National Emergency Grants for Dancers (Rauschenberg Dancer Emergency Grant)
Funding Amount
Up to $3,000
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.
Can we apply?
Check your organization against each line. Taken from the listing; confirm with the funder's guidelines.
Other requirements
- Rent
- Utilities
- Medicine/healthcare
- Food
Overview
One-time emergency grants for dancers anywhere in the US in dire financial emergency.
Geographic Scope: United States (all locations)
Eligibility: Dancers who have:
- Recently lost engagements, OR
- Been ill or injured
- Facing dire financial emergency
Eligible Expenses:
- Rent
- Utilities
- Medicine/healthcare
- Food
Special Features:
- Privacy is guaranteed
- Bimonthly application cycles through June 2025
Administrator: New York Foundation for the Arts
Related Program: Rauschenberg Medical Emergency Grants (for choreographers with recent, unexpected medical, dental, or mental health emergency expenses)
How to Apply
Application Process
Cycles: Bimonthly through June 2025
Deadline Example (2025): January 14, 2025 for one cycle; February 11, 2025 for another
Required Materials: See program details at New York Foundation for the Arts
Note: Recorded information session available
What The Arts Council Inc actually gave
Source: IRS Form 990, 2025
- Grants in 2025
- 38
- Total given
- $1.19M
- Median grant
- $28K
- Range
- $5,601–$125K
- By dollars: North Carolina 100%. Top recipient cities: Winston-Salem, NC; Greensboro, NC; Kernersville, NC.
- 100% of grants with a stated purpose were for general or operating support.
- 16% of recipients were new grantees, not repeat recipients.
Example grants
Winston-Salem Forsyth County Schools · Winstonsalem, NC
Operating assistance
$125K
Southeastern Center for Contemporar · Winstonsalem, NC
Operating assistance
$102K
Muse Winston-Salem · Winstonsalem, NC
Operating assistance
$89K
University of North Carolina School of the Arts Foundation Inc · Winstonsalem, NC
Operating assistance
$67K
Communidad Mujer Valiosa · Winstonsalem, NC
Operating assistance
$35K
Focus Areas & Funding Uses
Fields of Work
- Dance
- Hardship
- Performing arts
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