Dwayne Johnson Contributes 'Historic' Donation to SAG-AFTRA Foundation Relief Fund, Says President Courtney B. Vance: 'It's a Call to Arms for All of Us'
and executive director Cyd Wilson drafted a letter to 2,700 of the union’s highest-earning actors outlining the financial need that many would face in the work stoppage.
Wilson explains that the SAG-AFTRA Foundation’s grants deliver up to $1,500 per individual member, but in extreme conditions where there are health issues or other situations that indicate an actor is in serious jeopardy, a lifetime member can receive up to $6,000 in emergency financial assistance. Thus, Johnson’s seven-figure donation has the potential to aid thousands of actors.
How has the financial need during the strike compared to the requests that you saw over these last three years with COVID?It’s very similar. Although SAG-AFTRA didn’t strike until 10 days ago, many of our actors’ productions were shut down during the writers strike, so they’ve already been affected since May and we’ve seen an uptick in the number of requests that come in.
There’s been a graphic that’s been widely shared that says 87% of the SAG-AFTRA membership does not reach the threshold of making $26,000 a year from SAG-AFTRA jobs to qualify for health insurance — what does that say about the need many people are facing?The general public might think that all actors make millions of dollars, and there are some that do but it’s a very small percentage.
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