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Tag Archives: funds for artists
Unlocking the Potential of the Arts: A talk at the Asia Pacific Social Impact Centre
I attended the launch of two new reports at the Asia Pacific Social Impact Leadership Centre at the Melbourne Business School mainly to hear Carol Schwartz, who is the new Chair of the new body, Creative Partnerships Australia, formed through … Continue reading
Posted in corporate social responsibility, philanthropy
Tagged Artsupport, Asia Pacific Social Impact Leadership Centre, Australia Business Arts Foundation, Australia Cultural Fund, Carol Schwartz, creative partnerships, Creative Partnerships Australia, funds for artists, gift relationship, government review, Jody Evans, Liz Gillies, Margaret Lawrence Bequest, melbourne business school, public art museum, simon crean
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Crowdfunding
I attended a talk on crowdfunding at Hub Melbourne, presented by the Australian Centre for Social Innovation (TACSI) featuring The Awesome Foundation, Pozible and Start Some Good. Sounds like something where a crowd funds your project? Almost but not quite. … Continue reading
Posted in donate, fundraising, philanthropy, social action, social media
Tagged #crowd4goood, awesome foundation, crowdfunding, funds for artists, melbourne, pozible, social change, social entrepreneurs, social media, social network, start some good, strategic giving, tax deductibility, twitter
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Australia Cultural Fund – AbaF’s ACF
Disclaimer: The Australia Business Art Foundation’s Australia Cultural Fund (ACF) is a program I managed for two years and really enjoyed being involved with. The ACF is a way for artists, musicians, dancers, theatre practitioners and filmmakers to raise money … Continue reading
Artsupport Australia
This post was updated in July 2018 (originally written in 2011). Artsupport Australia was a unit of the Australia Council from 2002 to around 2014. Its role was to assist in the development of philanthropy within arts organisations. For several … Continue reading
Community Foundations
A follow on to the post about Family Foundations. Community Foundations are usually set up for the benefit of a particular community, generally based on geography – for example the Melbourne Community Foundation, the Sydney Community Foundation, the Queensland Community … Continue reading
Ian Potter Foundation job opportunity
The Ian Potter Foundation is advertising for a program officer. (See the position description in full on their home page). It is very much an administration role administering the grant-making process for the travel and conference program areas, assisting program … Continue reading
Posted in fundraising, philanthropy
Tagged funds for artists, Ian Potter Foundation, jobs in philanthropy, twitter
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Family Foundations
Welcome to the new year. Family foundations are a good source of support for the arts in Australia. When I refer to family foundations I mean to differentiate them from community foundations and prescribed ancillary funds. I am specifically writing … Continue reading
Executor and trustee companies, or dead people like to donate too
When people think about bequests, often it is in relation to people who leave money for a specific purpose, with a whole infrastructure around how the money is to be administered through setting up their own foundation with particular application … Continue reading
Posted in donate, higher education, philanthropy, prizes
Tagged ANZ Trustees, applications, Australian Tax Office, awards, bequests, Equity Trustees, funds for artists, government review, grants, National Gallery of Victoria, Perpetual Trustees, Philanthropy Australia, scholarships, State Trustees, tax deductibility, TCC, Trust Company, Trustee company
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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
Posted in donate, fundraising, philanthropy, prizes
Tagged Arts ACT, Arts NSW, Arts NT, Arts QLD, Arts SA, Arts Tasmania, Arts Victoria, Australia Council, Dept of Culture & the Arts WA, Film Victoria, filmmakers, funds for artists, government grants, money for visual arts, National Association for the Visual Arts (NAVA), Northern Territory Film Office, Screen ACT, Screen Australia, Screen NSW, Screen Queensland, Screen Tasmania, ScreenWest, South Australian Film Corporation
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Cultivation and the five stages of the fundraising cycle
One of the first concepts I was introduced to recently when moving into large scale fundraising was the fundraising cycle (sometimes also called “moves management”). Whereas previously I had been talking to fund/grant seekers (who were mainly artists, musicians, dancers … Continue reading
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