Etsy, Kickstarter and Airbnb all have artists on the founding team. We don’t have to wonder if artists can be entrepreneurs. We have proof.

 

Read this and see what else The New York Times has to say about Upstart Co-Lab and our first effort to drive more capital to creativity.

Read the Wealth Matters article to learn more about our partners Calvert Foundation and Artspace, and the impact investor who invested $1 million in creativity.

“Artists are starting social purpose businesses
and, like any entrepreneur,
they need capital.”

CREATIVITY.

Where are 100+ artists hard at work? Seattle’s Equinox Studios.

INVESTMENT.

Britain’s Arts Impact Fund brings social investment to the arts.

IMPACT.

Read 2015 Annual Impact Report of our partner the Calvert Foundation.

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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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