The short answer

A grant from Foundation for Contemporary Arts, United States. The organiser accepts applications without a fixed closing date. Official terms last checked 24 August 2026.

Not stated by the organiserthe selection odds. Blank is never read as favourable, and nothing here is estimated to fill it.

Closes: No fixed date · rolling
Entry: Free
Support: Funded
Award: $500 to $3,000; average grant currently $2,200
Who can apply: Artists making innovative experimental work who live in the US or its territories, hold a US Tax ID, and have a committed exhibition or performance with specific dates
Evidence checked: 24 August 2026

In the organiser's words

What the official page says.

Quoted from foundationforcontemporaryarts.org and checked on 24 August 2026. This is the organiser's description, reproduced as captured. It has not been through the evidence checks that produced the figures above.

FCA Emergency Grants provide immediate project-based assistance to visual and performing artists and poets living anywhere in the United States. The programme is year-round and rolling, with roughly 100 applications received and 15 to 20 grants made each month. Apply 8 to 10 weeks before your project's public presentation date and no earlier than 10 weeks. Note this funds projects, not living costs — food, rent, medical bills and childcare are explicitly excluded.

The money, to scale

What it pays, and what it costs to ask.

Model my own cost

Award: US$500$500 to $3,000; average grant currently $2,200
Entry fee: FreeFree
Total to enter: Not stated

Critical fields stated6/6

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Verified facts

The evidence ledger

Blank fields are never interpreted as favorable. The organizer’s current terms remain controlling.

Organizer	Foundation for Contemporary Arts
Type	Grant
Disciplines	any
Location / online	United States
Eligibility	Artists making innovative experimental work who live in the US or its territories, hold a US Tax ID, and have a committed exhibition or performance with specific dates
Deadline	Rolling deadline
Opens	Not stated
Award / support	$500 to $3,000; average grant currently $2,200
Entry fee	Free
Funding type	Funded
Verified	24 August 2026

Support ledger

What it gives, and what stays unclear.

Every row is read off this record. Nothing is filled in from what an opportunity of this kind usually offers.

Headline award: $500 to $3,000; average grant currently $2,200; US$500
Funding classification: Funded; Published signal

Not structured in this record

Travel + shipping
Accommodation + studio
Accessibility

Ask the organiser before you budget. An unstated cost is an unknown cost, not a free one.

True cost to enter

Free

Application: Free

Open cost evidence Model my own cost

Published selection odds

Not published

The organiser does not publish acceptance numbers.

No proxy score, reputation estimate or invented probability replaces missing applicant and selection counts.

Application control list

Build the file set without inventing requirements.

This call publishes no requirements of its own, so these are the common preparation categories for a grant. Confirm every format, word count and required document against the official brief.

01Selected work samplesConfirm officially
02Artist statement or proposalConfirm officially
03Short biographyConfirm officially
04CV or résuméConfirm officially
05Captions and file specificationsConfirm officially

Seven-day application plan

A calm route to submit.

Day 1Eligibility + source
Day 2Select evidence
Day 3Draft narrative
Day 4Budget + logistics
Day 5External review
Day 6Format + upload
Day 7Submit + archive

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