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
U.S. Territories: Guam, Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, American Samoa
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 02/17/2023
Size of the Grant: $5,000
Grant Duration: 2 years
Details:
Robert Rauschenberg was committed to assisting fellow artists in need of emergency aid, ultimately establishing the nonprofit foundation Change, Inc. in 1970. Recognizing the particularly extreme impact the pandemic and its ongoing effect has had on dancers, the Rauschenberg Dancer Emergency Grants have been created.
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.
You may request funding for eligible essential 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
- Essential 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 including credit card debt or student loans
- Purchases of vehicles or other equipment
While housing and utilities expenses may be requested for your general household, other eligible expenses may only be requested for your own individual purposes. If you receive a grant, you will be required to certify your use of the funds for the expenses itemized in your application, and provide copies of your tax returns for the last two years you have filed.
Eligibility Criteria
Not have previously received a Rauschenberg Emergency Grant through NYFA
- 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. This is defined as being a paid dancer over at least the last three years in public-facing performances (outside of educational/academic settings). Inactivity, or online/streaming activity, during COVID is eligible. Self-produced online presentations and/or performances shared solely through personal websites, Instagram or Facebook are not eligible. Your resume/bio must include: Title/production/event, company (if applicable), your position/role, location (city/town and state), date(s) (at least the year) 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 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 Rauschenberg Dancer Emergency Grants.
