Resource Database
Search below for opportunities to get help, give help, or donate to people in your community.
Southern Smoke Foundation
Who: Texas food and beverage industry
What: Emergency relief funds to to individuals in the food and beverage industry in crisis (prioritizing medical emergencies right now)
IL Department of Employment Security
Who: Individuals in Illinois who have lost employment due to COVID-19
What: Unemployment benefits application
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Chicago Emergency Rental Assistance
Who: Residents of Chicago
What: Rent and rent arrears payment is available for individuals and families that are in immediate risk of eviction. The program does NOT pay security deposits. Payment will be made to property owner/manager, 7 to 10 days from the date the application is approved. Property owners must agree to participate in the program and cannot be a relative of the applicant or live in the household of the applicant. In addition, eligible applicants must demonstrate an ability to meet rent payments after assistance has been granted – based on the applicant’s current or anticipated income.
Dining At A Distance
Who can help: People living in San Francisco area
What: Use this aggregator to find what restaurants in the San Francisco area are open for take-out, curbside pick-up, or delivery during the lockdown of San Francisco’s restaurants and bars during COVID-19.
Restaurants Care
Who can get help: Restaurant workers in California
What: Restaurants Care is currently evaluating grant requests from California restaurant workers who have been impacted by the coronavirus in the following ways in order of priority to serve the most vulnerable first.
The Safety Net Fund
Who can get help: Artists in the Bay Area
What: This fund will offer grants to artists, with no expectation of repayment, to help provide direct monetary support through this crisis. This money is offered with the intent of helping artists survive and continue to create despite the maelstrom. The maximum grant is $500 per person per month, and the number of grants per month is dependent upon the funds raised.
Restaurant Opportunities Centers United
Who can get help: Individuals who work in food services.
What: National and city/state resources available to restaurant workers during the COVID-19 pandemic.
NY Paid Sick Leave
Who can get help: Residents of New York City
What: Under New York City's Earned Safe and Sick Time Act (Paid Safe and Sick Leave Law), certain employers must give their employees safe and sick leave.
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NYC Artist / Freelancer Relief Fund
Who can get help: Low Income Artist + Freelancers in New York City
What: Income replacement for artists + freelancers in New York City, in particular people of color and trans/non-binary/gender non-conforming/queer individuals.
Rauschenberg Emergency Grants
Who can get help: Visual and performing artists in New York.
What: One-time grants of up to $5,000 for medical emergencies.
Assistance & Guidance for Businesses
Who: Small businesses in New York City
What: Financial assistance for businesses impacted by COVID-19 through New York City government.
Massachusetts Mutual Aid Networks
Who: People living in Massachusetts
What: Mutual Aid networks are set up in times of crisis to help neighborhoods with emergency response. This community-sourced google doc contains info for many neighborhoods in Massachusetts, including neighborhood point people, grocery information, lost income support, and more.
MA Unemployment
Who can get help: Residents of Massachusetts who have lost their job due to COVID-19.
What: State funded assistance online application.
Boston Artist Relief Fund
Who can get help: Individual artists in Boston
What: Relief fund that provides grants of $500 and $1000 to individual artists who live in Boston whose creative practices and incomes are being adversely impacted by Coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19).
Seattle Artist Relief Fund Amid COVID-19
Who can get help: Individual artists in Seattle
What: This fund is for individual artists only who live in the greater Seattle area, not organizations or nonprofits. There are larger funds in the Seattle area dedicated to supporting orgs and nonprofits, and our focus is on the individual gig workers who need assistance now.
Neighborhood Small Business Relief Fund
Who can get help: Small business owners in Seattle or Bellevue, WA
What: Grants to small businesses in Seattle (South Lake Union or Regrade neighborhoods) or Bellevue WA that have fewer than 50 employees or less than $7 million in annual revenue.
The Musicians Foundation
Who can get help: Musicians in New York City facing financial harship
What: Grants, up to $3,000, for medical and allied living expenses in emergencies, and to pay these debts.
Actor's Fund Funeral & Burial Assistance
Who: Fund for anyone in the entertainment industry needing end of life services
What: The Fund assists with the cost of funerals and provide a gravesite with a headstone to those in need and offers pre-pay arrangements for those interested in purchasing a gravesite.
Actor's Fund Disability Support
Who can get help: Anyone in in the Entertainment Industry with Disabilities.
What: Through a Disabled Care Program, qualified social workers will develop plans personalized to their needs. This can range from income support, referrals, and assistance getting public and private benefits.