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Investing in the Creative Economy for Good and Profit

By Laura Callanan

When it comes to managing their endowments, museums typically focus solely on financial return. This is a missed opportunity to advance their mission-related work. Some avoid investing in sectors (tobacco, extractive energy) at odds with …

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