For cultural and creative organisations who are new to working with philanthropists, we have drawn together some useful resources in several key areas.
We believe in the potential of cultural and creative organisations to benefit society, and connect them with the people, funds and resources they need to succeed.
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Figurative was invited to Japan to share insights into how impact investing can help develop a more self-sustaining cultural and creative sector.
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Alternarratives was a £15,000 prize for writers to explore innovation in short-form storytelling.
Amplified was a pilot programme supporting cultural and creative organisations seeking to develop digital ideas that generate social impact.
The art-focused community cafe will use the loan to expand its offer across two new sites.
Explore our open funds and find out if social investment is right for your organisation.
Find out how our social investment funds have supported cultural and creative organisations across the UK.
Through the merger, we are bringing together a wealth of experience spanning fundraising and philanthropy, impact investment, innovation, impact leadership and more.
An £18 million social impact investment fund for socially driven arts, culture and heritage organisations registered and operating in the UK. The Arts & Culture Impact Fund provides affordable repayable finance that can be used, among other things, to acquire new assets, improve built infrastructure, develop new ventures or scale up existing revenue streams. Currently accepting applications.
The Arts for Impact campaign supports arts and culture charities working to achieve societal impact across the UK, with the public’s generosity multiplied through matched funding.
New Philanthropy for Arts & Culture partnered with the Big Give to create the Arts for Impact campaign – a one-week online match funding campaign supporting UK arts and culture charities that deliver social impact.
The Arts Impact Fund was the world’s first impact investment fund specifically for the arts and cultural sector. The Fund offered unsecured finance repayable over a period of three to five years. Between July 2015 and September 2019, we committed £8.8 million across 27 organisations. This fund is now closed.
An overview of the Arts Impact Fund’s activities and lessons in the 12 months since it launched in June 2015. Published September 2016.
The ballet company used a loan to re-imagine its iconic production of The Nutcracker for alternative venues.
The Arts Impact Fund offered the educational arts charity a £600,000 credit facility to purchase and develop property.
Can’t Sit Still is a small, innovative theatre company from the South West. The organisation will use its investment to scale up their stage adaptation of the award winning children’s book Oh No, George!
Explore our portfolio to learn how our investments, programmes and services support cultural and creative organisations of all types.