The Institutions as Fulcrums of Change program seeks to initiate and facilitate changes in the philosophy and programming of community institutions such as libraries, museums, and arts organizations to assist them in developing stronger and more effective social and economic development agendas for their communities.

The Institutions of Fulcrums of Change program is a natural extension of Partners for Livable Communities’ thirty-year evolution. Since its inception, Partners has consistently argued that arts and cultural resources can play central roles in creating better communities, and in promoting social and economic development goals. Partners has found through its extensive technical assistance work in cities around the country that there are beloved, but underutilized institutions that should be better incorporated into comprehensive community strategies.