Leveraging Investments in Creativity (LINC) (www.lincnet.net) is a ten-year national campaign to improve conditions for artists in all disciplines so that artists can more readily do their creative work and contribute to community life. LINC builds on recent research by the Urban Institute (www.urbaninstitute.org) that identifies the need for new efforts to expand financial supports for artists’ work; improve artists’ access to essential supports such as space, insurance, and training; and build knowledge, networks and public policies that that enhance artists’ work and their contributions to communities.

LINC is a national consortium of diverse funding and program partners that promotes collaboration in and outside the arts.

Leadership funding for LINC has been provided by the Ford Foundation, Allen Foundation for the Arts, Nathan Cummings Foundation, John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, and the Rockefeller Foundation.