As of 6/28/24, the Artist Trust (AT) Endurance Grants (END) are open to artists residing in Washington State working in all disciplines.
These grants provide unrestricted, emergency need-based grants of $2,500 to Washington state artists to assist with an unforeseen emergency, crisis, or catastrophic event.
The 40 grants awarded will fund artists who identify with one or more of the following communities: Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) and/or Native, LGBTQIA+, immunocompromised, with immigrant status, have or are living with a disability, residing outside King County, and/or low income.
Deadline: July 29, 2024 at 11:59 p.m.
Applicants must be:
- An artist practicing in one or more of these disciplinary categories; Literary, Media Arts, Performing Arts, Visual Arts.
- 18 years of age or older by application deadline
- Washington State residents at the time of both application and payment (October 2024)
- Individual artists who are the originators of works of art
- Identify as one or more of the following: Black, Indigenous, People of Color (BIPOC), and/or Native, LGBTQIA+, immunocompromised, with immigrant status, having or are living with a disability, residing outside of King County, and/or low income
- Experiencing or having experienced an unforeseen emergency, crisis, or catastrophic event between January 1 – July 29, 2024 (or within 6 months of the application closing on July 29) that significantly and adversely affected their ability to meet basic needs.
All applications are reviewed for eligibility by one multidisciplinary panel of three artists. Each panelist represents different communities and varies by race, age, gender, and geographic location. Panelists are not reviewing need or merit. All eligible applicants are put into a pool and selected at random by a system created by Artist Trust staff. After selection, applicants will be asked to provide documentation of emergency needs, and once confirmed, will be funded.
Learn more about the disciplinary categories, definition of eligible emergencies, and more in the grant guidelines.
Important dates:
July 11 – Artist Trust office hours
July 29 – Application closes
July to August – Panel review
September – Board votes
September 2024 – Notification of grant status
Funding for this program comes in part from a grant from the CERF+ Artist Readiness Program (CARP) with support from the Mellon Foundation, individual donors, and the Artist Trust Board of Trustees.