Cultural Capital: The state of museums and their investing reports on a first-of-its kind survey on impact investing by independent museums of art and design in the United States. 61 museums with endowments totaling $10 billion participated in the survey, describing how they are aligning money with mission and values including their commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion.
Barron’s:
Most Museums Don’t Put Their
Money Where Their Values Are
ImpactAlpha:
Impact investments are beginning to show up
in the endowments of U.S. art museums
The New York Times:
How Museums Invest
The NonProfit Times:
Museums Late To Impact Investing Party
Philanthropy News Digest:
Cultural Capital: The state of
museums and their investing
Worth:
Museum Boards And Donors Need To
Examine Where Endowments Are Invested
READ:
Cultural Capital: The state of museums and their investing
The report is a collaboration of
Upstart Co-Lab,
The Association of Art Museum Directors,
and The Black Trustee Alliance for Art Museums.
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The Marian B. and Jacob K. Javits Foundation,
in honor of Marian B. Javits,
has provided support towards the dissemination of
Cultural Capital: The state of museums and their investing.