housing stability grant for artists

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.

The WFF Housing Stability Grant for Artists is offered in recognition of the increasing unaffordability of rental housing in New York City, and the housing insecurity it creates for artists. Its goal is to improve artists’ housing stability, through a $30,000 grant that is distributed over three years. The WFF HSG hopes that recipients will be able to remain in, or find, reliable and stable housing for at least three years, thereby allowing them to focus on their creative practice and build more sustainable careers. Recipients may use the funds for new housing which reduces their rent obligation, guarantees a stable rental obligation such as a lengthy lease in their existing or new housing, and/or provides greater access to live/work space.

Recipients will be provided with information and guidance for affordable housing in New York City through a partnership with the Entertainment Community Fund.

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.

This program is made possible through the support of the Woodman Family Foundation (WFF). The Woodman Family Foundation is dedicated to stewarding the work and legacies of Betty Woodman (1930-2018), George Woodman (1932-2017), and their daughter, Francesca Woodman (1958-1981). All visual artists, they lived and worked in New York City in a more affordable time. Each intimately understood that secure housing within the city’s active arts community is vital to supporting the lives and work of artists. The WFF HSG will serve established visual artists living in, and planning to remain living in, New York City.