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The Entertainment Community Fund was founded as the Actors Fund of America by Albert Marshman Palmer on June 8, 1882, [1] largely due to the efforts of former New York University student Harrison Grey Fiske, editor of the New York Dramatic Mirror, who was aware of the many problems faced by those in the profession.
West Brighton, Staten Island. On May 8, 1902, the Actors Fund opened a home for retired entertainers on Staten Island, a borough of New York City, New York.In 1928, the New York City government took the property using eminent domain to enlarge an adjacent city park.
The Entertainment Community Fund (formerly the Actors Fund) has been there for everyone on stage, on camera and behind the scenes since 1882. This national human services organization has proven ...
The fund has received the most requests for help from people in California, followed by Atlanta and New York. It’s raised $7.6 million so far and is granting about $500,000 a week.
In the wake of the pandemic, the Actors Fund charity is building affordable units, converting a parking lot in Hollywood, for entertainment industry workers.
The COVID-19 Emergency Assistance Fund has provided $6.5 million to Actors' Fund of America. An additional $1 million was shared with The Actors Fund to launch the Every Artist Insured program, expanding on The Actors Fund's free and confidential health insurance counseling and enrollment support services.
Rapper Nicki Minaj even gifted $25,000 to Owens, who ended up donating the lump sum to the Entertainment Community Fund (formerly the Actors Fund), in honor of Earle Hyman, who played Bill Cosby's ...
The Actors’ Fund of America (today the Entertainment Community Fund) was formed by Lambs in 1882 at Wallack's Theatre and J. Lester Wallack was the first president. In 1887 it was Lambs with the Actors Fund who established the first Actors’ Burial Ground in the Cemetery of the Evergreens in Brooklyn.