28 Oct 2026

Grants CERF+’s Craft Emergency Relief Fund

Craft Emergency Relief Fund –  Montpelier, VT, United States

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Opportunity Description

U.S. National Deadline: Ongoing – The Emergency Relief Grant program supports individual craft artists who make original three-dimensional objects by hand, including folk and traditional artforms, who reside and work in the US, US Territories, Tribal Nations or Indigenous Communities, who have experienced an unforeseen, substantially disruptive emergency in the last 90 days with grants of $1,000. Individuals who’ve previously received a emergency relief grant are not eligible to apply.

ELIGIBILITY
To qualify for an Emergency Relief Grant, applicants need to be craft artists who are 18 years of age or older. They must have been living and working in the U.S. or U.S. Territories for the past two years. Additionally, they should not have received an Emergency Relief Grant in the previous year or exceeded the maximum lifetime limit of 4 grants.

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Once successfully submitted, applications are reviewed and responses are provided via email within 10-15 business days.
Note, incomplete applications will not be reviewed for consideration in this program.


About:
The Craft Emergency Relief Fund is rooted in the idea of mutual aid, where individuals unite to support one another during difficult times. Our commitment to generosity, inclusion, and care manifests in the way we organize resources, interact, communicate, and connect with others.

The Craft Emergency Relief Fund (CERF+) provides craft artists with support and resources for disaster and emergency relief, education programs, and readiness grants to strengthen preparedness. Committing to generosity, inclusion, and care, we advocate for the thrive-ability of craft artists and craft as an art form.

CERF+
P.O. Box 1341
Brattleboro, VT 05302

Opportunity Categories: + Open to Multi-Media. Opportunity Types: Grants. Opportunity Tags: Below $25 Entry/Application Fee, Ongoing and Recurring Deadlines, and Open to U.S. Artists Only. Benefits: *No Participation Fee, Cash or Value Awards, and Grant.

Opportunity expires in 221 days.

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