Roots + Results: Why Impact Requires Proximity, Not Just Capital

Impact investing has a proximity problem. Funder relationships stop with organizations’ leaders. Capital funds singularly. And it regards artistry as amenity instead of community infrastructure. The result: impact that evaporates. “Roots + Results” presents three proven(ing) frameworks that yield lasting results: regular theatre-based events with funders + communities, funding organizations as cooperative networks, and investing in artistic community investment funds. Built at the intersection of theatre, cultural organizing, and place-based community development, this SOCAP Skills Lab gives investors + practitioners hands-on tools to build + scale durable, relational infrastructures to facilitate capital that actually lands — and lasts.