserves real institutional support. The Foundation is a 501(c)(3) public charity, and contributions are tax-deductible to the fullest extent allowed by law. Grant announcements will be made here and to the Foundation’s list.

To hear when the program opens, join the list, or reach the Foundation directly at hello@cgafoundation. org. To apply, email a letter to grants@cgafoundation.

org, describing your work and what you are building, the circumstances behind your request, and links where we can review your work. The Foundation reviews submissions on a rolling basis and responds to every applicant. Get the Creator Briefing: The Foundation is funded by donations from creators, brands, and institutions who believe the creator economy deserves real institutional support.

Contributions to the Creators Guild of America Foundation are tax-deductible to the fullest extent allowed by law. EIN 41-5345101. Creators Guild of America Foundation 501(c)(3) Public Charity EIN: 41-5345101 4500 Park Granada Boulevard, Suite 202 Calabasas, California 91302 Contact: hello@cgafoundation.

org. The Creators Guild of America is the official 501(c)(6) non profit organization that protects and promotes the interests of digital creators. Our eligibility requirements are thoughtfully crafted by a diverse committee of creative professionals from all backgrounds, ensuring inclusivity and representation across the industry.

We proudly support members from all cultures, ethnicities, and backgrounds. As a Guild, we stand with the LGBTQ+ community and are committed to fostering an environment of equality and acceptance for all. As a non-profit organization, the dues paid by our members are reinvested into the Guild to fund events, legal costs, and continuous improvements, making sure to look after our volunteers and ensuring a vibrant future for all creators.