Calendar Listings:
Rauschenberg Dancer Emergency Grants Cycle 17:
Opens November January 14, 2025; deadline 5PM ET February 11, 2025
Rauschenberg Dancer Emergency Grants Cycle 18:
Opens March 18, 2025; deadline 5PM ET April 15, 2025
National Emergency Grants Program for Dancers - Deadline December February 11, 2025
“The support is very helpful & meaningful for me. A life in art is a winding road.” (RDEG grantee)
Are you a dancer living anywhere in the US in dire financial emergency? If you’re paid for your work, you may be eligible for a one-time grant of up to $3,000. Dancers must demonstrate an urgent and critical need for emergency support in order to apply, due to a lack or loss of recent performance work due to circumstances outside of your control. This can include canceled performances, delayed tours, or illness or injury. You do NOT need to work as a dancer full time or earn your primary income through dance. Dire financial emergencies include the lack or imminent endangerment of essentials such as rent and utilities, medicine/healthcare, food, and transportation. Applicants’ private information stays private. Cycle 17 of the Rauschenberg Dancer Emergency Grants program will be open January 14 - February 11. Cycle 18 will open March 18 with a deadline of April 15. It is administered by New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA), and funded by Robert Rauschenberg Foundation. Please click here for details, and learn more in this recorded information session. Additionally, the Rauschenberg Medical Emergency Grants support choreographers (as well as visual and film/media/digital/electronic artists) with recent, unexpected medical, dental or mental health emergency expenses. RMEG Cycle 28 is open through January 14 for emergencies that occurred June 1, 2024 and after. Please click here for details. Both programs continue with bimonthly cycles through June 2025.
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