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MASSACHUSETTS HUMANITIES COUNCIL PROJECT GRANTS
http://masshumanities.org/?p=project
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Three types of project grants offered in 2010. Grants are $5,000 to $10,000.
Crisis, Community and Civic Culture Project Grants. With this thematic
initiative Mass Humanities seeks proposals
for public programs that will encourage participants to explore the
confluence of challenges that has led to today's fraying of
the social contract as well as the history and promise of collective action
organized in response to a variety of crises.
Engaging New Audiences Project Grants. Project grant proposals that include
a detailed and realistic plan for engaging new and larger audiences. Special
consideration will be given to proposals describing projects that will
engage audiences and participants with limited access to the humanities.
Young and working adults are examples, as are prison inmates, teens and
nursing home residents. Proposals may utilize the full range of public
program formats.
Media Grants. Films that explore humanities themes. Film and video grants at
the $10,000 maximum are only available for pre-production and Social Media
Outreach. Preference will be given to projects that address Massachusetts
topics.
NOTE: These are given to nonprofits, but individual artists can partner with
nonprofits in developing some fantastic
opportunities, resulting in payment to the writer from the grants. Write
plays, develop websites, tutor creative writing,
develop reading groups, offer public lectures.
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CULTURAL EXCHANGE FUND
http://www.apap365.org/KNOWLEDGE/GrantPrograms/Pages/cef.aspx
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The Cultural Exchange Fund (CEF) is a travel subsidy program supported by
the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to assist U.S. based presenters in building
partnerships and collaborations with international touring artists,
companies and their
collaborators and in seeing the work of artists from around the world in its
cultural context. Arts Presenters will award travel
subsidies to individual presenters, presenting organizations and to groups
of presenters traveling to see the work of artists,
companies and/or to develop and advance projects with international artists
and their collaborators. All applicants must be active members of the
Association of Performing Arts Presenters. Deadline November 15, 2010.
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WELLINGTON CULTURAL FUNDING - NEW ZEALAND
http://www.wellington.govt.nz/services/grants/
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If you or your group needs funding support for an arts project or event, WCC
may be able to help. The Creative Communities Local Funding Scheme is now
open for applications. It supports local communities to create and present
opportunities for arts participation. Individuals or groups can apply. This
round is for projects starting after September 15, 2010. Deadline August
31, 2010.
The Cultural Grants pool is also open. These grants strengthen partnerships
with arts organisations, festival groups and institutions. Any group can
apply, so long as you're legally constituted (i.e., a trust or incorporated
society), or sit under the umbrella of an organisation meeting this
description. Deadline August 31, 2010.
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TURN2US
https://www.turn2us.org.uk
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Turn2us is a new independent charity that helps people access the money
available to them – through welfare benefits, grants and other help. Their
free, accessible website is a comprehensive and invaluable resource that
helps you find sources of financial
support, quickly and easily, based on your particular needs and
circumstances.
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THE AUTHORS' FOUNDATION - UK
http://www.societyofauthors.org/sites/default/files/Guidelines-Authors'%20Foundation_0.pdf
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The Foundation provides grants to writers to assist them while writing
books. There are two rounds of grants each year, awarded
in the summer and in the winter. The next closing date for applications is
30th September 2010. To apply the author must meet one of the following
conditions:
1. The author has been commissioned by a commercial British publisher to
write a full-length work of fiction, poetry or non-fiction and needs funding
(in addition to the publisher’s advance) for important research, travel, or
other more general expenditure.
2. The author is without a contractual commitment by a publisher but has had
at least one book published commercially by a British publisher, and there
is a strong likelihood that their next book will be published in Britain.
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KICKSTARTER
http://www.kickstarter.com/help/faq
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Kickstarter is focused on creative ideas and ambitious endeavors. We're a
great way for artists, filmmakers, musicians, designers,
writers, athletes, adventurers, illustrators, explorers, curators,
promoters, performers, and others to bring their projects, events, and
dreams to life. You post your project, how much you need, and select 1-90
days. Based upon your information and project, people donate funds to help
you succeed. If your target amount isn't reached, all support is cancelled.
If you do reach the amount, the supporters' credit cards are charged and you
are endowed with the funds you need.
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RUTH TALABER EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE FUND -
ILLINOIS
http://www.caconline.org/default.asp?page=services
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Provides members of the Chicago Artists's Coalition who are facing
catastrophic circumstances as a result of sudden, unexpected events, such as
illness, accident, or fire, with a one-time assistance grant.
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SPRINGBOARD FOR THE ARTS LOW INTEREST LOAN FOR ARTISTS - MN
http://www.springboardforthearts.org/services/ALF.asp
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Springboard's Artist Loan Fund provides low-interest loans from $1,000 to
$5,000, at a rate of 1% above the prime rate, simple interest, to artists in
the Twin Cities area. Loan terms are from 12 to 36 months. This is a
community-based revolving loan program designed to meet a broad range of
artists' needs and opportunities.
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SPRINGBOARD EMERGENCY RELIEF FUND - MN, IA, ND, SD, WI
http://www.springboardforthearts.org/Services/ERF.asp
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Springboard's Emergency Relief Fund exists to help meet the emergency needs
of artists in need of immediate monies to cover an expense due to loss from
fire, theft, health emergency, or other catastrophic, career-threatening
event. The purpose of the Emergency Relief Fund is to expedite recovery from
a specific economic crisis so that the artist applicant may continue their
work. Artist applicants living in Minnesota, Iowa, North Dakota, South
Dakota or Wisconsin may access up to $500 to meet or defray unexpected
"emergency" expenses. Relief Fund payments are made directly to the business
that the artist owes money, not to the artist applicant.
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MONTANA OPPORTUNITY GRANTS
http://art.mt.gov/artists/artists_opportunity.asp
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Opportunity Grants are given throughout the year to enable the Council to
respond to artists' or organizations' opportunities or emergencies. Grants
will not exceed $1,000, and decisions will be dictated by the availability
of funds and the nature of the request. Applications are reviewed monthly
and must be received in the Montana Arts Council office by the first of each
month.
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EMERGENCY RELIEF FUND - TEXAS
http://www.arthousetexas.org/index.php?_page=load_page&_id=ARTIST_SERVICES
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Arthouse has established the Emergency Relief Fund to provide financial
assistance to Texas artists who have experienced an unforeseen health or
property disaster which prevents their normal production of art. Applicants
must be full time artists. For more information contact
info@arthousetexas.org or
call 512.453.5312.
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WASHINGTON WOMEN IN NEED - WASHINGTON STATE
http://www.wawomeninneed.org/
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Washington Women In Need provides grants in four program areas: Education at
accredited institutions in Washington; Mental Health Counseling with
licensed mental health professionals; Health Care Insurance Premiums for
current health coverage; and
Physical/Dental/Vision/Hearing exams and treatment.
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THE HAVEN FOUNDATION
http://www.thehavenfdn.org/
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The mission of The Haven Foundation is to strengthen and sustain the careers
of freelance professional writers, artists and others connected with the
entertainment industry across the United States. A professional is an
individual who is committed to his/her industry or work, who has derived at
least 1/3 (33.3%) of his/her income over the past three (3) years from
his/her personal production, performance or other work in the industry. The
qualified person must have experienced a recent, unforeseen emergency or
triggering event that has significantly and adversely affected the qualified
person’s ability to produce, perform and/or market his/her work and, thus,
creates the need for immediate relief funds and/or assistance. The
Foundation is not able to assist in situations of financial need that result
solely from lack of employment, poor sales and/or poor business practices.
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MAYER FOUNDATION
http://www.mayerfoundation.org/
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The mission of the Foundation is
to make economic relief grants to needy individuals who are distressed or
suffering as a result of poverty, low income
or lack of financial resources, including as a result of natural or civil
disasters, or from temporary impoverishment, loss of employment, death or
incapacity of a family wage earner or damage to home and property; to
provide health care to those who cannot afford health care or whose health
insurance or financial resources are insufficient to cover medical needs; to
make grants to other IRS 501(C)(3) organizations for educational, literary,
cultural, humanitarian, scientific, health-care related and other charitable
purposes; and to award scholarship benefits and student aid to high school,
college or graduate school students to enable the recipients to complete an
undergraduate or graduate education in the field of their choice at the
college or graduate school of their choice. Grant sizes vary but generally
range from $2,500 to $5,000 per grant.
(NOTE: Several readers have written the Mayer
Foundation lately and learned they have no grant funds at the moment. Be
sure to check with them before you apply. Their situation may change after
the first of the year.)
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SANTA FE ARTS INSTITUTE EMERGENCY FUNDS
http://www.sfai.org/applications.html
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As an outgrowth of our original Emergency Relief Residencies, SFAI has
instituted an ongoing Emergency Relief Residency to provide residencies for
artists and writers whose lives and work are compromised by domestic strife,
political upheaval or natural disasters. Residencies are by application
only.
In response to the devastating effects of Hurricane Katrina, SFAI is ready
to make available its facility to artists, writers and crafts people who
lost homes, studios, art work or jobs.
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AUTHORS' CONTINGENCY FUND - UK
http://www.societyofauthors.org
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This fund makes modest grants to published authors who find themselves in
sudden financial difficulties. Contact the
Society of Authors for an information sheet and application form.
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NEWSPAPER PRESS FUND - UK
Phone 01306 887511
Fax 01306 888212
E-mail:
enquiries@pressfund.org.uk
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Aims to relieve distress among journalists and their dependants. Continuous
and/or occasional financial grants; also retirement homes for eligible
beneficiaries.
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ROYAL LITERARY FUND
http://www.rlf.org.uk/
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The Royal Literary Fund is a British benevolent fund for professional
published authors in financial difficulties.
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CHANGE EMERGENCY FUNDS
Change, Inc.
P.O. Box 54, Captiva, FL 33924
Phone: (212) 473-3742
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Awards of up to $1,000 for medical, living, or other emergencies. Open to artists of all
disciplines, with no U.S. geographical restrictions; students are not eligible. Each
applicant must submit a detailed letter describing the financial
emergency, copies of outstanding bills, medical fee estimates, etc., and
current financial statements, along with a career resume, exhibition or
performance announcements, slides or photos of work and two letters of
reference from someone in the affiliated field (no video tapes). Only
complete applications will be accepted. Change, Inc does not issue more
than one grant per person.
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LUDWIG VOGELSTEIN FOUNDATION
Diana Braunschweig, Exec. Dir.
4001 Inglewood Ave. Suite 101-309
Redondo Beach, CA 90278-if doesn't
work, try
PO Box 510, Shelter Island, NY 11964-0510
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No telephone inquiries. We do not consider performing arts categories
but grants in the fine arts (painting, sculpture, printmaking, etc. – NO
digital/film/video/photography) and various literary arts (fiction,
including playwriting, prose, poetry, and creative nonfiction) and for
certain unaffiliated scholarly and/or research projects. These are
one-time grants to individuals only. Deadlines are in mid-spring for
submissions.
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PEN AMERICAN CENTER WRITER'S FUND
http://www.pen.org/page.php/prmID/251
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The PEN Writers Fund is an emergency fund for professionally published or produced—writers with serious financial
difficulties. Depending on the situation, the fund gives grants or loans of up to $1,000. The maximum amount is given
only under especially dire circumstances and when monies are available. The PEN Fund for Writers and Editors
with HIV/AIDS, administered under the PEN Writers Fund, gives grants of up
to $1,000 to professional writers and editors who face serious financial difficulties because of HIV or
AIDS-related illness. The Writers Fund does not exist for research purposes, to enable the completion of writing projects, or
to fund publications or organizations. The Writers Fund Committee meets approximately every two months to review
applications.
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AUTHORS LEAGUE FUND - EMERGENCY FUNDS
31 East 32nd Street, 7th Floor, New York, NY 10016
staff@authorsleaguefund.org
www.authorsleaguefund.org
Main Phone: (212)268-1208 / Main Fax: (212)564-5363
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The Authors League Fund was established by the Authors League of America, Inc., to help career authors and
dramatists in the United States and in financial distress due to an urgent situation. The Fund makes interest-free
loans to professional writers in need; for example, writers with health problems and inadequate health insurance, or
older writers whose income has ceased. Loan-seekers must show need and documentation of their professional status. Method of contact: telephone, letter or email.
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CLAYTON MEMORIAL MEDICAL FUND
c/o OSFCI
P.O. Box 5703
Portland, Oregon 97228
http://www.osfci.org/clayton/index.html
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The fund helps professional science fiction and fantasy writers living in the Northwest states of Oregon,
Washington, Idaho, and Alaska deal with the financial burden of illness.
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AMERICAN POETS FUND - EMERGENCY FUNDS
The Academy of American Poets
584 Broadway, Suite 604
New York, NY 10012-5243
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Assists poets of demonstrated ability who are in a state of urgent financial need. Grants cannot be used to promote
or otherwise enhance literary talent or reputation, and applications are not accepted. Academy Chancellors, Fellows,
and prize winners may bring the circumstances of qualifying poets to the attention of the American Poets Fund committee
by sending a letter of nomination, including specifics about the nominee's current financial situation, to the
Executive Director of the Academy.
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POETS IN NEED
http://www.poetsinneed.org/
Emergency assistance to established poets who have a substantive published
body of work.
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SFWA EMERGENCY FUNDS
http://www.sfwa.org/org/funds.htm
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The SFWA Emergency Medical Fund offers interest-free loans to
members facing unexpected medical expenses.
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SFWA LEGAL FUNDS
http://www.sfwa.org/org/funds.htm
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The SFWA Legal Fund makes loans available to authors who must take a
writing-related dispute to court. Loans are made on a case-by-case basis,
after review by the Grievance Committee and the SFWA attorney.
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WRITERS EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE FUND
(Formerly The Llewellyn Miller Fund of the American Society of Journalists
and Authors Charitable Trust )
1501 Broadway, Ste. 302
New York, NY 10036
Tel: (212) 997-0947
FAX: (212) 768-7414
http://www.asja.org/weaf.php
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Financial relief assistance to established, professional freelance writers
of nonfiction books and magazine articles. Must be
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WRITER'S TRUST WOODCOCK FUND - EMERGENCY FUNDS
90 Richmond Street East
Suite 200, Toronto, Ontario
M5C 1P1
416-504-8222 / F- 416-504-9090
http://www.writerstrust.com/
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Provides emergency funding for established writers in mid-project who are facing financial crisis. Since its
inception, the Woodcock Fund has supported 103 Canadian writers in financial difficulty. The total amount
dispersed to date is $380,000.
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JOHN
ANSON KITTREDGE EDUCATIONAL FUND.
c/o
Key Trust Company of Maine, P.O. Box 1054, Augusta, ME 04332
Application
Address, P.O. Box 382203, Cambridge, MA 02238-2203
Grants
awarded to artists in very special circumstances. $1,000 - $10,000.
Initial contact by letter stating purpose, amount requested, period of
funding, supporting letter.
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