LANGSTON’S Seattle Artist Relief Fund
A fund aimed at helping those in the greater Seattle arts community who have been financially impacted by cancellations due to COVID-19 with administrative support by Langston, one of Franklin Pierce NW’s nonprofit clients.
“The entire Seattle community has stepped forward to support Seattle artists, and we are forever grateful for this show of love. ”
The widespread cancellation of group events has had a disproportionate impact on the Seattle arts community – especially those who rely on gigs to pay their bills. Creatives are people whose very existence relies on what they create and people being able to access their work. Musicians, DJ’s, independent chefs, caterers, actors, directors, writers, spoken word artists, teaching artists, all of these peoples jobs rely on people showing up for events but events have been canceled.
In March 2020, artists Ijeoma Oluo, Ebony Arunga, and Gabriel Teodros gathered together to start a fund to support artists during COVID-19 . Three Black artists and one Black organization, with the generous support of thousands of individual donors, have now been able to send over $1.1 million dollars in funds to over 2,100 artists in the Washington State community.
How to Donate to the Seattle Artist Relief Fund
Please note SARF is not taking new applications for those in need of financial support and are in the homestretch of sending out donations to 2020 applicants. Tax Deductible donations can be made directly to LANGSTON, the 501c3 partner organization in a number of ways:
$21,000 is all that’s needed to fulfill fund requests for 2020 applicants, so donate today!
Via the PayPal: https://www.langstonseattle.org/donate/
Please specify “Seattle Artists Relief Fund” or “SARF” in the note
Via Check: Written out to “Seattle Artists Relief Fund” or “SARF” in the memo, mailed to:
LANGSTON attn: SARF104 17th Ave S, Seattle, WA 98144
Via ACH – Please contact Tim@langstonseattle.org
In addition, LANGSTON is on the Benevity platform for corporate match programs. If your company uses a different matching platform, have the match program manager contact LANGSTON’s ED, Tim Lennon, at tim@langstonseattle.org and we’ll get on board there too.