This program provides one-time grants of up to $5,000 for recent unexpected medical, dental, and mental health emergencies to artists in financial need who are creating in the visual arts, film/video/electronic/digital arts, and choreography. Only generative artists are eligible—artists creating their own, independent work, with recent and ongoing opportunities for the public to experience that work.

This is a competitive grant program, with a set pool of funding available in each cycle. This program is supported by the Robert Rauschenberg Foundation.

Guidelines and the online application are here: https://www.nyfa.org/rmeg.

Cycle 24: Opens April 16, deadline May 17 @ 5pm ET, for emergencies occurring October 1, 2023 and later