WESTAF Arts Resilience Fund

Funder: Western States Arts Federation (WESTAF) in partnership with The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and five sister United States Regional Arts Organizations

Total Fund: Part of a $10 million total US Regional Arts Resilience Fund; WESTAF distributed $1.7 million across its 13-state region

Geographic Scope: Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawai'i, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming

Focus Areas: Relief and recovery grants for small- and mid-sized arts and culture organizations of all artistic disciplines in rural and urban areas

Eligible Organizations:

• Arts organizations regarded by peers as having statewide, regional, or national impact
• Priority given to:
  • Historically under-resourced organizations
  • Organizations serving under-resourced populations, communities, and art forms
  • Organizations led by and/or predominantly serving individuals from historically marginalized communities identifying as:
  • Black, Indigenous, people of color (BIPOC)
  • Low-income
  • LGBTQIA+
  • Rural, remote, and under-resourced

About the Fund: According to WESTAF COVID-19 impact survey:

• 54% of western region arts nonprofits sustained total or severe revenue losses
• 47% of arts nonprofits surveyed had reserves of less than three months
• 16% had no cash reserves at all

Contact:

• Name: Leah Horn
• Phone: 303.629.1166
• Email: leah.horn@westaf.org
• Address: 1536 Wynkoop St., Suite 522, Denver, Colorado 80202

Organization: Western States Arts Federation (WESTAF) - a nonprofit arts service organization dedicated to strengthening the financial, organizational, and policy infrastructure of the arts in the West