Resources for
Individual Creatives and Arts Organizations
Please let us know if you have something that can be added to the list by emailing the Arts Council here.
Financial Resources for Individuals and Organizations
NOW OPEN Shuttered Venues Operator Grant
The Shuttered Venue Operators Grant (SVOG) program was established through the Economic Aid to Hard-Hit Small Businesses, Nonprofits, and Venues Act and amended by the American Rescue Plan Act to provide over $16 billion in economic relief to target industries. The SVOG application opens April 8, 2021.
The Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) provides loans to help businesses keep their workforce employed during the Coronavirus (COVID-19) crisis. Borrowers may be eligible for PPP loan forgiveness.
Fort Worth CCPD Development Grant Projects and Program Grants
The new Community-Based Programs strategy focuses on strengthening non-profit agencies and their responses to crime and safety problems in order to establish long-term change. This will be achieved through Development Grants (1-Year/$50,000) and Program Grants (3-Years/$300,000). Participation in a preproposal conference is mandatory. Email to receive a link to a virtual conference.
MusicCovidRelief.com is a resource brought to you by partners in the U.S. Music Community to help music professionals access information and applications to receive COVID-19 benefits and support.
Coronavirus Tax Relief and Economic Impact Payments
Tax help for taxpayers, businesses, tax-exempt organizations, and others – including health plans – affected by a coronavirus (COVID-19).
Musicians Foundation's CV19 Emergency Relief Aid Grant
This application is available online only. Modest, one-time grants up to $200 will be available to professional performers, educators, and composers who meet the requirements.
The Emergency Artists’ Support League
Providing financial assistance since 1992 to North Texas visual artists and arts professionals in distress.
Artists’ Fellowship Financial Aid
The Artists’ Fellowship provides emergency aid to professional visual fine artists and their families in times of sickness, natural disaster, bereavement, or unexpected extreme hardship.
Texas Workforce Commission Disaster Unemployment Assistance
The Artists’ Fellowship provides emergency aid to professional visual fine artists and their families in times of sickness, natural disaster, bereavement, or unexpected extreme hardship.
Artists interested in CERF+ emergency assistance must first complete an inquiry form. If it is determined that you may be eligible for assistance, you will be invited to apply for assistance.
Artists’ Fellowship Financial Aid
The Artists’ Fellowship provides emergency aid to professional visual fine artists and their families in times of sickness, natural disaster, bereavement, or unexpected extreme hardship.
Marketing and Micro-grant for Artists
Annuity Freedom is offering a free SEO analysis and recommendations and micro-grants. Grantees will be selected on a rolling basis. There is no application deadline. There is also a $100 monthly grant awarded each month.
Resources for Organizations
In It for the Long Haul: How Arts and Cultural Organizations Can Consider Adapting
Aimed at helping arts and cultural organizations consider key questions and variables as they plan for reopening and a post-COVID-19 future, this report estimates the pandemic’s effect on the nonprofit arts sector and identifies three critical propositions and four prompting questions for consideration.
Texas Commission on the Arts presents this professional development webinar on raising funds during uncertain times.
Adapting to the Changing Pandemic Landscape
Texas Commission on the Arts presents this professional development webinar.
Digitizing the Cultural Experience For Your Audience
Houston Arts Alliance is compiling resources to help the arts & cultural community remain resilient in light of the COVID-19 pandemic. One approach is to develop a way to make events digitally accessible to your audience.
Resources for Mental Health and Well-being
60 Digital Resources for Mental Health (Divided by population or disorder)
Strategies for Coping with Isolation and Loneliness During the Coronavirus Pandemic
Living with Mental Illness During COVID-19 Outbreak– Preparing for Your Wellness
Care for Your Coronavirus Anxiety
Mental Health America– Anxiety Information & Support
Manage Anxiety & Stress: Tools from the Center for Disease Control
Tips for Social Distancing, Quarantine, And Isolation During an Infectious Disease Outbreak
Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance: Podcasts
Free Online Meditation Practice Sessions
When Home Becomes the Workplace: Mental Health and Remote Work
Working from home: A guide to creating a healthy and productive workspace at home
Resources For Immediate Response
Call 1-800-985-5990 or text TalkWithUs to 66746. The Disaster Distress Helpline (DDH) provides crisis counseling and support for anyone in the U.S. experiencing distress or other behavioral health concerns related to any natural or human-caused disaster, including public health emergencies.
Crisis Text Line
Text MHA to 741741 and you’ll be connected to a trained Crisis Counselor. Crisis Text Line provides free, text-based support 24/7.
SAMHSA’s Disaster Distress Helpline
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
Toll-Free: 1-800-985-5990 (English and español)
SMS: Text TalkWithUs to 66746
SMS (español): “Hablanos” al 66746
TTY: 1-800-846-8517
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline
1-800-273-8255
Nacional de Prevención del Suicidio
1-888-628-9454
Options For Deaf + Hard of Hearing
1-800-799-4889
Veterans Crisis Line
1-800-273-8255
Text 838255