Deadline: 19-Aug-22
New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA) is offering Rauschenberg Dancer Emergency Grants to professional dancers in need, who have a dire financial emergency due to the COVID-19 pandemic and its consequences.
Their aim is to allow dancers to move forward and gain stability by providing up to three months of essential expenses.
New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA) is proud to partner with the Robert Rauschenberg Foundation to administer Rauschenberg Dancer Emergency Grants, a new emergency grant program for professional dancers.
Funding Information
This program provides one-time grants of up to $5,000 to professional dancers.
Eligible Expenses
Expenses can be already paid; can be owed; or can be coming up in the near future. Eligible expenses include, but are not limited to:
- Rental Housing (deposits, rent, utilities)
- Medical/dental/vision insurance premiums
- Medical/dental/vision/mental health care
- Food
- Transportation (car payments, insurance, ride shares/taxis, mass transit)
- Legal expenses (only for dire emergencies such as fighting eviction, or visa renewals)
- Other essential expenses which you can specify
Eligibility Criteria
- Demonstrate recent and sustained activity as a professional dancer (in any stage/performance style, including aerial, ballet, hip-hop, jazz, modern, tap, and traditional/folk) over the last 3-4 years in public-facing performances.
- Inactivity, or online/streaming activity, during COVID is allowable. Self-produced online presentation and/or performances shared solely through Instagram or Facebook are not eligible. Your resume/bio include: Title/production/event, company (if applicable), your position/role, location, and date(s) for each engagement.
- Live in one of the 50 states, a Tribal Nation, a U.S. Territory, or the District of Columbia on the grant deadline
- Be 21 years of age or older on the grant deadline
- Have adjusted gross annual income of $75,000 or lower for an individual, or $150,000 for joint filers, averaged over the last two federal tax returns
- Provide a W-9 with a Social Security Number (SSN) or Individual Taxpayer Identification Number (ITIN) or EIN if you are funded
- Not be enrolled in a degree-seeking program
- Request expenses that have been/will be incurred in the U.S.
For more information, visit NYFA.
For more information, visit https://www.nyfa.org/awards-grants/rauschenberg-dancer-emergency-grants/