Financial Wellness Resources

Financial Coaching

Navigating finances in the music industry can be particularly challenging due to irregular income, fluctuating gig availability, high expenses for equipment and travel, and uncertainty of retirement planning. MusiCares offers free, 1-on-1, tailored financial coaching designed specifically to empower music professionals with the tools to overcome these challenges.

Financial Wellness Budgeting Tool

MusiCares partners with You Need A Budget, a personal finance app designed to help users proactively manage money using zero-based budgeting.

Additional Resources

For Music Industry Professionals

Entertainment Community Fund – A national nonprofit human services organization for all performing arts and entertainment professionals—including everyone in film, theater, television, music, opera, radio and dance. From locations in New York, Chicago and Los Angeles, we continue to provide health and wellness, career and life, and housing services designed to help people solve problems and make positive changes in their lives.
Behind the Scenes – Assistance for entertainment technology professionals including financial grants and mental health resources.
Blues Foundation - The Blues Musician Emergency Relief Fund provides immediate relief for essential needs such as rent/mortgage, utilities, phone & internet. Through generous donations from supporters of The Blues Foundation, the relief fund hopes to enable blues musicians to focus on their immediate needs.
Jazz Foundation - Prevents homelessness with housing assistance, keep artists healthy with pro bono medical care and provide financial support that keeps the lights on and food on the table.
Sweet Relief Sweet Relief Musicians Fund provides financial assistance to all types of career musicians and music industry workers who are struggling to make ends meet while facing physical or mental health issues, disability, or age-related problems.
General Benefits
211: (Find your local resource) Network of referrals to address multiple community needs.
Find Help: Resources for food pantries and meal programs near you. You can also find housing, financial assistance, health care, and more.
Catholic Charities: (Find the local affiliate) The 169 agencies of the nationwide Catholic Charities network offer a broad array of services to all people in need.
Jewish Family Services: (Agency Locator) The Network of Jewish Human Service Agencies operates with pride as a membership association, encompassing 170+ nonprofit Jewish human service organizations throughout the United States and Canada.
Salvation Army Locator The Salvation Army serves in nearly every ZIP code across the country, which means that our local employees and volunteers can design programs that fit the specific needs of their neighbors.

SAGE: Advocacy and Services for LGBTQIA Elders
Liveon New York : Community organization providing services to older New Yorkers

Why Hunger: The Why Hunger Hotline refers people in need across the U.S. to nutritious foods and nutritional support services.
Meals on Wheels: Meal delivery services for older adults to address food needs and isolation.

Artspace: Provides affordable housing, workforce housing, and sustainable creative space across the nation
LA Artist Housing Since 2010 Artist Housing has provided accommodations for professionals in the arts and entertainment industry, who want to live and create with others in their field.
Entertainment Community Fund Educational seminars on affordable housing options, determining eligibility and preparing for the housing application process.
New York Foundation for the Arts National Housing Resources Provides a list of organizations that provide helpful housing resources, from rental assistance to artist housing and advice.

Just Shelter: Connection to various community agencies providing assistance for those facing eviction.
National Directory of Volunteer Lawyers : State-level legal assistance providers

Association of African American Financial Advisors (AAAA): AAAA is a non-profit membership organization for African American financial advisors and affiliated professionals.
Consumer Action: Through education and advocacy, nonprofit Consumer Action fights for strong consumer rights and policies that promote fairness and financial prosperity for underrepresented consumers nationwide.
Savvy Ladies: Empowering Women Through Financial Knowledge