Emergency Grants
Funding Amount
Varying amounts
Deadline
Rolling (quarterly review)
Grant Type
Foundation
Deadline history & next window
- Cycle
- Rolling — applications accepted year-round
- Tracked since
- April 2026
Source: the cycle recorded on this listing. Confirm dates with the funder.
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Other requirements
- Dance
- Music/Sound
- Performance Art/Theater
- Poetry
Overview
Grant program providing urgent project support for artists facing immediate funding needs.
Award Details
- Award Amount: Varying amounts per grant
- Number of Awards (2025): 240 grants
- Total Distributed (2025): $570,015
Eligible Disciplines
- Dance
- Music/Sound
- Performance Art/Theater
- Poetry
- Visual Arts
Related Programs
- Emergency Grants: Cancellation Funds - $49,880 distributed to 23 artists in 2025 for cancellation-related needs
- Disaster Relief - $349,800 awarded to 82 artists following Los Angeles fires; $25,000 to Red Hook Fire Recovery Fund for artists affected by Red Hook, Brooklyn fires
What Foundation for Contemporary Arts Inc actually gave
Source: IRS Form 990, 2024
- Grants in 2024
- 2
- Total given
- $90K
- Median grant
- $45K
- By dollars: Michigan 50%, New York 50%. Top recipient cities: Detroit, MI; New York, NY.
Example grants
Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit · Detroit, MI
Support for solo exhibition of a contemporary visual artist
$45K
Immediate Medium Inc · New York, NY
Support for experimental performance/exhibition project
$45K
Focus Areas & Funding Uses
Fields of Work
- Arts
- Visual artists
- Music
- Dance
- Theater
- Hardship
Categories
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Listed date — confirm with the funder
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