The Arts Investment Forum functions as an independent knowledge-resource and global meeting space for donors and policy-makers who support investment in arts and culture internationally, for example in the context of international development cooperation or international relations.

As a knowledge resource the AIF aims to offer up-to-date information on the latest trends, developments and challenges as a sound basis for interventions; as a meeting space it aims to facilitate the exchange of best practice, information-sharing, open discussions and collaborations and helps to catalyze action on some of the most critical meta-issues.