We will continue to update this page with other community resources to help New Orleans-based creators in this challenging time. Please let us know if you have additional resources to share. The list below builds upon an extensive listing created by the Contemporary Art Center on their ARTORBIT site:

New Orleans and Louisiana Emergency Funding and Assistance:

• Jazz & Heritage Musician’s Fund
• $500-1000 grants for Gig Workers: New Orleans Gig Worker’s Fund
• $500 grants for Hospitality Workers: United Way Hospitality Relief
• $1000 grants for Service & Hospitality Workers from GNOF
• US Small Business Association Paycheck Protection Program: Info Here – Borrowers Apply Here
• New Orleans Musicians’ Clinic COVID-19 Resources and Information
• Band Together Musician’s Benefit- Due April 25
• Snap Benefits (Food Stamps), Get SNAP,
• Emergency Food Donations: COVID-19 – Second Harvest Food Bank
• Unemployment Benefits in LA
• Child Nutrition for Children in NO Public Schools
• Catholic Charities New Orleans (Food, Unemployment, Medicaid applications)
• Diaper Bank for Babies/Junior League
• SBA Loans for organizations/businesses/non-profits
• Southeast Louisiana Legal Assistance
• Legal Assistance Probono New Orleans
• Emergency Legal Responders
• Eviction Assistance in New Orleans
• Eviction Ban Infographic
• Eviction Help Comic by JPNSI & Erin Wilson (reminder evictions in New Orleans are currently banned!)

New Orleans Utilities:

• Sewerage and Water Board/Restore Water Service/Prevent Disconnection 
• Entergy Relief Fund         
• Free Internet from Cox
• Verizon
• AT&T
• T-Mobile
• Sprint

National Resource Lists

• NYFA has a good roundup of active relief grants for artists nationally
• Joan Mitchell Foundation has another one, listed regionally
• MusicWorksInternational.com COVID-19 Resource Database
• ArtistRelief.Org