Inevitable Foundation Emergency Relief Fund Application Terms & Conditions
This agreement outlines the official terms and conditions (the “Rules”) that govern the submission of an application (“Application”) to Inevitable Foundation’s (the “Foundation”) Emergency Relief Fund (the “Program” or the “Emergency Relief Fund” or the “Fund”), which provides cash grants to eligible members (“Grants” or the “Grant”).
The person submitting the Application (the “Applicant” or “you”) acknowledges, agrees, declares, represents, and warrants that Applicant has read and understood the submission Rules and regulations set forth below:
Eligibility
There is no guarantee of funding regardless of eligibility. The Emergency Relief Fund is open to U.S. citizens, permanent residents and applicants residing in the U.S. By submitting an application, Applicant agrees to be bound by these Rules and the decisions of the Foundation’s staff and Board of Directors, which are final and binding on all matters relating to this Program. The Foundation makes decisions about the Fund in its sole discretion and all decisions are final. The Program is subject to all applicable federal, state and local laws.
The Fund is currently open to disabled writers who are in the Writers Guild of America (WGA) or working towards joining the WGA (“Disabled Writer” or “Disabled Writers”) who are currently working in the industry and/or who have film or television experience.
Applicants must meet all of the below requirements:
You self-identify as disabled.
You are 18 years of age or older.
Applicants also must meet at least one (1) of the below requirements:
You are a disabled WGA member
You are a disabled writer with an agent or manager
You are a disabled writer who has a professional film or television credit to their name
Prioritized Applicants
This Fund defines "on the verge of securing employment" as any of the following:
In contract negotiations
Completed final hiring meeting with showrunner or producer
Had a signed contract but work had not started yet
The Fund will prioritize applicants in the order below:
Tier 1: Disabled WGA members who were employed as of May 1.
Tier 2: Disabled WGA members who were on the verge of securing employment as of May 1.
Tier 3: Disabled WGA members who were not employed and not on the verge of securing employment.
Tier 4: Disabled non-WGA members who were employed as of May 1 and lost or suspended that employment.
Tier 5: Disabled non-WGA members who were on the verge of securing employed as of May 1 and lost or suspended that employment.
Repeat Submissions
At launch, Applicants are only eligible to receive one Grant every 60 days. As we gather more data about each crisis and the demand for funding we might reevaluate this criteria in the future.
Inevitable Foundation reserves the right to determine Fund eligibility at its sole discretion.
Application
By agreeing to these Rules, the Applicant acknowledges, agrees, declares, warrants and represents, that (a) all material submitted in their Application for the Program is truthful and to perform its duties and obligations hereunder, (b) nothing contained in the Application conflicts with or constitutes a default under any confidentiality agreement or any other agreement to which Applicant is a party; (c) it is unaware of any infringement or likely infringement of any third party’s rights, including but not limited to, privacy, publicity, nor may it in any way infringe upon a third party’s intellectual property rights including, but not limited to, copyright or trademark rights associated with the Application; and (d) there is not now outstanding, any litigation or claims or threats of claims or sums due which affect or are concerned with the Application or Applicant, or in any way touch upon any of the rights, licenses, and privileges associated with the Application that will impede upon Applicant’s ability to undertake the Program and perform thereunder.
The Foundation accepts Applications during limited windows and aims to notify Applicants within one (1) week of the application deadline. Applications must be submitted via the online application available at inevitable.foundation/emergency-fund-apply
If you need assistance completing your Application or special accommodations, please contact us by emailing advocacy@inevitable.foundation.
All Applicants will receive an email confirming receipt of their Application.
Application Requirements
The application to receive a Grant from the Fund asks for the following information:
Name and contact information
Information to verify basic eligibility
Various financial information to verify financial need
Various demographic information
Application Review
The Foundation reviews Applications on a rolling basis and aims to get back to Applicants within a week of the application deadline (the “Review Period”). The Foundation will advance certain Applicants through the Application process at its sole discretion.
Approved Applications
An Approved Applicant will be notified at their email address and/or phone number indicated on their Application when their application is approved.
In order to finalize their Grant, the Applicant will be required to complete the steps below for each Confirmed Fund Offer:
A Hardship Grant Agreement, which will set forth the terms of the Grant.
Any other documents required by the Foundation.
All documents must be returned to the Foundation within seven (7) days of each document request. Failure to respond to the Foundation within this seven (7) day period may be deemed to be a withdrawal of the Application by the Applicant. The inability of the Foundation to receive a response from an Applicant within a reasonable time period whether due to a change in the Applicant’s email address, phone number or noncompliance with these Rules by the Applicant may result in disqualification and, at the Foundation’s sole discretion.
Applicants may not substitute, assign or transfer participation in the Program. All federal, state and local taxes and all other costs associated with Program acceptance and use not specified herein as being provided are the sole responsibility of the Applicant. We highly recommend each Applicant speak with a tax professional.
The Applicant understands that providing false or misleading information on its Application, or failing in any other way to comply with the Rules, will subject Applicants to disqualification, forfeiture of the Program money and/or other penalties and a lifetime ban from future participant in any of the Foundation’s programs.
Indemnification & General Conditions
Applicant hereby declares, represents, and warrants that the Application does not infringe upon, or otherwise violate the copyrights, trademarks, rights of privacy or publicity, or other intellectual property or other rights of any person or entity. By participating in the Application process, Applicant agrees to and hereby does release, discharge, indemnify, defend and hold harmless, at Foundation’s election, the Foundation and its, employees, directors, officers, agents, affiliates, successors, licensees and assigns, and their respective officers, members, employees, agents, representatives and designees (including those acting as Reviewers) (each a “Released Party” and collectively, “Released Parties”) from and against any and all claims, injuries, liability, losses, costs, expenses, judgments, awards, settlements and other liabilities of any kind (including, without limitation, reasonable attorneys’ fees and costs) to Applicant or a third party, including acts or allegations of infringement, misappropriation, conversion, or other tortious or infringing conduct, resulting, in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, from Applicant’s submission of the Application, breach of representation or warranty made by the Applicant or participation in the Program or any Program-related activity or the Foundation’s use, review, or transmittal of any material submitted with the Application.
Miscellaneous
Released Parties are not responsible for lost, late, incomplete, inaccurate, stolen, misdirected, undelivered, damaged, or garbled Applications; or for lost, interrupted or unavailable network, server, Internet Service Provider (ISP), website, or other connections, availability or accessibility or miscommunications or failed computer, satellite, telephone or cable transmissions, lines, or technical failure or jumbled, scrambled, delayed, or misdirected transmissions or computer hardware or software malfunctions, viruses, failures or difficulties, or other errors or difficulties of any kind whether human, mechanical, electronic, computer, network, typographical, printing or otherwise relating to or in connection with the Program, including, without limitation, errors or difficulties which may occur in connection with the processing of Applications, the reviewing of Applications, the announcement of the Applicants, the incorrect uploading of the Application or in any Program-related materials. Released Parties are also not responsible for any incorrect or inaccurate information, whether caused by site users, tampering, hacking, or by any equipment or programming associated with or utilized in the Program. Released Parties are not responsible for injury or damage to Applicants’ or to any other person's computer related to or resulting from participating in this Program or use of the submissions website.
Further, the Released Parties are not responsible for any additional expenses, omissions, delays or rerouting resulting from any acts of any government or authority. Released Parties are not responsible for or liable to any Applicant or any person claiming through such Applicant for failure to conduct the Program any part thereof by reason of any acts of God, any action, regulation, order or request by any governmental or quasi-governmental entity (whether or not the action, regulations, order or request proves to be invalid), equipment failure, threatened terrorist acts, terrorist acts, kidnapping, air raid, blackout, act of public enemy, earthquake, war (declared or undeclared), fire, flood, epidemic, pandemic, explosion, unusually severe weather, hurricane, embargo, labor dispute or strike (whether legal or illegal), labor or material shortage, transportation interruption of any kind, work slow-down, civil disturbance, insurrection, riot, vandalism, or any other cause beyond the Released Parties’ sole control. Should any portion of the Program submission page be, in Foundation’s sole opinion, compromised by virus, worms, bugs, non-authorized human intervention or other causes which, in the sole opinion of the Foundation, corrupt or impair the administration, security, fairness or proper play, or submission of Applications, Foundation reserves the right at its sole discretion to take any action to prevent or correct such cause, including, without limitation, to block suspect computers or IP addresses, or to suspend, modify or terminate the Applicant’s Application. In the event of a dispute regarding Applications received from multiple users having the same email account, the authorized subscriber of the e-mail account at the time of Application will be deemed to be the Applicant and must comply with these Rules.
LIMITATION OF LIABILITY:
BY APPLYING FOR THE PROGRAM, APPLICANT AGREES THAT TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW: (1) ANY AND ALL DISPUTES, CLAIMS AND CAUSES OF ACTION ARISING OUT OF OR CONNECTED WITH THE PROGRAM, OR ANY PRIZE AWARDED, WILL BE RESOLVED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE Program TERMS AND CONDITIONS, INDIVIDUALLY, WITHOUT RESORT TO ANY FORM OF CLASS ACTION; (2) ANY AND ALL CLAIMS, JUDGMENTS AND AWARDS WILL BE LIMITED TO ACTUAL THIRD-PARTY OUT-OF-POCKET COSTS INCURRED (IF ANY) NOT TO EXCEED FIFTY DOLLARS ($50.00), BUT IN NO EVENT WILL ATTORNEYS’ FEES BE AWARDED OR RECOVERABLE; (3) UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES WILL ANY APPLICANT BE PERMITTED TO OBTAIN ANY AWARD FOR, AND APPLICANT HEREBY KNOWINGLY AND EXPRESSLY WAIVES ALL RIGHTS TO SEEK, PUNITIVE, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL OR SPECIAL DAMAGES, LOST PROFITS AND/OR ANY OTHER DAMAGES, OTHER THAN ACTUAL OUT-OF-POCKET EXPENSES NOT TO EXCEED FIFTY DOLLARS ($50.00), AND/OR ANY RIGHTS TO HAVE DAMAGES MULTIPLIED OR OTHERWISE INCREASED; AND (4) APPLICANTS’ REMEDIES ARE LIMITED TO A CLAIM FOR MONEY DAMAGES (IF ANY) AND APPLICANT IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ANY RIGHT TO SEEK INJUNCTIVE OR EQUITABLE RELIEF. SOME JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE LIMITATIONS OR EXCLUSION OF LIABILITY, SO THE ABOVE MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU.
The invalidity or unenforceability of any provision of these Rules will not affect the validity or enforceability of any other provision. In the event that any provision of the Rules is determined to be invalid or otherwise unenforceable or illegal, the other provisions will remain in effect and will be construed in accordance with their terms as if the invalid or illegal provision were not contained herein. Foundation’s failure to enforce any term of these Rules will not constitute a waiver of that provision. Applicants agree to waive any rights to claim ambiguity of these Rules. Headings are solely for convenience of reference and will not be deemed to affect in any manner the meaning or intent of the documents or any provision hereof.
This Agreement shall be governed by, and construed and interpreted in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York, without giving effect to the conflict of laws principles of each State. All legal proceedings related to this Agreement or the transactions herein described shall be commenced and held in New York.
NO PURCHASE IS NECESSARY TO ENTER. VOID WHERE PROHIBITED BY LAW.
Updated 5/10/23