The founders of the Rainey Day Fund were supporting the artists they loved even before the project had a name. Here are some of the recipients of Rainey Day grants:

Birds of Chicago	Chastity Brown	Tré Burt	Antje Duvekot	Izzy Heltai

Kaia Kater	Amythyst Kiah	Miko Marks	Leyla McCalla	Pamela Means

Danni Nicholls	Nickel&Rose	Joy Oladokun	Rissi Palmer	Brittney Spencer

Wild Ponies	Jontavious Willis	Yola	Natalia Zukerman	Indigenous Music Scholarship