Backbone Funder allocates investment funds to the “creative economy” or “creative entrepreneurship” with a specific focus to energize the bottom 60% of local economies.
We look for individuals, small businesses, entrepreneurs, for-profit entities, and nonprofits that are involved in the fields of visual arts, filmmaking, crafts, digital arts, toys, graphics, fashion, music, games, theatre, publishing, storytelling, journalism, entertainment, architecture, etc.
Imagine funding your works and projects here...
A primary artist’s entire body of work and each artwork is a unique asset.
Writer’s draft book manuscript to be published.
Novelist and illustrator working on a graphic novel to be published with film rights.
A choreographer and dance troop plan for a performance and touring show.
A musician-composer has compositions and plans to record and have tours.
A nonprofit museum seeks to monetize some of its artworks or artifacts and prepare exhibitions.
An animator has a concept storyboard ready for production.
A chef has created unique menu using local foods and requires funding to open a restaurant.
A nonprofit community art gallery plans a series of local artists exhibitions.
An independent film company with a new film project.
A nonprofit has a plan to build a community arts center.
Owners of a deceased artist’s legacy plan for book, film, exhibitions to preserve their legacy.
A nonprofit’s national film collection of 20th century films and each film is to be restore, digitize, and stream.
“The creative industries contributed close to $3 trillion to global GDP in 2020, yet their ability to support inclusive and sustainable economic growth in emerging markets is often largely invisible” — According to the IFC Insights Report, 2022
