The Actors Fund is also the
Stage Employees Fund!
The Actors Fund helps Everyone who works in performing arts and entertainment ? on stage and screen
and behind the scenes ? in times of
need, crisis or transition.
Who Founded in 1882 and supported by people like Buffalo Bill, Edwin Booth and Sarah Bernhardt as well as stars across the past 125 years, The Actors Fund is for ALL professionals in entertainment and assists more than 10,000 people a year across the country. The Fund?s services and programs are available to:
§ Professionals in film, TV, theatre, dance, music, radio and opera ? and comedy!
§ For those on stage, on screen and ?below the line.?
§ Everyone who works in entertainment and performing arts.
Guild/union membership and Actors Fund membership are NOT required to get assistance.
How Almost two dozen programs that address essential needs:
Social Services
Emergency Assistance Program
Mental Health Services
Chemical Dependency Services
AIDS Initiative
Phyllis Newman Women?s Health Initiative
Senior and Disabled Care Program
The Dancers? Resource
Looking Ahead (for ages 9-18)
Conrad Cantzen Shoe Fund
Funerals and Burials
Supportive Housing
The Palm View ? HIV/AIDS (West Hollywood)
Lillian Booth Actors Home ? assisted living and full-time nursing care (Englewood, NJ)
The Aurora ? seniors, HIV/AIDS, low-income working professionals (Manhattan)
Schermerhorn House ? low-income working professionals (Brooklyn)
To Get Assistance
