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QUICK LINKS:

First Steps to Recovery

Government Assistance Options

Additional Resources

For Small Businesses and Self-Employed

For Artists & Arts Organizations

For Schools & Teachers

Legal Help

Artform-Specific Help

 

 

First Steps to Recovery: What you need to know

Federal Emergency Management Assistance (FEMA)
Residents and business owners who suffered damage due to Hurricane Sandy can begin applying for Federal Emergency Management Assistance (FEMA). To register go to www.disasterassistance.gov or call 1-800-621-3362 or 1-800-462-7585 (TTY) between 7 a.m. to 10 p.m. Sunday through Saturday until further notice.

 A Guide to Navigating FEMA and SBA Disaster Aid for Cultural Institutions  
This website is meant as a general guide for cultural institutions seeking federal funding to aid in disaster response and recovery.

 

 

Government Assistance Options

New Jersey Office of Emergency Management

Federal Disaster Loans for Homeowners, Renters, & Businesses of all Sizes
The U.S. Small Business Administration provides low-interest disaster loans to homeowners, renters, businesses of all sizes and private, nonprofit organizations to repair or replace real estate, personal property, machinery & equipment, inventory and business assets that have been damaged or destroyed in a declared disaster. More Info

Hurricane Recovery Assistance from The Department of Labor
The U.S. Department of Labor is assisting in the recovery efforts in communities affected by this season’s hurricanes, and offers income and job assistance. More Info 

 

 

Additional Resources

Mayer Foundation
The Foundation makes economic relief grants to individuals suffering or in distress as a result of poverty, low income or lack of financial resources. More Info

NJ 2-1-1 Hurricane Response and Recovery

Council for New jersey Grantmakers

 

 

For Small Businesses & Self-Employed

Federal Disaster Loans for Homeowners, Renters, & Businesses of all Sizes
The U.S. Small Business Administration provides low-interest disaster loans to homeowners, renters, businesses of all sizes and private, nonprofit organizations to repair or replace real estate, personal property, machinery & equipment, inventory and business assets that have been damaged or destroyed in a declared disaster. More Info

NJ Business Action Center
To support the recovery of New Jersey’s businesses and protect the overall economic interests of our state in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy, Governor Chris Christie and Lt. Governor Kim Guadagno have announced a series of business assistance services for those affected by the storm. Among these vital services are those related to financial support, information on temporary space, and technical assistance for impacted businesses.
Learn more: www.nj.gov/njbusiness | Call: 1.866.534.7789

Cooperative Business Assistance Corporation
Cooperative Business Assistance Corporation (CBAC) is a nonprofit organization providing market or below market interest rate business loans and technical assistance to small businesses located in or moving into the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and Southern New Jersey region. More Info

UCEDC – A Non-Profit Economic Development Corp
UCEDC is an economic development corporation dedicated to providing a variety of services for small businesses including helping them get back to business as quickly as possible after a disaster. Their services include loans to small businesses when conventional lending sources are out of reach.
Learn more: www.ucedc.com | Call: 908.527.1166

Hurricane Sandy Disaster Relief through New Jersey Main Street Business Assistance Program
The Main Street Disaster Relief Program will make available EDA guarantees of up to $500,000 for commercial lines of credit to businesses that need access to cash to improve their damaged property while awaiting insurance proceeds. More Info

Freelancers Info (Including Unemployment info)
www.freelancersunion.org

 

 

For Artists & Arts Organizations

The Andy Warhol and Robert Rauschenberg Foundationsthrough the New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA). For info on grants to arts organizations, go to  www.rauschenbergfoundation.org.
“We are open to all arts organizations of any medium that were impacted by Hurricane Sandy, either through actual damage or lost income due to power outages or other closures. As long as there is demonstrated loss, funding is on a first come, first served basis. The tri-state area is our main focus, but we are not limited to this region, as long as the impact was from Sandy. So far, we have seen applications from NYC, the Hudson River Valley, Long Island and NJ.”

New York Foundationfor the Arts Emergency Relief Fund | www.nyfa.org

ArtsReady provides general and arts-specific preparedness guidance, information on response and recovery resources available to artists and arts organizations, and access to the broad ArtsReady network.
Learn more: www.artsready.org  |  Call: 404.874.7244

CERF+ (Craft Emergency Relief Fund + Artists’ Emergency Resources) along with its partners in the National Coalition for Arts Preparedness and Emergency Response are committed to providing and connected people to emergency relief. (also see the widget at the top of this page). More Info

American Institute for Conservation—Collections Emergency Response Team (AIC-CERT)
The American Institute for Conservation, the national association of conservation professionals, is offering free emergency response assistance to cultural organizations with collections. AIC-CERT is supported and managed by the Foundation of the American Institute for Conservation (FAIC) and consists of a force of 107 “rapid responders” trained to assess damage and initiate salvage of cultural collections after a disaster has occurred.  AIC-CERT volunteers have provided advice to dozens of museums, libraries, and archives and they remain ready to assist.

Resources and information on disaster recovery and salvage: www.conservation-us.org/disaster

Get advice or make an appointment, call the 24-hour assistance line: 202.661.8068

The Artist Fellowship

The Artists’ Fellowship, Inc. is a charitable foundation that assists professional fine artists (painters, graphic artists, printmakers, sculptors) and their families in times of emergency, disability, or bereavement. The Artists’ Fellowship’s Board of Trustees and Officers all serve as volunteers in service to our community of artists. Assistance is given without expectation of repayment. One does not need to be a member of the Fellowship to receive assistance; neither does membership in the Artists’ Fellowship entitle one to assistance from the foundation.

Library of Congress
Emergency Drying Procedures for Water Damaged Collections

National Trust for Historical Preservation
Preparation & Response for Cultural Institutions

NJ Association of Museums
Many of us are still assessing the damage of Hurricane Sandy. NJAM is initiating a volunteer network to assist museums in need. If you’d like to be included on a volunteer list to help museums in need in the aftermath of Sandy, please email njassociationofmuseums@gmail.com and put “Volunteer” in the subject line.

Please include your contact information and any special skills you may offer to the recovery process. If you’d like to report your museum as a museum-in-need, please email njassociationofmuseums@gmail.com and put “Hurricane Sandy” in the subject line. Please include your contact information and a description of your anticipated needs.

 

 

For Schools & Music Teachers

Mr. Hollands Opus – Musical Instruments

Fender Foundation

Classics for kids

Frank and Lydia Bergan Foundation

Presser Foundation

Save the Music Foundation

 

 

Legal Help

Christie Administration Telephone Hotline for New Jersey Disaster Legal Services: A toll-free hotline, 1-888-541-1900, is now available for New Jersey survivors facing legal issues because of Hurricane Sandy.  Disaster survivors with storm-related legal issues can call the hotline to request free legal assistance. The office will be staffed from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday by members of the Young Lawyers Division of the New Jersey Bar Association. Voice messages can be left when the office is not staffed. More Info

StudioProtector.org, Legal Info

IRS Provides Tax Relief to Victims of Hurricane Sandy; Return Filing and Tax Payment Deadline Extended to Feb. 1, 2013
On this page and those linked to it you will find information about FEMA assistance and how to apply; clean-up resources and local recovery efforts. 

 

 

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Artform-Specific Help

Craft Emergency Relief Fund
CERF’s emergency relief programs provide assistance to help sustain a craft artist’s career when an emergency occurs. Emergency relief assistance includes grants and no-interest loans

Actors Fund Resource Page (For all performing artists)

The Haver Foundation
The Haven Foundation is a charitable foundation that assists people who have
made their living as free-lance artists but have run into a difficult period because
of illness, injury or mishap and need a helping hand to get back on their feet
again.

The Foundation of the Motion Picture Pioneers

American Guild of Musical Artists Relief Fund
The AGMA Relief Fund depends on your generosity to assist our members in need.

The Dramatists Guild Fund
The Dramatists Guild Fund awards one-time emergency grants to individual playwrights, lyricists and composers in need of temporary financial assistance due to unexpected illness or extreme hardship.

Writers Guild of America
The Good & Welfare Fund provides temporary assistance to WGA members experiencing financial stress in emergency situations. Loans are intended to assist in the procurement of life necessities.

Episcopal Actors’ Guild of America
The Emergency Aid and Relief Program gives grants to professional performing artists in emergency situations or crises. Grants are given only after the applicant’s needs have not been substantially met by their parent union or The Actors Fund, and/or other charitable organizations

Professional Dancers Society
Financial assistance is available to dancers and choreographers who meet eligibility criteria. Administered by The Actors Fund.

Broadcasters’ Foundation
The Broadcasters Foundation of America provides an anonymous safely net to men and women in the radio and television broadcast profession in cases of critical illness or crisis

Gospel Music Trust Fund
The Gospel Music Trust Fund provides financial assistance in the event of an emergency or major catastrophe, terminal or severe illness, to individuals who have derived a substantial portion of their income from the field of Gospel music.

Grand Ole Opry Trust Fund
Any person who has been employed full time in the country music industry may be eligible for financial aid from The Opry Trust Fund.

Jazz Foundation of America
The Musicians’ Emergency Fund offers aid to elder jazz and blues musicians in crisis.

Musician’s Foundation
Musicians Foundation helps professional musicians by providing emergency financial assistance in meeting current living, medical and allied expenses. All professional musicians are eligible to apply.

American Society of Journalists and Authors
The Writers Emergency Assistance Fund’s mission is to help established freelance writers across the country who, because of advanced age, illness, disability, a natural disaster, or an extraordinary professional crisis are unable to work.

Carnegie Fund for Authors
Carnegie Fund for Authors offers aid to authors who have suffered a financial emergency as a result of illness or injury to self, spouse or dependent child, or for some other misfortune that has placed the applicant in pressing need. Applicants must have had at least one book published commercially that has received reader acceptance. Send inquiries to: One Old Country Road, Carle Place, NY 11514

Adolph and Esther Gottlieb Foundation, Inc.
‘The Emergency Assistance Program is intended to provide interim financial assistance to qualified artists whose needs are the result of an unforeseen, catastrophic incident, and who lack the resources to meet that situation. Each grant is given as one-time assistance for a specific emergency, examples of which are fire, flood, or emergency medical need.

 

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