The Region 2 Arts Council is seeking applications for its Emergency Relief Fund.
Donor Name: Region 2 Arts Council
State: Minnesota
County: Becker County (MN), Cass County (MN), Itasca County (MN), Roseau County (MN)
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: All Time
Size of the Grant: Less than $1000
Grant Duration: Grant Duration Not Mentioned
Details:
The Artists Emergency Relief Fund Network is stewarded by Springboard for the Arts and supported in part by F. R. Bigelow Foundation, Jerome Foundation, McKnight Foundation, John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, and Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation. Springboard for the Arts has provided funding to a few selected regional arts councils to disperse to those in their region with need for emergency relief to artists, performers, writers, creators, and culture bearers from natural disaster or major illness and to provide help for those that desperately in need of food, housing, healthcare or legal consultation.
Funding Information
Maximum Request: $500.
Uses of Funds
- Replacement of lost or damaged equipment or materials
- Storm Damage repairs
- Loss of income due to natural disaster
- Rent/mortgage support
- Vehicle repair
- Food
- Transportation
- Medicine
- Utilities
- Other monthly bills
- Loss of Income due to health problem
- Family member care
- Legal Fees
- Other.
Eligibility Criteria
To be eligible for a Emergency Relief Fund, applicants must meet the following requirements:
- You are an artist/creator/culture bearer who is 18 years of age or older with provided evidence of continuing creative practice in: art, literature, music, theater, dance, or cultural activities for a portion of their income.
- You are a Minnesota resident who has been living for the past six months within the five counties of the Region 2 Arts Council (Beltrami, Lake of the Woods, Mahnomen, Clearwater, Hubbard) This grant is also open to the Anishinaabe Arts Initiative additional counties of Roseau, Cass, Becker, and Itasca for enrolled tribal members and descendants who have been living for the past six months within one of those counties.
- Artists, performers, creators, or culture bearers who have received grant funds from the Region 2 Arts Council in the past do not have an overdue final report with Region 2 Arts Council.
- You are not the immediate family member of a Region 2 Arts Council Staff, Board, or Anishinaabe Arts Initiative Council member. (Immediate family is defined as: spouse, domestic partner, parent, child, child’s spouse, brother, brother’s spouse, sister, or sister’s spouse).
For more information, visit Region 2 Arts Council.
