Rauschenberg Medical Emergency Grants
Rauschenberg Medical Emergency Grants support artists in financial need with emergency medical, dental, and mental health costs to help them recover and return to creative practice.
Funder: New York Foundation for the Arts
Due Dates: November 17, 2026 (Cycle 39) | January 12, 2027 (Cycle 40) | March 16, 2027 (Cycle 41)
Funding Amounts: One-time grants up to $5,000; approximately $138,000 available per cycle
Summary: Emergency assistance helps artists in financial need recover from unexpected medical, dental, or mental health emergencies and return to creative practice.
Key Information: Only generative artists in choreography, digital/electronic arts, video/film, and visual arts are eligible.
Description
The Rauschenberg Medical Emergency Grants program is administered by the New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA), with support from the Robert Rauschenberg Foundation. It provides one-time assistance for recent, unexpected medical, dental, and mental health emergencies affecting artists in financial need. The program carries forward Robert Rauschenberg’s commitment to helping fellow artists obtain emergency aid.
Support addresses artists’ out-of-pocket emergency costs so they can avoid delaying critical treatment or incurring overwhelming debt. The focus is urgent conditions that seriously affect daily life and the ability to continue or return to creative practice, rather than routine care or ongoing treatment. Selection considers demonstrated need, medical and economic severity, and the potential impact of assistance on creative practice.
