YOU MAKE IT POSSIBLE
"I'm supporting the country that gave me everything and the city that I love"
– Peter Freedman AM, Owner and Founder of RODE Microphones
Your invitation
Sydney Festival’s philanthropic program offers you the opportunity to join a growing number of like-minded private donors who play a key role in the Festival’s success.
Get closer to the Festival and its artists and enjoy a range of benefits to enhance your Festival experience while allowing us to present productions that might otherwise be out of reach.
Giving levels
There are several ways to provide support to Sydney Festival, all of which allow you to make a meaningful philanthropic gift while receiving tax benefits.
Festival Patron – $2,500 tax deductible donation
Receive benefits including:
- Invitations to special events related to productions in the upcoming Festival
- Access to a personalised ticketing concierge service
- Invitations to the official launch event and to artist parties during the Festival
- Acknowledgements in Sydney Festival brochure and website
Become a Festival Patron
Associate Producer – $5,000 tax deductible donation
Receive benefits including:
- Invitations to special events related to productions in the upcoming Festival
- Access to a personalised ticketing concierge service
- Invitations to the Chair’s lunch and Director’s preview dinner plus artist parties and donor-only events during the Festival
- Acknowledgements in Sydney Festival brochure, website and event program
Become an Associate Producer
Festival Hero – $10,000 tax deductible donation
Receive benefits including:
- Invitations to special events related to productions in the upcoming Festival
- Access to a personalised ticketing concierge service
- Invitations to the Chair’s lunch, Director’s preview dinner plus artist parties and donor only events during the Festival
- Invitations to bespoke events with unique access to the Festival Director
- Acknowledgements in Sydney Festival brochure, website and event program
Become a Festival Hero
More Information
For further information on how we can tailor your support please contact us on 02 8248 6510 or email philanthropy[at]sydneyfestival.org.au
Sydney Festival is a deductible gift recipient. Sydney Festival believes that the portion of donations stipulated as tax-deductible, will be tax-deductible but makes no warranty in this regard. It is the responsibility of the donor to take its own tax advice. Donations are non-refundable.
WITH SINCERE THANKS TO OUR PRINCIPAL PHILANTHROPIC PARTNER PETER FREEDMAN AM AND ALL OUR SUPPORTERS:
MAJOR DONORS
Andrew Cameron AM and Cathy Cameron, Hooper Shaw Foundation, Robyn Martin-Weber, Roslyn Packer AC, Jacqui Scheinberg
DIRECTOR’S CIRCLE
Antionette Albert, John Barrer, Ashley Dawson-Damer, Lansdowne Foundation, Fiona Martin-Weber and Tom Hayward, Nelson Meers Foundation, Rebel Penfold-Russell, Scully Fund
FESTIVAL HEROES
Larissa Behrendt AO and Michael Lavarch AO, Jonathan and Judith Casson, Jennifer Darin and Dennis Cooper, Doc Ross Family Foundation, Stephen Fitzgerald, Kevin Isherwood, Lisa and Mark Jackson Pulver, David Kirk MBE and Brigit Kirk, David Mathlin and Camilla Drover, Julianne Maxwell, Penelope Seidler AM, Turnbull Foundation, Ray Wilson OAM
ASSOCIATE PRODUCERS
The Arcadia Syndicate, Caroline Beecham and John Lydon, Canny Quine Foundation, Anna Cleary, Carol Crawford, Darren Dale, Susanna De Vienne, Jennifer Dowling and James Hill, Phillip Keir and Sarah Benjamin, Amanda and Andrew Love, Anthony and Suzanne Maple-Brown, Robbie Nicol, Mary Read, Victoria Taylor, Carolyn and Drew Townsend
FESTIVAL PATRONS
John and Helen Barclay, Helen Bauer and Helen Lynch AM, Iolanda Capodanno and Juergen Krufczyk, Charles Curran, Kate Dundas, Helena Harris, Kiong Lee and Richard Funston, Lyndall and Trevor McNally, Roderick and Joan Noble, John Pearson and Mark Clark, Maggie Weiley and Barry Fitzgibbon
FESTIVAL LOVERS
Olivia Ansell, Paddy Carney, Cheryl Lo, Fiona Long, Anthony and Shirley Murray, Duane O’Donnell, Ben and Suzy Strout, Christopher Tooher
