Tag Archives: Australia Council

The Budget and Creative Partnerships Australia


Hello friends and arts philanthropy readers. I haven’t posted for a while as I have been doing a long research project. But, I noticed this week that there was not much commentary on one of the Budget items affecting the … Continue reading

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Love (your arts) in the Time of Cholera


It has been a very long time since my last post and there are many reasons for that – the simplest being the massive growth in short form online communications and news and information about the arts and fundraising on … Continue reading

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Have we travelled far?


I have just been reading Contemporary Art + Philanthropy, Public Spaces/Private Funding: Foundations for Contemporary Art  as I revisit the nexus (is there one?) between philanthropy, tax policy and arts policy. This monograph was created to record a forum held … Continue reading

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Is Corporate Sponsorship Philanthropy?


Readers, today there is a debate about funding, the arts, ethics and government support.  The discussion around whether an organisation which has a corporate supporter has the “right” to terminate that relationship is becoming politicised, particularly by the Minister for … Continue reading

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Stop philosophising – just show us the money!


This post is a response to a comment I have received through facebook which said: “it seemed to me, i might be wrong, that your page may be geared to institutions that fund, rather than to those seeking funding.” Thanks … Continue reading

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