Updated 9/22/20: Newton Cultural Development, along with NCA and the Newton Cultural Council, have compiled a list of resources geared toward the arts community. We hope you will find this list useful during this extraordinary time.

LOCAL

• City of Newton - Newton COVID-19 Care Fund
• Mass Cultural Council - COVID-19 Resources
• MA Small Business Recovery Loan Fund - provides emergency capital up to $75,000 to Massachusetts-based businesses impacted by COVID-19 with fewer than 50 full- and part-time employees, including nonprofits
• Passim Emergency Artist Relief Fund - for artists who “have played a gig for Passim (or taught in the School of Music) in the last 10 years.”
• Theatre Community Benevolent Fund - for individual practitioners & nonprofit theatre orgs. of Greater Boston
• WBUR, The ARTery - Grants & Resources For Artists & Nonprofits

NATIONAL

• The Actors Fund - COVID-19 Emergency Relief - for professionals in film, theater, television, music, opera, radio, and dance, providing emergency financial assistance for living and/or medical expenses
• Adolph & Esther Gottlieb Foundation - Emergency Grant Program - for qualified painters, printmakers, & sculptors
• American Guild of Musical Artists - AGMA Relief Fund - for AGMA members in good standing
• Artists' Charitable Fund - for painters & sculptors in need of help with medical bills
• Artists' Fellowship, Inc. - emergency aid for professional visual artists with immediate medical emergencies
• Artist Relief Tree - any artist can apply for a grant of $250. The fund has been exhausted for the moment, but artists can sign up for the waitlist here.
• Artwork Archive - list of international financial relief resources for artists during COVID-19
• Blues Foundation - HART Fund (Handy Artists Relief Trust) - for blues musicians in need of medical and dental care
• CERF+ The Artists Safety Net - Craft Emergency Relief Fund - for artists
• Equal Sound - Musicians' Corona Relief Fund - for musicians who have had a performance/gig canceled due to coronavirus
• Foundation for Contemporary Arts  - FCA Emergency Grants COVID-19 Fund - one-time $1,500 grants to artists who have had performances/exhibitions canceled or postponed because of the pandemic
• Gospel Music Trust Fund - financial assistance in the event of an emergency or major catastrophe to individuals who have derived a substantial portion of their income from gospel music
• Grantmakers in the Arts - COVID-19 & Arts Funding
• International Bluegrass Music Association (IBMA) - Blue Grass Trust Fund - grants & loans, ranging from $500 to $5,000, are available to present and past professionals in bluegrass music in a time of emergency
• Jazz Foundation of America - COVID-19 Musicians' Emergency Fund - for jazz & blues musicians who need help with basic living expenses
• Recording Academy - MusiCares COVID-19 Relief Fund - music industry professionals impacted by canceled work may apply for an initial grant of up to $1,000 for basic living expenses
• SAG-AFTRA Foundation - COVID-19 Relief Fund - for active SAG-AFTRA members for emergency funding to cover basic expenses
• The Soze Agency - Artist + Activist Relief Fund - for artists who have been impacted by coronavirus. The fund is not currently accepting new applicants, but a waiting list is available.
• Sweet Relief Musicians Fund - COVID-19 Fund - for musicians or music industry workers impacted by coronavirus for funds to cover medical and basic living expenses