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
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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.