Access a wealth of knowledge, tools, and networks to empower arts organizations and artists in navigating unexpected situations. Utilize our partner resources to gain vital insights and collaborate with like-minded individuals and organizations. By doing so, you'll be equipped to proactively prepare for and withstand moments of crisis with resilience and confidence.

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CERF+ The Artists Safety Net is readiness, relief + resilience for studio artists, ensuring that they are as protected as the work they create. The Studio Protector, Emergency Relief Grants and Get Ready Grants are among offerings for studio artists (many of these resources are relevant to studio artists in disciplines in addition to craft). 

 

The Entertainment Community Fund (formerly The Actors Fund) serves everyone in entertainment. ECF fosters stability and resiliency and provides a safety net for performing arts and entertainment professionals over their lifespans. Emergency financial assistance is available for performing arts and entertainment professionals facing urgent needs like housing, health care, or utilities. Applicants should explore all personal and community resources first and must demonstrate financial need and efforts to secure work. ECF's social services team provides guidance and access to programs like The Career Center and Financial Wellness. We also administer grants for other organizations. Learn more, FAQs. 

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MusiCares provides a safety net of critical health and welfare services to the music community in three key areas: Mental Health & Addiction Recovery Services; Health Services; and Human Services. 

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The National Endowment for the Arts maintains a resource and information hub for disaster readiness and recovery. The Endowment’s grant funding priorities include disaster readiness and response. Grants can support disaster planning projects for the arts and culture field as well as disaster response and recovery activities, risk assessment, mitigation planning, artist trainings, readiness plans, convenings, preparedness training for the arts sector, and healing arts activities for communities recovering from disasters. 

 

NYFA, the New York Foundation for the Arts, offers two national artist emergency grant programs. The Rauschenberg Dancer Emergency Grants program provides one-time grants of up to $5,000 to professional dancers in need, who have a dire financial emergency due to the COVID-19 pandemic and its consequences. The Rauschenberg Medical Emergency Grants program provides one-time grants of up to $5,000 for recent unexpected medical, dental, and mental health emergencies to artists in financial need who are creating in the visual arts, film/video, digital/electronic arts, and choreography.

 

The Performing Arts Readiness project offers grants, webinars, case studies, and The Art of Mass Gatherings initiative which provides emergency preparedness training for festivals and outdoor events. Much of what PAR offers is relevant to all disciplines! 

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While the Performing Arts Readiness project sunsetted in December 2025, many of its assets including webinar recordings, case studies, and sample emergency plans are now housed on the NCAPER website. Much of what PAR offers is relevant to all disciplines! 

 

South Arts works regionally and nationally to provide readiness and recovery resources. Recovery grantmaking includes, most recently, the Creative Resilience Emergency Preparedness and Sustainability for the Arts initiative. South Arts and NCAPER partnered on a five-part preparedness webinar series in spring 2026; recordings are available here. And South Arts is a partner with NEDCC in offering the dPlan/ArtsReady online readiness planning tool.