The 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.
Donor Name: New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA)
State: All States
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 12/09/2022
Size of the Grant: up to $5,000
Details:
This 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. Its 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.
Funding Information
This program provides one-time grants of up to $5,000 to professional dancers* in need, ** who are in dire financial emergency due to the COVID-19 pandemic and its consequences. “Dire financial emergencies “include the lack or imminent endangerment of essentials such as housing, medicine/healthcare, utilities, and food.
*Professional = You have recent and sustained activity as a paid dancer (in any stage/performance style, including aerial, ballet, hip-hop, jazz, modern, tap, and traditional/folk) over at least the last 3-4 years in public-facing performances (outside of academic settings). 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.
**To be eligible to apply, your average adjusted gross income for the last two years you’ve filed tax returns must be no greater than $75,000 ($150,000 for joint filers).
Eligibility Criteria
To be eligible for a Rauschenberg Dancer Emergency Grant, you 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 at least the last 3-4 years in public-facing performances (outside of academic settings).
- 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 must 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.
