Demand for our services is increasing—we’re counting on your help.

COVID-19 Update:
During this time of uncertainty, members of the performing arts and entertainment community need our help!

I hope you and your loved ones are healthy during this difficult time. Because you are such a valued member of our community, I wanted to share with you how The Actors Fund is mobilizing to support the performing arts and entertainment community that has been so severely impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic.

As devastated as we all feel with film, television, theater, dance, music and opera productions shuttered for weeks, the professionals in these fields are facing a double hit to the ways they make a living. Episodic workers in the entertainment community rely on sideline careers in the hospitality industry, as educators, and even as dog-walkers—meaning that actors, screenwriters, stagehands, dancers, designers and directors are now under tremendous financial pressure as restaurants close down and the schools and offices require everyone to stay home.

So we are reaching out today to ask for your support. Any help you can give right now will go to work immediately to provide critically needed assistance to our community.

We have already received nearly 5,000 requests for help over the past week—and we expect these requests to multiply over the coming days.

At The Actors Fund, we will continue our work to foster stability and resiliency for people in the entertainment community—no matter what comes our way. Help us continue to support those who dedicate their lives to the performing arts by making a gift today.

We are all in this together—and I know this is an opportunity for our Actors Fund family to come together and support each other. Stay safe, and we will be in touch again soon.

With gratitude,

Joseph P. Benincasa
President & CEO 

P.S. Are you a member of the performing arts and entertainment community, and do you need help because of COVID-19? Please visit our website for more information on emergency financial assistance and our other programs.