CERF+ offers Get Ready Grants, providing craft artists impacted by Hurricane Helene with grants up to $1,000 for activities to safeguard their studios, protect their practices, and prepare for emergencies. Priority is given to applicants that have been underrepresented in the craft community including BIPOC and folk/traditional artists.

Eligible activities include studio safeguards, emergency/disaster readiness, business protection and support, and practice protection. To qualify for a Get Ready Grant, applicants need to be craft artists who are 18 years of age or older. They must have been living and working in the U.S. or U.S. Territories for the past two years. Additionally, they should not have received a Get Ready Grant in the previous calendar year.

Grant funds must be utilized within six months and recipients must document and share project outcomes with CERF+.

• Applications will open on July 15, 2025
• Deadline to apply is August 12, 2025 at 5 pm ET
• Notifications of grant determinations on September 9, 2025