Figurative is a not-for-profit based in London, UK and incorporating Arts & Culture Finance and New Philanthropy for Arts & Culture. It specialises in raising and managing impact funds and designing innovation programmes and impact frameworks – all tailored to the cultural and creative sector. It also offers global advisory services and conducts research into the future of cultural and creative funding and impact. Figurative manages three investment portfolios – the Arts Impact Fund, the Cultural Impact Development Fund, and the Arts & Culture Impact Fund. The latter is currently open for applicants.
Figurative incorporates Arts & Culture Finance (formerly a division of Nesta) and New Philanthropy for Arts & Culture, and has extensive experience in investment, funding, innovation and impact leadership.
Figurative’s long-term goals are to:
Figurative has been supported by major cultural and creative funders and leading social investment groups. Funders include Arts Council England, Esmée Fairbairn Foundation, Paul Hamlyn Foundation, National Lottery Heritage Fund, Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, Julia and Hans Rausing Trust, Rothschild Foundation and Nesta.