Resources

Resources For Artists Seeking Help With Space And Survival

Financing And Technical Assistance

• Arts Loan Fund

• Center For Cultural Innovation

• Community Arts Stabilization Trust (CAST) 

• Community Vision

• Community Vision/Safer DIY Life/safety loan fund

• East Bay Community Foundation

• Safer DIY Spaces

Tenant Resources

Eviction Help

• ACCESS Center SF Legal information on evictions SF

• Alameda County and Albany, Concord, Emeryville, Union City contact list (emails, phone numbers by location).

• Anti Eviction Map Tenant Resource List and Took Kits

• Bay Area Legal Aid Illegal evictions, substandard housing conditions, discrimination, and wrongful denials of housing subsidies.

• Berkeley Housing Retention Program Berkeley residents 

• Centro Legal De La Raza Tenants’ rights practice

• CFPB Directory for rental assistance by state/tribal lands

• East Bay Community Law Center directory by issues for East Bay residents

• ECHO Fair Housing East Bay Eviction Review by City

• Eden Council for Hope and Opportunity permanent housing support East Bay

• Ellis Act Eviction Ellis eviction rights and eviction assistance

• Eviction Defense Collaborative Legal, rental, shelter, tenant assistance- national

• Eviction Defense Network Facing eviction/rent debt in CA; workshops/webinars/classes

• Law Help Eviction Resources Housing costs and housing

Housing Solutions

• Displaced Tenant Housing Preference Lottery preference can be used when applying to affordable housing.

• Homeless Action Center Public Benefits Advocacy Alameda County

• Marin County Emergency Rental Assistance Marin Residents

• National Low Income Housing Coalition U.S. directory by state

• Oakland Emergency Rental Assistance Oakland residents

• Oakland Tenants Union Clinic events and resources for Oakland

• San Francisco Tenants Union Tenant counseling services

• San Francisco Rent Board Tenant protections from rent increase/eviction

• SF Rent Stabilization Rent Board Mediator Request PDF

• Tenant Power Tool Kit Legal Resources

• Tenants Together Legal Resource Directory

• The Unity Council Emergency Rental Assistance Program Alameda County Residents

Senior Housing Solutions

• Emergency Housing Guide Emergency Housing Resources for Seniors

• Senior Housing for Low-Income Residents Eligibility & how to apply

Community Land Trust Resources

• OakCLT Housing Opportunities Land trust application process

• Northern California Land Trust Properties list

Legal Assistance

• Bay Area Legal Aid Free civil legal assistance for Bay Area residents 

• California Lawyers for the Arts Legal resources for artists

• California State Self Help Guide Free legal help family law & small claims

• East Bay Community Law Center Directory by issues for East Bay residents

• Law Help for ow-income people

• Transgender Law Center Legal and transgender resource assistance.

Home Buying

• Alameda County Mortgage Credit Certificate MCC program official website

• AC Boost Program Alameda County First-Time Home Buyers Program

• CAL FHA California Housing Finance Agency

• California Dream for All Shared Appreciation Loan

• City of Emeryville Home Buyer Programs

• Alameda County Mortgage Credit Certificate MCC program official website

• AC Boost Program Alameda County First-Time Home Buyers Program

• The Pathway to Homeownership Closing Cost Assistance Grant Program grants up to $10,000 to low-to-moderate first-time homebuyers from underserved communities

• HUD Counseling Agencies approved list

Emergency (other)

• American for the Arts Disaster Preparedness Resources

• Arts Ready Emergency Planning

• California Arts Council Natural disaster resource list

• Center for Cultural Innovation Emergency resources

• CCI Emergency Resources Running List

• Mental Health Fund for Queer/Trans Black, Indigenous and People of Color (QTBIPOC)

• Studio Protector Artist guide to emergencies

Closing with pandemic relief over

• Artist Relief

• SFF Foundation COVID 19 Emergency

Artist Resources + Opportunities

• Artist Power Center YBCA Guides & resources

• Art Span Workshops

• California Lawyers for the Arts Workshops & Events

• Center for Cultural Innovation (CCI) Artist resources, workshops & grants

• Fractured Atlas Artist/Creatives business resources

• Future of Music Coalition Policy & strategies to promote artists’ voices

• Intersection for the Arts Artist resources, workshops

• Springboard for the Arts Artist resources, Toolkits, training

• Theatre Bay Area Auditions & Jobs

Artist Grant Resources (partial list in alphabetical order)

• Akonadi So Love Can Win general support grant to Oakland

• Artist Power Center YBCA Grant and Resource Center for Bay Area Artists

• City of San Jose Grants Program

• City of Oakland Grants Program 

• CCI Quick Grant Funding and professional development listings

• Creative Capital Link to national resources for grants, residencies 

• Creative Work Fund Artist & Nonprofit collaboration

• Dean and Margaret Lesher Foundation Contra Costa Arts & Culture grants

• East Bay Fund for Artists Alameda & Contra Costa County

• Kenneth Rainin Foundation focused on helping artists thrive in the Bay Area

• LACMA grant program Art + Technology grant

• Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant for mid-career artists

• SFAC Grants Listing Local and national government funding for the arts

• Sustainable Arts Foundation Grant awards for artists with children

• Zellerbach Family Fund Grant directory for org, has arts & community grants

DEI

• Pronoun module Definitions and background information

• White Supremacy Culture Characteristics is a website with examples of how these characteristics play out and their cost on a personal, cultural, and institutional level

• Wheel of Privilege and Power Intersectionality: Wheel of Privilege graphic

Advocacy

• California Art Economy Fact Sheet

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