The Fall 2017 edition of the Stanford Social Innovation Review published a Viewpoint by Laura Callanan, founding partner of Upstart Co-Lab.

 

“Impact investors have ignored the arts and culture sector at the expense of communities they seek to help.”

 

Capital for Creativity explains, “Today there are no dedicated investment products, funds, or strategies to help impact investors align their values and their capital with the creative economy. This does not mean impact capital is not flowing to the creative economy—it is just not doing so on purpose.”

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CREATIVITY.

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INVESTMENT.

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IMPACT.

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Hyperallergic: It’s Time for US Museums to Divest From Immoral Industries

American Alliance of Museums: Museums Discover Impact Investing

ImpactAlpha: Impact investments are beginning to show up in the endowments of U.S. art museums

Philanthropy News Digest: Cultural Capital: The state of museums and their investing

TheNonProfitTimes: Museums Late To Impact Investing Party

Fin News: Museums With Long Road To Reach Impact Investment Adoption Of E&Fs: Survey

artnet: Just a Third of Museums Are Investing Their Endowments in Socially Responsible Ways, a Study Found. Here’s How They Can Do Better

The New York Times: How Museums Invest

Barron’s: Most Museums Don’t Put Their Money Where Their Values Are

Worth Magazine: Museum Boards And Donors Need To Examine Where Endowments Are Invested

Americans for the Arts: How America’s Arts Organizations Can Invest Their Values

The Art Newspaper: How museums can ethically invest their money

American Alliance of Museums: Investing for Values and Mission

The Art Newspaper: ethical investment options should come easy

Financial Times: Museums should lead in socially responsible investing

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