The challenge was figuring out where to get the funding for an organization, like others in the industry, whose programs historically were partially supported by the studios. Inevitable determined that money without strings is what their writers needed, which made unrestricted responsive cash grants versus loans more ideal, says Richie Siegel, co-founder of the foundation. Forty-five percent of respondents revealed they already have more than $50,000 in debt, 43 percent have less than three months of savings and 67 percent have six months or less.

In the month before the work stoppage, the organization identified how to serve this community best through a survey featuring more than 30 scribes with disabilities, 82 percent of whom are WGA members. population that is twice as likely to live in poverty and have a 28 percent higher cost of living average than those who are non-disabled. By their estimates, the community consists of around 100 writers, all part of the 25 percent of the U.S. (WGAW has a separate loan offering in collaboration with the Motion Picture and Television Fund.)īut a little over a week into the strike, the Inevitable Foundation - a nonprofit focused on breaking barriers in Hollywood for mid-level disabled writers - launched its own Emergency Relief Fund to support disabled writers through hardship grants. The challenge, a few tell The Hollywood Reporter, wasn’t whether they’d respond, but to what needs, when and for how long alongside what the WGA was already offering its striking members.Īs of last December, that was $20 million in strike funds, according to the union, with WGA West’s 2022 annual report noting over $19.7 million available for loans to members “adversely affected by the strike,” with an additional $250,000 marked for strike funds by WGA East’s 2021 report. Anonymous Strike Diary: The 'Well-Known Creator' on Actually Missing Development Hell

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