Rauschenberg Dancer Emergency Grants

The Rauschenberg Dancer Emergency Grants program provides one-time grants of up to $3,000 to professional dancers facing dire financial emergencies due to the loss or lack of recent/current live performance work, because of circumstances outside of their control. This grant program aims to provide dancers with greater stability to move forward by covering up to three months of essential expenses.

Who can apply

Individual: must be 21+, reside in US/DC/Tribal Nation/US Territory, income ≤$80k (individual)/$160k (joint), not received this grant before, not in degree program, demonstrate current professional dancer status. Artistic: been a paid live performer for ≥5 years (since 2021) in stage/performance styles including aerial, ballet, hip-hop, jazz, modern, tap, traditional/folk. Emergency: dire financial emergency for essentials like housing, medicine, utilities, food.

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Funding

$0 – $3k

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Eligibility criteria

Applicants must be 21 years or older.
Applicants must reside in the United States, the District of Columbia, a Tribal Nation, or a U.S. Territory.
Applicants must be an artist in need, having an adjusted gross income of $80,000 or lower for an individual, or $160,000 for joint filers, averaged over the last two federal tax returns.
Applicants must not have received a Rauschenberg Medical or Dancer Emergency Grant within the last five years.
Applicants cannot be enrolled in any degree-seeking program.
Applicants must demonstrate current and ongoing activity as a professional dancer.
Applicants must have been working as a paid, live dance performer for at least the last five years (since 2021).

Rauschenberg Dancer Emergency Grants

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