2016 Wedgwood Circle Annual FINAL

how we invest
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PATRON FUND
PITCHES
A percentage of Wedgwood Circle
member fees fund a patron pool
that supports artists through
microgrants. Since it’s inception in
2008, the fund has granted over
$700,000 in grants of $500-
$5,000 to artists and projects
that personify the good, true, and
beautiful in mainstream markets.
PROGRAM RELATED
INVESTMENTS
Wedgwood Circle investors
move capital to individual
artists, specific projects, and/or
companies. Our community made
up of sector liaisons and other
creative industry leads help curate
for-profit strategic initiatives
for investments that exemplify
significant potential for cultural
influence.
PROJECTS
Managed through the Wedgwood
Culture Fund, Program Related
Investments (PRI) are deployments
of non-profit capital into
for-profit opportunities that
promote the mission of the nonprofit.
Currently our investments
are in the areas of music, graphic
novels, television, and short film.
Returns from investments will
replenish the fund to be reinvested
in more culture-creation. Since
2009, we’ve moved over
$400,000 through PRI funding.
Wedgwood Circle encourages
our members to explore areas
that they are passionate about,
and we make ourselves available
to support them by strategizing,
facilitating and potentially
managing new and existing
projects that fit their interests. In
addition, the Wedgwood Culture
Fund supports the work of
foundations for their projects in
the areas of culture engagement.
2016 WEDGWOOD ANNUAL