Mutual Aid NYC

Filters: Money

Assistance Fund financial assistance for health-related expenses

The Assistance Fund is an independent nonprofit organization that helps patients and families facing high medical out-of-pocket costs by providing financial assistance for their copayments, coinsuranc...

Need Category: Money Medical

Community Focus: People with disabilities and chronic illnesses/immuno-compromised

CERF+ Emergency Assistance

Group: CERF+

CERF+ offers $3,000 Emergency Relief Grants to craft artists with a public-facing practice who experienced a recent and substantially disruptive emergency or disaster. Applicants must be at least 18 y...

(802) 229-2306

Need Category: Money

Community Focus: Artists/freelancers/folks outside the formal economy People with low-income/limited income

Connections 2025: A Guide for Formerly Incarcerated People in NYC

Group: New York Public Library (NYPL)

A collection of resources for formally incarcerated people. The guide includes resources related to education, money, housing, mental and physical health, substance use, and more.

Need Category: Mental & Behavioral Health Housing Education Money Additional Resource Libraries

Community Focus: Incarcerated people and communities subject to over-policing

Consumer Debt, Tax & Small Business Help

Group: Legal Aid Society

For help with new and existing small businesses and not-for-profit organizations or existing HDFCs contact the Community Development Project at 212-298-3340, CommunityDevProject@legal-aid.org, or rese...

(212) 298-3340

Need Category: Money Legal

Emergency Financial Aid for Professional Visual Artists

Group: Artists Fellowship Emergency Financial Aid

The Artists’ Fellowship provides one-time emergency aid to professional visual fine artists and their families in times of sickness, natural disaster, bereavement or unexpected extreme hardship that c...

Need Category: Money

Community Focus: Artists/freelancers/folks outside the formal economy

Emergency Grant for Burials

Group: NYC Human Resources Administration (HRA)

Apply online or call 718-557-1399 for funds to meet funeral expenses for a deceased low-income New York City resident.

718-557-1399

Need Category: Money

Community Focus: People with disabilities and chronic illnesses/immuno-compromised Seniors and elders

Emergency Rental Assistance Program

Group: New York State Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance

New York State Emergency Rental Assistance Program (ERAP) will provide economic relief to help low and moderate-income households at risk of experiencing homelessness or housing instability by providi...

(844) 691-7368

Need Category: Housing Money

Community Focus: People with low-income/limited income

Empowered NYC: Financial Counseling and Coaching

Group: New York City Department of Consumer and Worker Protection

Fill out the online form to schedule free one-on-one financial counseling. Help with debt reduction, credit scores, savings, budgeting, opening a bank account, and preparing income information for hou...

Need Category: Housing Money

Entertainment Community Fund Emergency Financial Assistance & List of Additional Funds

Group: Entertainment Community Fund

Emergency Financial Assistance is available to eligible performing arts and entertainment professionals in times of unexpected critical need and to assist towards basic living expenses such as health...

(800) 221-7303

Need Category: Money Additional Resource Libraries

Community Focus: Artists/freelancers/folks outside the formal economy

Episcopal Actors Guild Fund for Performers in Financial Crisis

Group: Episcopal Actors Guild

You must live in one of the five NYC boroughs and have an established career working as a performer for at least five consecutive years. Call (212)-685-2927 if you think you may be eligible for the pr...

(212)-685-2927

Need Category: Money

Community Focus: Artists/freelancers/folks outside the formal economy

Financial Counseling and Workshops for South Asian Small Businesses

Group: Chhaya CDC

To apply for services, fill out survey on the website. Chhaya is a community development corporation with the mission to build the power, housing stability, and economic well-being of South Asian an...

(718) 478-3848

37-43 77th St #2

Need Category: Education Money Legal

Community Focus: Black/indigenous/people of color

Financial Support for Black Transgender People

Group: For The Gworls

A Black, trans-led collective that curates parties to fundraise money to help Black transgender people pay for their rent, gender-affirming surgeries, smaller co-pays for medicines/doctor’s visits, an...

Need Category: Money

Community Focus: Black/indigenous/people of color LGBTQIA2+

Fiscal Hosting for Mutual Aid Groups in New York City

Group: Pact Collective

NYC Mutual Aid Groups looking for a fiscal sponsor can get in touch at pactbk@gmail.com. A fiscal sponsor is an entity that holds money on behalf of a collective, and takes care of accounting, taxes,...

Need Category: Money Mutual Aid Organizing

Community Focus: Coordinators of mutual aid efforts

Free Housing Legal Services & Eviction Prevention Program

Group: NAICA

Call 718-538-3344 Ext. 100 or 117, Monday-Friday, 9am-5pm. NAICA's primary focus is geared towards providing legal eviction prevention services to families and individuals who are working, receiving p...

(718) 538-3344

1075 Grand Concourse, Suite 1B Bronx NY 10452

Need Category: Housing Money Legal

Help with Moving Expenses

Group: NYC Human Resources Administration (HRA)

Assistance for HRA clients related to moving, including help with moving expenses, broker's fees, and NYCHA security deposits. See Special Grant Document Guide webpage for specific forms.

Need Category: Housing Money

Community Focus: People with low-income/limited income