Foundation for Contemporary Arts offers the Grants for Immediate Needs program as a mechanism to provide modest support - quickly - when artists have sudden opportunities to present their work to the public.

Authors League Fund helps professional writers who find themselves in financial need because of medical or health-related problems, temporary loss of income or other misfortune. The Fund gives open-ended, interest-free, no-strings-attached loans. These loans are not grants or scholarships meant to subsidize personal writing projects.

Screen Actors Guild (SAG) offers emergency assistance grants to eligible members.

Musicians Foundation, Inc. provides financial assistance to deserving musicians who need help in meeting current living, medical and allied expenses.

Change, Inc. provides one-time emergency grants up to $1000 to artists of any discipline. Applicants must be professional artists who can demonstrate need.

Sweet Relief provides financial assistance to all types of career musicians who are facing illness, disability, alcohol or chemical dependency, or age-related problems.

Actors' Fund of America provides services for the social welfare of all entertainment professionals including designers, writers, sound technicians, musicians, dancers, administrators, directors, film editors, stagehands and actors.

PEN American Center works to advance literature, to defend free expression, and to foster international literary fellowship.

Craft Emergency Relief Fund's (CERF) mission is to strengthen and sustain the careers of craft artists across the United States. CERF accomplishes its mission through direct financial and educational assistance to craft artists, including emergency relief assistance, business development support, and resources and referrals on topics such as health, safety, and insurance. CERF also advocates, engages in research, and backs policy that supports craft artists’ careers.

Will Rogers Memorial Fund provides short-term financial assistance with payment of rehabilitative medical expenses to members of the entertainment industry who are unable to work due to a medical disability. The industry member's spouse and children are also eligible. In addition to financial support, the Will Rogers Memorial Fund also provides information and referral services.