What we do.
CultureBanq partners with artists, investors, and community leaders who are building healthy, self-determined futures.
We believe artists are more than creators. They are guides on the ground—people who help communities imagine, organize, and build what comes next. They shape how people gather, care for one another, steward resources, and create belonging.
Our work explores what becomes possible when investment follows their leadership.
Through place-based partnerships, capital experiments, and systems design, we are helping develop new ways for resources to flow toward the people and places already creating thriving communities.
PLACES We currently collaborate with artist-led ecosystems
in:
SPACES + INITIATIVES We celebrate and support artist-led spaces and initiatives like The Emergency Was Curiosity , Black Anime PDX , SweetJuiceFest, culturetherapy, PLaCE, Ash Studios, and Urban Health Plan. |  |
 | CAPITAL EXPERIMENTS We design and test new financial tools including The Current, Youth Artist Giving C ircles, Community Bonds, and donor-advised fund strategies. SYSTEMS DESIGN We steward 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. |
Why this work matters.
The problem is not a shortage of capital, but a shortage of imagination.
94% of U.S. adults agree that arts participation builds social cohesion, and 96.2% agree it improves wellbeing in their community.
Source:
One Nation/One Project, Arts for EveryBody Impact
Report, 2025
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.
How your support helps.
Your donation helps CultureBanq build the relationships, infrastructure, and experiments needed to move capital differently.
Support allows us to:
• Provide legal, financial, and operational guidance to artists developing place-based ecosystems
• Convene artists, investors, and community leaders to co-design new models of ownership, governance, and investment
• Develop and test community-centered capital vehicles such as giving circles, community bonds, and participatory investment strategies
• Document, share, and scale lessons that help communities access resources on their own terms
Every contribution helps strengthen an emerging field where artists are recognized as essential partners in shaping healthy, thriving communities.
Learn about and share our work here: culturebanq.com
You can contact us at team@culturebanq.com with question, inquiries, or just to say hello.
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This project is fiscally sponsored by CultureTrust Greater Philadelphia, a charitable trust administered by CultureWorks Greater Philadelphia. All donations to this project will be received and managed by CultureTrust. Learn more at cultureworksphila.org .
CultureTrust Greater Philadelphia (EIN: 46-3109411) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, donations to which are tax-deductible to the fullest extent allowed by law. The official registration and financial information of CultureTrust may be obtained from the Pennsylvania Department of State by calling toll-free within Pennsylvania, 1-800-732-0999. Registration does not imply endorsement.
