Upstart Co-Lab launches our new Inclusive Creative Economy Strategy – the first dedicated impact investment portfolio for the U.S. creative economy – with nearly $15 million committed.
“Society can’t thrive without culture, and Upstart Co-Lab’s innovative approach to investing in cultural assets will foster flourishing and inclusive growth”
– Roy Swan, Director of Mission Investments, Ford Foundation
We salute the pioneering investors and funders who are helping demonstrate the potential for the creative economy to generate market rate returns and deep people-focused impact: The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, the Bonfils-Stanton Foundation, The Ford Foundation, Good Chaos, the Innisburg Charitable Foundation, the Jess Jacobs Fund at the Amalgamated Foundation, the Marguerite Casey Foundation, the Marian B. and Jacob K. Javits Foundation, the Marrazzo Family Foundation, Michael Quattrone, the Pritzker Pucker Family Foundation, The Rockefeller Foundation, Skoll Foundation, Snap Foundation, Souls Grown Deep Foundation, The Toledo Museum of Art, Target Foundation, Tomkat II Foundation, The Visions Fund at The Philadelphia Foundation founded by The Halloran Trust, and the Woodcock Foundation.
“Investors committed to meaningful change will recognize Upstart Co-Lab’s Inclusive Creative Economy Strategy as a reconciliation fund—a way to build new kinds of communities that truly work for everyone”
– Clara Miller, Upstart Co-Lab investment committee member, president emerita of the Heron Foundation, and founder of the Nonprofit Finance Fund