The Federal Reserve Bank of New York and Upstart Co-Lab co-hosted a conversation about the economic power of New York City’s creative sector; culture as a driver of community well-being; and how endowed cultural institutions can amplify their mission and values through impact investing.

Find out what Karen Brooks-Hopkins, President Emerita, Brooklyn Academy of Music; Lisa Green Hall, Impact Chair, Apollo Global Management; Stephen Heintz, President, Rockefeller Brothers Fund; Maurice Jones, President & CEO, Local Initiatives Support Corporation; Clara Miller, President Emerita, Heron Foundation; Tom Mitchell, Managing Director, Cambridge Associates; Darren Walker, President, Ford Foundation and other arts, community development and impact investing leaders had to say.

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Read New York Fed event calls on cultural institutions to impact-invest in Crain’s New York, and Creative Solutions in the Time of COVID-19.


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