About Artists Fellowship
Artists Fellowship Inc appears focused on direct financial relief for individual practicing artists, providing one-off assistance to cover living expenses in times of hardship. Their giving is highly targeted and person-specific rather than institutional or programmatic, with grants made to named artists.
Focus Areas
Direct emergency financial assistance to individual visual artistsLiving-expense grants for artists facing hardshipSupport for New York–based practicing painters/illustrators
Who They Fund
individual artists / creative professionalsfreelance or self-employed artistslow-income artists
Giving Approach
Concentrated, single-recipient giving—small number of one-off grants to named individual artists rather than recurring grants to organizations.
Funding Style
direct cash assistanceemergency/short-term relief
About Artists Fellowship
Artists Fellowship Inc centers its grantmaking on direct emergency financial aid for practicing visual fine artists and their families. The program is designed for hardship cases such as sickness, natural disaster, bereavement, and unexpected extreme need, with assistance given without expectation of repayment. That makes the foundation more of a relief fund than a programmatic arts grantmaker. Its recent grants show repeated support for individual artists facing living-expense pressure. Harvey Lois Dinnerstein received $37,030 in 2023 for assistance in hard times and to help with living expenses, the largest recent award listed. Judith Rich appears twice, with grants of $12,850 in 2023 and $11,800 in 2024, both for support during hardship. Michael Yamaoka received $20,000 in 2024, and Fulvia Zambon Rafferty received $13,500 the same year. The pattern is personal and case-based rather than institutional. Grant language in the recent awards consistently points to immediate support for artists in need, with the foundation using one-time help to address basic financial strain.
What Artists Fellowship Funds
A core theme is living-expense relief for individual artists. Harvey Lois Dinnerstein received $37,030 in 2023, described as support for artists in need of assistance in hard times and to assist with living expenses. Medical or family hardship also fits the foundation’s program design. The active Emergency Financial Aid program covers sickness, bereavement, natural disaster, and unexpected extreme hardship, and it is available to practicing visual fine artists and their families. New York artists appear frequently in the recent awards. Judith Rich received $11,800 in 2024, while Silvia Flores received $6,000 and Keith Edmier received $5,735, both in 2024. The funder also supports artists outside New York, including Jon Von Bergen in Los Angeles and Donald Rainville in Camden, Maine, showing that the work is national rather than limited to one metro area.
How Artists Fellowship Gives
Artists Fellowship Inc’s typical grant size is small and targeted: the 25th percentile is $3,000, the median is $5,000, and the 75th percentile is $6,000. Recent awards cluster close to that range, with occasional larger emergency grants for more acute need. The same names can appear more than once across years, which suggests recurring assistance rather than a strict one-time-only pattern. Judith Rich and Robert Baxter both received grants in 2023 and 2024. The foundation funds individuals, not organizations, and the active Emergency Financial Aid program is open to unsolicited requests. Assistance is provided without expectation of repayment, reinforcing the short-term relief structure.
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$238K
Total Assets
$5M
Total Revenue
$539K
Total Expenses
$388K
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $3K and $6K, with a median of $5K.
25th Percentile
$3K
Median
$5K
75th Percentile
$6K
Geographic Reach
National24 states funded
Funding intensity
LowHigh
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