housing stability grant for artists

The Woodman Family Foundation Housing Stability Grant for Artists (WFF HSG) provides grants of $30,000, distributed over three years, to NYC-based visual artists in need who are seeking support for stable housing. In its second cycle, the WFF HSG will award grants to five artists.

The WFF Housing Stability Grant for Artists is offered in recognition of the increasing unaffordability of rental housing in New York City, and that housing insecurity diminishes artists’ ability to meet their highest potential as creators. Its goal is to improve artists’ housing stability, through a $30,000 grant that is distributed over three years. The WFF HSG hopes that recipients will be able to remain in, or find, reliable and stable housing for at least three years, thereby allowing them to focus on their creative practice and build more sustainable careers. These grants are designed to provide supplemental support towards artists’ long-term housing budgets, rather than provide the primary source of funding for immediate housing needs.

Recipients will be provided with information and guidance for affordable housing in New York City through a partnership with the Entertainment Community Fund (ECF).