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** Artist Emergency Fund Update & Additional Funding
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Last week, we relaunched our Artist Emergency Fund ([link removed][UNIQID]) to aid documentary filmmakers affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. We are grateful to our donors who contributed over $150,000 for our national artist community in just a matter of weeks. At the same time, we also received an overwhelming response from filmmakers in need–which raised concerns around how our modest fund can provide the best support at this time.

We have decided to close this fund tonight, April 8 at 11:59 p.m. ET to allow us to immediately respond to the first batch of applications in our queue. Our goal is to support as many applicants as we can with the resources we currently have available. All applicants who submitted by this time will be reviewed and considered for funding. For questions or clarifications, contact [email protected].

In addition to distributing basic needs grants through April, we plan to re-open the fund in May with a focus on mental health support and hope to make more aid available in the months ahead. We are part of a growing movement of organizations pooling resources for artists around the country–just this week alone, new funds were announced from Artist Relief ([link removed][UNIQID]) and Field of Vision ([link removed][UNIQID]) , among others.

We will keep the community updated about upcoming funding opportunities through our newsletter and social media. Until then, be safe and take care of one another.
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The Artist Emergency Fund is made possible with support from Open Society Foundations, Shizuka Asakawa, the Chicago Media Project, Genuine Article Pictures and a number of other generous individuals. For more information on ways to support this fund, contact Savannah Lennertz at [email protected] (mailto:[email protected]) .
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Major funding for POV is provided by PBS, The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, National Endowment for the Arts and the Wyncote Foundation. Additional funding comes from The John S. and James Knight Foundation, Nancy Blachman and David desJardins, Bertha Foundation, Reva & David Logan Foundation, Open Society Foundations, Chicago Media Project, Lefkofsky Family Foundation, Sage Foundation, New York State Council on the Arts, New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council, Ann Tenenbaum and Thomas H. Lee and public television viewers. POV is presented by a consortium of public television stations, including KQED San Francisco, WGBH Boston and THIRTEEN in association with WNET.ORG.
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