Learn about Arts & Culture Finance's approach to impact assessment and how best to integrate monitoring and evaluation into your organisation, plus a Q&A with IRIE! dance theatre.
The acclaimed producing theatre in Essex will use a loan to manage working capital as it renovates its building into a modern cultural hub.
Metcalf Foundation approached Figurative's Fran Sanderson and Seva Phillips to explore the feasibility of bringing impact investment to the Canadian creative and cultural sector.
The creative hub acquired a new, larger-capacity building and scale up its incubator programme for BAME creative entrepreneurs.
Figurative’s philanthropy development team partnered with the Middlesbrough Cultural Partnership to help revitalise the city’s creative sector and increase local philanthropic support.
The organisation will use social investment to develop its online gift shop capacity and to expand its digital audience.
The community interest company is adapting its Dialogue in the Dark immersive experience which employs blind and partially-sighted people.
Music Venue Properties used a £1m secured loan to launch a pioneering initiative bringing grassroots music venues into community ownership.
We hope the report will spark discussions about the potential role of impact investment in future models of cultural funding.
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We follow a framework to assess the social impact of organisations applying for impact investment from our funds. Find out more about our process here.
A commitment to social impact underpins all we do, from investments and programmes to advisory services and the way we operate.
Our team combines extensive investment and fundraising experience with deep knowledge and appreciation of art and culture.
Figurative started life as Arts & Culture Finance, a division of Nesta, before merging with New Philanthropy for Arts & Culture and launching as an independent organisation in 2024.
We want to see a thriving, inspiring cultural and creative sector generating far-reaching social and economic impact.
We raise and manage investment funds, support philanthropy, run innovation programmes and offer research and advisory services tailored to the cultural and creative sector.
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