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Chatham Artist & Arts-Worker Relief Effort (CAARE) Application for Funds

Welcome to the CAARE application. We will be announcing 2021 CAARE program details soon — but in the meantime, applicants may apply for a $100 per week emergency funding grant.

Eligibility requirements:

You are a performing, visual, or literary artist or arts-worker living in Chatham County, North Carolina–and in need of financial assistance due to COVID-19 cancellations and closures. (For the purpose of CAARE, we define arts-worker as someone who earns some part of their income in the arts by making arts projects possible, including exhibition managers, artist managers, stage managers, arts nonprofit administrators, sound technicians, etc.)

Funding Process:

Decisions will be made each Thursday, with a new round of grants beginning August 13. Applications must be received by Tuesday at 4:59 p.m. to be considered by the CAARE committee for that week’s funding. Applications received after Tuesday at 5 p.m. will be reviewed the following week. Disbursements will be made weekly.

Funds will be awarded based on fulfillment of application requirements and available funding. We are not awarding dollars based on any opinions of an applicant’s work, and we seek to help as many artists and arts-workers in Chatham County as possible. Applicants in need may apply each week, but preference will be given to artists/arts-workers who have not yet been funded.

Once your application is approved, a W-9 form will be emailed to you. We will release funds within 24 hours after receipt of the completed form. Funds will be issued via PayPal (preferred) or printed check, and you will be asked to select your method for receipt of funds with return of the W-9.

We asked a small group of Chatham artists to review our application before we published it. We’re grateful for their quick and thorough review, and you can click here to see the FAQ page with answers to the questions they raised.

CAARE Funds Application

    Note: If you are an arts-worker, select Option 3, and enter "Arts-worker."
    Note: If you are an arts-worker, select the Other option, and enter your field of practice (ex: stage management).
  • Please enter a number from 0 to 100.
    Note: There is no answer from 0 to 100% that will automatically disqualify you from support. This is just one among many factors we consider when deciding on award amounts.
  • This includes work/gigs/sales/commissions/projects that you reasonably estimate would have happened, even if it had not been officially contracted or booked yet.
  • If your projected income was to come from ticket sales, percentage of bar tab, gallery sales, and the like, please describe here, and still include the name and contact info for the venue.
  • Examples include but are not limited to rent, mortgage, utilities, medicine, groceries.
    Note: Replying "No" will not affect the funding decision. If you reply "Yes," we will be in touch with you.

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