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NEMRF offers financial relief grants averaging $1000. We can also connect musicians with our partners at Brookline Center and the Arts and Business Council for additional resources.

Please complete your application using our online form. For a copy of the questions, please reference here. If any questions, please get in touch: relief@nemrf.org, with the subject “NEMRF application”

New England Musicians Resource Fund Eligibility Requirements: 

  • You must reside or be professionally active primarily in one or more of the six contiguous New England states (ME, VT, NH, MA, RI, CT).

  • At least 50% of your income must have come from employment as a performing musician or music teacher in at least three calendar years since 2020. Or, at least 50% of your income comes from employment as a technician or engineer supporting musicians working in New England.

  • You are experiencing extraordinary financial hardship due to recent circumstances.

  • If you are not sure you qualify by these measures, please do apply anyway. Other factors may be considered. 

Required Documentation (Applications will not be processed without this information):

  1. Completed Basic Application, Career History Section, and description and documentation of the extraordinary circumstances causing financial hardship.

  2. Financial Statement. Financial information will be reviewed separately from the rest of the application and without your name attached.

  3. Proof of Music Industry Employment. Examples can include: roster lists from concert programs or performing organization websites, resume with contact information for employers, proof of AFM union membership, online biography, discography, etc. If applicable, proof of school enrollment. 

  4. Follow-up documentation may be requested. 

When scanning documents, we strongly recommend using one of the many excellent available scanning apps, such as Adobe Scan, CamScanner, or Genius Scan.

 A demographic survey is also included, which will help us with tracking, reporting, and self-evaluating our commitment to equity and inclusion. It is not required, and your answers if you choose to respond are not reviewed or considered in the approval process.