The founders of the Rainey Day Fund were supporting the artists they loved even before the project had a name.

Rainey Day grant recipients:

Anjimile	Mercy Bell	Birds of Chicago	Chastity Brown	Tré Burt

 

Antje Duvekot	Izzy Heltai	Justin Hiltner	Kaia Kater	Amythyst Kiah

 

Miko Marks	Leyla McCalla	Jensen McRae	Pamela Means	Nikki Morgan

 

Danni Nicholls	Nickel&Rose	Joy Oladokun	Rissi Palmer	Sarah Peacock

 

Giri Peters	Brittney Spencer	Violet Bell	Sunny War	Wild Ponies

 

Jontavious Willis	Yola	Natalia Zukerman	Indigenous Music Scholarship

Color Me Country grant recipients:

Ashlie Amber	DeLila Black	Chapel Hart	Kris Londyn	D’orjay

 

Micah McClendon	Tristan McIntosh	Kären McCormick	Kendra Neece	Neffy

 

Lizzie No	Camille Parker	Valerie Ponzio	Kathryn Shipley	Haeley Vaughn

 

Sacha Visagie	Michael Whitfield	Julie Williams