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.
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 more helpful information, check out the SAGindie virtual panel Working Through: Indie Filmmaking in the Age of COVID-19.
For Actors and Performers
- SAG-AFTRA COVID-19 Updates and Resources
- SAG-AFTRA Foundation COVID-19 Relief Fund
- The Actors Fund Emergency Financial Assistance
- Emergency & Disaster Grant (Broadcasters Foundation of America)
For Filmmakers and Other Artists
- Directors Guild Foundation COVID-19 Emergency Relief Fund (Motion Picture & Television Fund/Directors Guild Foundation)
- IATSE COVID-19 Emergency Relief Fund (Motion Picture & Television Fund/IATSE)
- 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 Grants (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)
- Coronavirus Federal Relief for Documentary Filmmakers: Case Studies (International Documentary Association)
- COVID-19 Resources for Artists and Arts Organizations (National Endowment for the Arts)
- Documentary Freelancer Relief Fund (Field of Vision/Topic Studios)
- Emergency Filmmaker Support Fund (Film Independent)
- Freelancers Relief Fund (Freelancers Union)
- Global Production Alert (Association of Film Commissioners International)
- Keeping Your Story Alive: Financial Support to Help Fight COVID-19 Setbacks (Forest Road Company)
- Netflix COVID-19 Emergency Relief Fund (Motion Picture & Television Fund/Netflix)
- Sundance Co//ab (Sundance Institute)
- Writers’ Emergency Fund (PEN America)
For Musicians
- AGMA Relief Fund (The Actors Fund/American Guild of Musical Artists)
- Creative Community Fund (Winston House)
- CV19 Emergency Aid Grant Program (Musicians Foundation)
- DGF Emergency Grants (Dramatists Guild Foundation)
- MusiCares COVID-19 Relief Fund (Recording Academy)
- Music Covid Relief
- Music For Relief COVID-19 Response Fund (Entertainment Industry Foundation)
- Music Maker Relief Foundation
- State-by-State Resource Guide (Billboard)
- Union of Musicians and Allied Workers (UMAW)
For Theaters, Exhibitors, and Film Festivals
- Art-House America Campaign (Art House Convergence/Criterion Collection/Janus Films)
- COVID-19 Preparedness Resources (Art House Convergence)
- Film Festival Survival Pledge (Seed&Spark)
- Pioneers Assistance Fund COVID-19 Emergency Grant (Will Rogers Motion Picture Pioneers Foundation)
- Virtual Roundtables – Pandmeic Discussions (Film Festival Alliance)
- We Are One: A Global Film Festival (YouTube/United Nations Foundation)
Local Resources
- Alabama
- Alabama CARES About the Arts: Emergency Relief Grants (Alabama State Council on the Arts)
- Individual Artist Emergency Relief Grant (Arts Huntsville)
- Alaska
- COVID-19 Emergency Relief Grants (Alaska Humanities Forum)
- Arizona
- California
- Artists Now
- Coronavirus Emergency Relief Fund (Music Fund of Los Angeles)
- LA Dance Emergency Fund
- LA Young Creatives Fund
- Los Angeles Freelancers Relief Fund
- SF Artists Relief Fund (Center for Cultural Innovation)
- Colorado
- Colorado Artist Relief Fund (RedLine)
- Denver Actors Fund DEAR Program
- NoCo Music Relief Fund (Bohemian Foundation)
- Connecticut
- Florida
- Hillsborough Artist Relief Program (Tampa Bay Businesses for Culture & the Arts)
- Oolite Arts Relief Fund for COVID-19
- Georgia
- Idaho
- Writer Relief Grants (The Cabin)
- Illinois
- The Dancers’ Fund (Chicago Dancers United)
- Illinois Relief Fund (3Arts Chicago)
- Indiana
- Indiana Music Industry Relief Fund (MidWay Music Speaks)
- Indy Arts & Culture COVID-19 Emergency Relief Fund
- Iowa
- Kansas
- Kansas Arts Operation Support SOS Program (Kansas Department of Commerce)
- Kentucky
- Artist Relief Trust (ELEVATOR Artist Resource)
- Louisiana
- Creative Response Relief Fund (New Orleans Creative Response)
- Maine
- Maryland
- Massachusetts
- Boston Artist Relief Fund (City of Boston Arts & Culture)
- Cambridge Artist Relief Fund (Cambridge Community Foundation)
- COVID-19 Relief Fund (Mass Cultural Council)
- Michigan
- Michigan Artist Relief Fund (Michigan Music Alliance)
- Minnesota
- Artist Grants for COVID-19 Relief (Northwest Minnesota Arts Council)
- Minnesota Film Community Emergency Relief Fund (FilmNorth)
- Personal Emergency Relief Fund (Springboard for the Arts)
- Mississippi
- MAC CARES Emergency Grants (Mississippi Arts Commission)
- Missouri
- Emergency Relief Funding for Artists Impacted by COVID-19 (The Luminary/Andy Warhol Foundation)
- New York
- COVID-19 Dance Relief Fund (Dance/NYC)
- Emergency Grants (Max’s Kansas City Project)
- Musicians’ Emergency Relief Fund (Associated Musicians of Greater New York, Local 802 AFM)
- Rauschenberg Emergency Grants (New York Foundation for the Arts)
- North Carolina
- North Dakota
- NDCA CARES Fund (North Dakota Council on the Arts)
- Ohio
- COVID-19 Emergency Relief for Artists (Greater Columbus Arts Council)
- Oklahoma
- Oregon
- Pennsylvania
- COVID-19 Arts Aid PHL
- Emergency Fund for Artists (Greater Pittsburgh Arts Council)
- Puerto Rico
- COVID-19 Assistance (Archivo Virtual del Instituto de Cultura Puertorriqueña)
- La Cuarentena 2 (Kilometro)
- Rhode Island
- Artist Relief Fund (Rhode Island State Council on the Arts)
- South Carolina
- Arts Emergency Relief Grants (South Carolina Arts Commission)
- Tennessee
- Artist Emergency Fund (ArtsMemphis)
- Artist Relief Fund (Ars and Business Council of Greater Nashville)
- Texas
- Artists Emergency Relief Fund (Austin Creative Alliance)
- Creative Industry Relief Fund (United Way of Tarrant County)
- Houston Music Foundation
- Utah
- Vermont
- Vermont Rapid Response Artist Relief (Vermont Arts Council)
- Virginia
- COVID-19 Arts and Culture Relief Fund (Richmond CultureWorks)
- Virginia CARES Emergency Relief Grant (Virginia Commission for the Arts)
- Washington
- Wisconsin
- Artist Relief Fund (ImagineMKE)
- Wyoming
For General Assistance and Information
- 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)
- Disaster Loan Assistance (U.S. Small Business Administration)
- Paycheck Protection Program (U.S. Small Business Administration)
UPDATED 5/20/20
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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.