[UPDATED: 5/13/22]
As people around the world are coping with the coronavirus pandemic, companies, nonprofits, and other government and non-government organizations are stepping up to help those in need. For filmmakers, actors, and other creatives in the U.S. uncertain about how to sustain their livelihoods during (and after) the pandemic, we wanted to highlight some resources that may be able to help. In addition to aid resources, filmmakers can find information on production COVID safety protocols below, including state-specific info.
For more helpful information on filmmaking in the pandemic, check out the SAGindie virtual panel Working Through, Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, and Part 4.
Please Note: This list does not represent SAGindie’s endorsement of any organization but is simply an informational listing. Please do your due diligence and research before donating or applying for any assistance.
For Actors and Performers
- September 2020 COVID-19 Return to Work Agreement (SAG-AFTRA/DGA/IATSE/Teamsters)
- COVID-19 Updates and Resources (SAG-AFTRA)
- COVID-19: Safety Protocols (SAG-AFTRA)
- SAG-AFTRA Foundation COVID-19 Relief Fund
- Social Services and Emergency Financial Assistance (Entertainment Community Fund)
- Emergency & Disaster Grant (Broadcasters Foundation of America)
For Filmmakers and Other Artists
- September 2020 COVID-19 Return to Work Agreement (SAG-AFTRA/DGA/IATSE/Teamsters)
- COVID-19: Safety Protocols (SAG-AFTRA)
- Independent Producers: COVID-19 Safety Protocols (SAG-AFTRA)
- The Safe Way Forward (DGA/SAG-AFTRA/IATSE/Teamsters)
- COVID Safety Protocols For Producing Independent Productions (Producers Guild of America)
- COVID-19 Emergency Relief Funds (Motion Picture & Television Fund)
- COVID-19 Workplace Guidelines (Association of Independent Commercial Producers)
- WGAW Good and Welfare Emergency Assistance Loans (Motion Picture & Television Fund/Writers Guild of America West)
- Applying for Federal COVID-19 Relief as a Filmmaker – Webinar (ITVS/IDA/Firelight Media)
- Artist Relief
- Behind the Scenes Foundation
- Bernie Myerson Emergency Grant (Will Rogers Motion Picture Pioneers Foundation)
- Coronavirus Active Response and Engagement Service (C.A.R.E.S.) (IATSE)
- COVID-19 Resources for Artists and Arts Organizations (National Endowment for the Arts)
- Freelancers Relief Fund (Freelancers Union)
- Global Production Alert (Association of Film Commissioners International)
- Writers’ Emergency Fund (PEN America)
For Musicians
- AGMA Relief Fund (The Actors Fund/American Guild of Musical Artists)
- DGF Emergency Grants (Dramatists Guild Foundation)
- Music Covid Relief
- Musicians Foundation
- State-by-State Resource Guide (Billboard)
- UMAW COVID-19 Safety Demands (Union of Musicians and Allied Workers)
For Theaters, Exhibitors, and Film Festivals
- Art-House America Campaign (Art House Convergence/Criterion Collection/Janus Films)
- @homeArts (Salt Lake Film Society)
- COVID-19 Preparedness Resources (Art House Convergence)
- Film Festival Alliance
- Film Festival Survival Pledge (Seed&Spark)
- Pioneers Assistance Fund (Will Rogers Motion Picture Pioneers Foundation)
- Shuttered Venue Operators Grant (U.S. Small Business Administration)
For General Assistance and Information
- COVID-19 Safety Tips (SAG-AFTRA)
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Occupational Safety and Health Administration
- HealthCare.gov
- Medicaid.gov
- Unemployment Insurance Provisions in the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act (National Employment Law Project)
- Unemployment Help (USA.gov)
- Vaccines.gov
- COVIDtests.gov
Local Resources
- Alabama
- Alaska
- Arizona
- COVID-19 Response (Arizona Commerce Authority)
- Arizona Department of Health Services
- Arkansas
- California
- COVID-19 Relief Funds (Center for Cultural Innovation)
- COVID-19 Resource Center (FilmLA)
- Entertainment Industry Resources During COVID-19 (California Film Commission)
- LA Young Creatives Fund (Mission Asset Fund/Snap Foundation)
- California Department of Public Health
- Colorado
- Colorado Artist Relief Fund (RedLine)
- Colorado Music Relief Fund
- COVID-19 Resources for Film, Television and Media (Colorado Office of Economic Development & International Trade)
- Rocky Mountain Music Relief
- Colorado Department of Public Health & Environment
- Connecticut
- Delaware
- COVID-19 Resources (Delaware Division of the Arts)
- Delaware Division of Public Health
- District of Columbia
- Florida
- Hillsborough Artist Relief Program (Tampa Bay Businesses for Culture & the Arts)
- Oolite Arts Relief Fund for COVID-19
- Recommendations for Clean & Healthy Production Sets (Film Florida)
- Florida Department of Health
- Georgia
- Guam
- Hawaii
- COVID-19 Guidelines for the Film Industry in Honolulu (City & County of Honolulu/Honolulu Film Office)
- Hawaii State Department of Health
- Idaho
- Illinois
- 3Arts Emergency Response
- Be Safe Chicago: Film & TV Production (City of Chicago)
- The Dancers’ Fund (Chicago Dancers United)
- Restore Illinois: Film Production Guidelines (Illinois Department of Commerce & Economic Opportunity)
- Illinois Department of Public Health
- Indiana
- Iowa
- Kansas
- Kentucky
- Louisiana
- Recommendations and Requirements for Clean & Healthy Production Sets (Film Baton Rouge)
- Creative Relief Louisiana
- Motion-Picture Production Return to Work Guidelines (Louisiana Entertainment)
- Louisiana Department of Health
- Maine
- Coronavirus Update (Maine Film Office)
- Maine COVID-19 Production Safety Forum (Maine Production Safety)
- Maine Department of Health and Human Services
- Maryland
- Massachusetts
- Reopening Massachusetts (Massachusetts Film Office)
- Massachusetts Department of Public Health
- Michigan
- Minnesota
- Mississippi
- Shoot Healthy: Best Practices for Production During COVID-19 (Mississippi Film Office)
- Mississippi State Department of Health
- Missouri
- Montana
- Nebraska
- Nevada
- Production Safety Guidelines (Nevada Film Office)
- Nevada Department of Health and Human Services
- New Hampshire
- New Jersey
- New Mexico
- Back2One: New Mexico’s Film & Television Production Health Safety Initiative (New Mexico Film Office)
- NM CARES (New Mexico Arts Commission)
- New Mexico Department of Health
- New York
- COVID-19 Dance Relief Fund (Dance/NYC)
- Creatives Rebuild New York
- Emergency Resources (New York Foundation for the Arts)
- Musicians’ Emergency Relief Fund (Associated Musicians of Greater New York, Local 802 AFM)
- Rauschenberg Emergency Grants (New York Foundation for the Arts/Robert Rauschenberg Foundation)
- Reopening New York: Media Production Guidelines for Employers and Employees (New York State Department of Health)
- New York State Department of Health
- North Carolina
- Chatham Artist & Arts-Worker Relief Effort (CAARE) (Chatham Arts Council)
- COVID-19 Proposed Health and Safety Guidelines (North Carolina Film Office)
- North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services
- North Dakota
- Ohio
- COVID Film Production Guidelines (Film Columbus)
- Ohio Department of Health
- Oklahoma
- Emergency Resources for Film & Music Workforce (Oklahoma Film & Music)
- Filming During COVID-19: Considerations for Oklahoma Filmmaking (Oklahoma Film & Music)
- Red Dirt Relief Fund
- Oklahoma State Department of Health
- Oregon
- Recommended Post-COVID19 Production Standards & Practices for Work Within Oregon (Oregon Media Production Association)
- Oregon Public Health Division
- Pennsylvania
- COVID-19 Industry Resources (Greater Philadelphia Film Office)
- Pennsylvania Department of Health
- Puerto Rico
- Rhode Island
- COVID-19 Information (Rhode Island Film & Television Office)
- Rhode Island Department of Health
- South Carolina
- Arts Emergency Relief Grants (South Carolina Arts Commission)
- Principles, Key Recommendations and Recommended Departmental Protocols (IATSE Local 600)
- South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control
- South Dakota
- Artist Emergency Relief Fund (Arts South Dakota)
- South Dakota Department of Health
- Tennessee
- Media Production Guidelines (TN Entertains)
- Tennessee Department of Health
- Texas
- U.S. Virgin Islands
- Utah
- COVID-19 Updates (Utah Film Commission)
- Utah Department of Health
- Vermont
- COVID-19: Resources for Artists (Vermont Arts Council)
- Vermont Department of Health
- Virginia
- COVID-19 Updates (Virginia Film Office)
- Virginia Department of Health
- Washington
- Set Safety (Washington Filmworks)
- Washington State Department of Health
- West Virginia
- Wisconsin
- Wyoming
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If you know of a COVID-19 relief resource for film industry professionals, send us a tip at blogadmin@sagindie.org.