LINC - Leveraging Investments in Creativity

What is LINC?

Launched as a ten-year initiative in 2003, Leveraging Investments in Creativity (LINC) represents a philanthropic experiment in using information, money, and strategic partnerships to effect change in the support system for artists in the United States. LINC’s mission was to improve the ability of artists to create work, build social capital, and contribute to democratic values. This site archives the results of this experiment, reviewing key milestones in the decade-long project, and profiling the work of LINC’s many grantees and partners.

Cornerstones
The story of how LINC was founded, its primary programs, and its overall evolution. This section illuminates LINC’s values in practice over the course of its ten-year lifespan.
Research
A complete index of LINC’s published research, highlighting critical findings that can contribute to innovative practices going forward.
Case Studies
Select examples from LINC’s grantee portfolio, which highlight shifts in thinking and practice to which LINC contributed.

First Peoples Fund

First Peoples Fund
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Artists and the Economic Recession Survey: A Summary of Findings

Helicon Collaborative: Alexis Frasz, Holly Sidford; Princeton Survey Research Associates International
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From Rust Belt to Artist Belt: Challenges and Opportunities in Rust Belt Cities

Community Partnership for Arts and Culture
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Creative Communities

case studies
East Bay Community Foundation and San Francisco Foundation
case studies
First Peoples Fund
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Developing Artist-Driven Spaces in Marginalized Communities

Urban Institute: Maria Rosario Jackson
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Building Community: Making Space for Art

Urban Institute: Maria Rosario Jackson

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Crossover: How Artists Build Careers across Commercial, Nonprofit and Community Work

Ann Markusen, Sam Gilmore, Amanda Johnson, Titus Levi, Andrea Martinez
PA'I Foundation

PA'I Foundation
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Information