Artist Relief Resources During COVID-19
UPDATED APRIL 16, 2020
(*Added Arts Resilience Initiative)
SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION (SBA) LOANS -
These loans are intended for small businesses. If you are a small business owner, run your income through a business structure (LLC, Sole Proprietorship, etc.) or are self employed you are eligible.
Payroll Protection Program (PPP) - apply through SBA, but it has to be administered through a bank.
Understand the differences between PPP & EIDL. Put together by our friends at CivicLex!
ARTIST RELIEF FUNDS -
Arts Resilience Initiative - LexArts in partnership with Bluegrass Community Foundation! The maximum award for an individual artist is $500, while the maximum award for arts organizations is $2,000. Apply NOW!
Artist Relief Trust (ART) - Facilitated by Elevator Artist Resource in Louisville. The trust has $75,000, which will be distributed in $500 microgrants designed to get much needed cash in the hands of Kentucky's artists who are directly impacted by COVID-19 (Coronavirus). They hope to get checks out within a week, so apply NOW!
MusiCares Relief Fund - through the Recording Academy
Artist Relief Fund - from American for the Arts due before April 23, 2020
Artist Relief Tree - At this time they are not giving out money until they can secure additional funding. But you can get on their list for when they secure more funding.