New Music USA are currently accepting applications for their Reel Change Film Music Grants, which offer individualized grants of around $20,000 to composers of film music from traditionally marginalized backgrounds. The fund was established in 2020 and will continue to provide grants for a timeline of five years.

The grants are partially supported by Spitfire Audio, Steinberg, and Native Instruments. Spitfire Audio will donate $1K in software packages to each grantee, as well as providing promotional support of the Reel Change program. Steinberg will provide hardware and software packages. Native Instruments will provide the flagship music production suite Komplete Collectors Edition for each grantee.

Around four to six grants will be given each year. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling timeline by an advisory board made up of leading composers of film music, including Christophe Beck, Jongnic “JB” Bontemps, Kris Bowers, Miriam Cutler, Chanda Dancy, Tony Morales, and Pinar Toprak. Members of this advisory board will offer additional support and mentorship for interested applicants.

You can find out more about the grants and submit an application here.

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The Open Fund for Music Creators of the UK’s PRS Foundation aids the development of preeminent songwriters and composers of all genres and backgrounds at varying career stages. Applicants must be based in the UK.

Artists may apply for grants of up to £5,000, which can support the writing of new music, a stipend, touring and live performances, recordings and releases, creative residency costs, fees to creative collaborators, plus promotion and marketing.

The program’s “Music Creators” includes songwriters, composers, or artists, bands, producers, and performers who are writing their own music or commissioning others. The Open Fund has also been more flexible in financing artists’ needs, especially given the impact the COVID-19 pandemic has been having across the music sector.

While the organization supports high quality new music projects, it is not able to support core organizational costs, salary costs or living costs. For performance projects, the program will only fund one-off performances in exceptional circumstances and prioritize projects which involve either repeat or multiple performances.

Applications must be submitted online by 6 PM on September 14, 2022.

More information can be found here. To apply, click here.

Since its establishment in 2000, the PRS Foundation has given more than £41 million in grants to over 8,100 new music initiatives in the UK. More grants within this organization can be found here.

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Founded in 1992 and based in Santa Monica, California, the 18th Street Arts Center’s Visiting Artist Residency Program has hosted over 500 art curators, writers, and musicians of all generations, nationalities, and disciplines from across the U.S. and abroad. The program includes invited artists as well as artists selected through the application process.

The center comprises four live/work artist studios, where residencies can last from one to three months at a time, or longer. While funding is case-by-case, the program encourages artists to secure or apply for financial assistance to cover the residency’s costs through various funding programs.

In some cases, the program has agreements with cultural ministries and other funders to underwrite artist residencies. A list of international residency funders and tips on funding and applying can be found at Res Artis or the Alliance for Artist Communities. 

Though the 18th Street Arts Center primarily supports visual artists, they will also consider applications from performing artists, writers, and filmmakers. To apply, click here. For more information, click here.

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Raising funds through concerts, events, bequests, and individual donations, New York City’s Musicians Foundation has supported thousands of musicians across all genres, helping them through financial difficulties and personal setbacks. 

To be eligible for these grants, a candidate must be a professional music performer, composer/songwriter, or educator in a specific time of need, and must have worked as a professional musician in the U.S. for five or more years and currently reside in the U.S. The applicant must also have filed taxes as a musician for five or more years and be able to provide a copy of a recently completed tax return.

Examples of circumstances that qualify for assistance include receiving medical bills for an injury that has made it difficult or impossible to perform, write, or teach music; an eviction or lease termination notice/having past-due rent caused by an unexpected hardship; a dental procedure or treatment in order to comfortably work as a musician; or having to assist an ill family member with essential bills, and now need help paying rent, due to financial hardship involved with supporting your family. 

Financial assistance will not be granted for loss of work related to COVID-19, such as canceled gigs or closed venues, and will not provide for travel, credit card bills, personal loans, or educational expenses.

Founded in 1914, the Musicians Foundation is the country’s oldest independent nonprofit organization dedicated to financially supporting musicians and their families in times of need, crisis, or transition. “In a time when artists experience more instability than ever before, [we serve] as a vital safety net for those who have given their lives to music,” stated the Foundation.

To apply and check your eligibility for a grant, click here.

For any queries, contact: applications@musiciansfoundation.org

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