Artists, Investors and Innovators Join Together to Launch Upstart Co-Lab
Rooted in the conviction that artists are social entrepreneurs and that a sustainable future depends on a creative economy, a group of artists, impact investors, philanthropic funders and social innovators today announced the launch of Upstart Co-Lab, an unprecedented collaboration connecting artists, impact investors and social entrepreneurs.
Upstart Co-Lab, led by founding partner Laura Callanan, the former senior deputy chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts, will build a bridge to connect artists with the opportunities of impact investing and social entrepreneurship, and will connect social innovators with the storytelling, improvisation and creative intelligence of artists.
Upstart is funded by Ford Foundation, The Rockefeller Foundation, The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, and Surdna Foundation with in-kind support from the F.B. Heron Foundation. Upstart is a sponsored project of Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors.