we invest
in artist-led
systems change
across the U.S.

CultureBanq partners with (+) artists,
(+) investors, and (+) allies who are creating
self-determined, healthy, and vibrant futures.

CultureBanq is a home.

CultureBanq is a home for artists leading places, investments, and systems change.

Artists are actively remembering our past, tending our present, and reimagining futures.‍

CultureBanq starts in places where artist-led initiatives - projects, spaces, and ecosystems - are already started and stewarded.

Artist-Led Places

Artists are not only capital recipients, but co-investors and community investment guides.

CultureBanq co-designs capital models - giving circles, DAF funds, bonds, and more - that serve community regeneration.‍ ‍

Artist-Led Investments

Artists are not just operating in silos, but designing new systems that serve locally to nationally.

CultureBanq supports new systems activation - infrastructure, tools, storytelling, and more - that serve within and across places.

Artist-Led Systems

why it matters

The problem is not a shortage of capital, but a shortage of imagination.

Artists create thriving places.

94% of U.S. adults agree that arts participation builds social cohesion, and 96.2% agree it improves wellbeing in their community.

Capital is not built
for artists.

Artists face barriers that traditional public and private capital systems often fail to account for: trust, timing, risk, power, and value measurement.

Source:
ImpactPHL, Moving Minds & Money to Transform Arts & Culture Investment, 2023

Trillions of dollars are on the table.

Nearly $2.4 trillion flows each year toward community development, health, climate, and anti-poverty efforts, yet show little systemic change.

listen to what we’re up to

We’re sharing an early release from Artist-Led, produced by Jackanoid Paralope, whose work centers nuance, paradox, and human connection. This episode looks at artists as guides on the ground, reimagining how resources flow through their communities - and what becomes possible when their leadership is followed.

meet culturebanq

culturebanq is an artist-led initiative
reimagining how we invest in artists
to catalyze vibrant communities and thriving places across the United States. >>>meet us.