Leeway Foundation: Community Care Fund (CCF)

Overview

Leeway Foundation

Our Mission

The Leeway Foundation supports women and trans artists and cultural producers working in communities at the intersection of art, culture, and social change. Through our grantmaking and other programs we promote artistic expression that amplifies the voices of those on the margins, promotes sustainable and healthy communities, and works in the service of movements for economic and social justice.

Leeway Foundation: Community Care Fund

Community Care Fund

The Community Care Fund (CCF) provides financial assistance of up to $1,250 to Leeway grant and award recipients experiencing immediate and essential emergency needs.

Overview

In April 2020, Leeway established a COVID-19 Relief Fund with the goal of distributing unrestricted grants to Leeway grant and award recipients experiencing financial hardship as a direct result of the pandemic. Since then, the fund has evolved to focus on immediate and essential emergency need funding. As of December 2024, $679,020 had been re-distributed in 453 grants.

Over the last five years, we’ve learned a lot about the importance of emergency funding, particularly for many artists who have been historically marginalized, many of whom Leeway serves (e.g. – people of color; immigrants; queer people; trans and/or gender nonconforming folks; poor and working-class people; people with disabilities; etc.). If the last few years have taught us anything, it’s that many individual artists don’t have safety-nets of resources to fall back on in hard times.

Because of this, we’re continuing the Community Care Fund in 2025 with funds awarded to eligible applicants in the order in which applications are received.

Leeway defines “emergency and essential need” as the imminent endangerment of essentials such as housing, utilities, medicine, food, caregiving, and/or other essential needs.

Eligibility

_You can learn more about this opportunity by visiting the funder's website._

* You are eligible to apply if you are:
* A Leeway Foundation grantee
* A current resident of Bucks, Camden, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery, or Philadelphia County
* An artist who is experiencing financial hardship and has immediate, emergency need around housing, utilities, medical, food, caregiving, and/or other essential needs.

Ineligibility

* You are not eligible to apply if you:
* Have received a Transformation Award in 2024
* Have received Community Care Fund grants totaling $1,250 in the current calendar year (2025)