Applications are open for Rauschenberg Dancer Emergency Grant (Cycle 4) for Professional Dancers who have a dire financial emergency due to the COVID-19 pandemic and its consequences.
Donor Name: New York Foundation for the Arts
State: All States
County: All Counties
Territory: American Samoa, Puerto Rico, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, U.S. Virgin Islands, and Guam
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 08/19/2022
Size of the Grant: Up to $5,000
Details:
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.
The program’s aim is to allow dancers to move forward and gain stability by providing up to three months of essential expenses. You must demonstrate an urgent and critical need for emergency support in order to apply.
Applicants may request funding for eligible expenses for up to a three-month period, ranging from four months before the grant deadline through four months after the grant deadline. 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
Ineligible expenses include, but are not limited to:
- Mortgage payments
- Expenses related to other family members – e.g. food, healthcare, child/parent-care
- Non-essential expenses
Funding Information
- This program provides one-time grants of up to $5,000.
Eligibility Criteria
To be eligible for a Rauschenberg Dancer Emergency Grant, the applicant must:
- 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. Applicant’s resume/bio include: Title/production/event, company (if applicable), 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.
