2025 WFF Housing Stability Grant for Artists
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The Woodman Family Foundation Housing Stability Grant for Artists (WFF HSG) provides grants of $30,000, distributed over three years, to NYC-based visual artists in need who are seeking support for stable housing. In its inaugural cycle, the WFF HSG will award grants to five artists.
WHO CAN APPLY?
Applicants must:
- Be 21 years or older on April 8, 2025.
- Reside in one of the five boroughs of New York City, and must have maintained New York City residency for at least the last five consecutive years.
- Have an adjusted gross income of $75,000 or lower for an individual, or $150,000 for joint filers, averaged over the last two federal tax returns.
- Have household assets no greater than $108,710 ($155,300 for joint filers) as of the application deadline.
- Not currently be receiving rental assistance through a program including, but not limited to, Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher (HCV), Section 8 project-Based Voucher (PBV), Family Eviction Prevention Supplement (FEPS or CityFHEPS), Veterans Affairs Supportive Housing (VASH), or a tenant in Public Housing or Section 202 (Supportive Housing for the Elderly).
- Not be enrolled in a degree-seeking program of any kind.
- Demonstrate recent and ongoing activity as a visual artist for at least the last seven years (Painting, Photography, Printmaking/Drawing/Book Arts, and/or Sculpture).
- Be experiencing housing instability through one or more of the following circumstances: 1) Not having a lease or written agreement with the owner/landlord of your housing, or a sublease with tenant of record. 2) Currently in a month-to-month or other uncertain housing situation. 3) Currently be paying more than 40% of your income in rent (including utilities). 4) Have received notice of a rent increase within the next six months that will increase your rent to 40% or more of your income. 5) Needing to leave your current housing because of an unexpected partnership dissolution, for your physical or emotional safety, or because of an unhealthy condition such as mold, lack of utilities or hazardous conditions.
GRANT TIMELINE:
Applications Open: Tuesday, February 11, 2025 at 10:00 AM ET
Applications Close: Tuesday, April 8, 2025 at 5:00 PM ET*
Applicants Notified: Summer 2025
*Please note that the application form on Submittable will automatically close and stop accepting applications at this time.
The 2025 application cycle is our pilot cycle. We expect that questions and clarifications will arise and encourage you to visit our FAQs page where we’ll update information regularly. NYFA reserves the right to make changes to the program as needed, provided they do not affect the published eligibility guidelines.
For more information visit: https://www.nyfa.org/awards-grants/wff-housing-stability-grant-for-artists/
Questions? [email protected].