The Houston Arts Alliance (HAA) provides Emergency Relief, also known as basic needs assistance, to artists who have experienced a recent, qualified, and substantially disruptive emergency or disaster. This support is aimed at helping individuals and families impacted by unexpected events that have caused significant disruption to their lives.
Emergency relief offers immediate aid following natural or man-made disasters, designed to meet urgent needs in the critical days or weeks after such an event. This short-term assistance typically extends for up to two months and is activated by events such as fires, floods, hurricanes, storms, freezes, ice storms, tornadoes, and other emergencies.
In providing emergency relief, HAA prioritizes offering swift support without evaluating factors such as accomplishments, skills, creativity, quality, or work evaluations. However, the amount, frequency, and total number of emergency funding assistance available may be limited by HAA, depending on available resources.
HAA is committed to being a responsible steward of raised funds and ensuring resources are used wisely. Financial assistance is seen as an investment in your household’s recovery.
Note: We are not currently accepting applications.
The disaster resilience and recovery program at HAA was established after Hurricane Harvey, in partnership with several organizations that worked directly with HAA on Harvey recovery efforts. The program’s job is to provide critical information to artists and nonprofits about disasters and to help the Emergency Management industry better include artists and nonprofits in their recovery and resilience building. The Emergency Fund was set up in spring 2020, in partnership with a dozen area arts organizations, to raise funds and then distribute them to those facing dire economic hardship due to the pandemic.
Note: This fund is only activated in times of disaster, depending on severity of impact, and funds available.
