we invest
in artist-led
systems change
across the U.S.
CultureBanq partners with (+) artists,
(+) investors, and (+) allies committed to
self-determined, healthy, and vibrant futures.
CultureBanq is a home.
CultureBanq is a home for artists who are leading places, investments, and systems change.
Artist-Led
Places
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
Investments
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
Systems
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.
Photo credit: Merit Gentile // Sweet Juice Fest
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.
Investment 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.
Trillions of dollars seek solutions.
Nearly $2.4 trillion flows each year toward community development, health, climate, and anti-poverty efforts in pursuit of systems change.
who makes it possible
CultureBanq connects the people, relationships, shared language, and vehicles needed for capital to move differently.
Artists who are entrepreneurs, organizers, culture-bearers, and systems thinkers shaping new futures in their communities.
(+) Artists
(+) Investors
Investors who are stewards of capital and responsive partners committed to aligning capital with the value artists already create.
(+) Allies
Allies who are community leaders, institutions, service providers, and public-sector partners helping artist-led investment take root.
how we’re investing
PLACES
We’re currently working with ecosystems in:
(+) Dallas, TX
(+) Hudson Valley, NY
(+) New York City, NY
(+) Philadelphia, PA
(+) San Francisco, CA
(+) and beyond…
SPACES + INITIATIVES
We celebrate and support artist-led spaces and initiatives like The Emergency Was Curiosity, Black Anime PDX, Sweet Juice Fest, CultureTherapy, PLaCES, Ash Studios, and Urban Health Plan.
CAPITAL EXPERIMENTS
We are designing and testing vehicles including The Current, Youth Giving Circles, Community Bonds, and Donor-Advised Fund Strategies.
SYSTEMS DESIGN
We are stewarding a national design team hosted by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York’s Making Missing Markets initiative to co-design new investment models for artists creating generations of healthy communities.
Photo credit: BlackAnime PDX
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.