Annual Report 2019/20 Contents
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Annual Report 2019/20 Contents 02 Section 1: Our Purpose 04 Who We Are and What We Do 05 Our Goals 05 Key Focus Areas 06 From our Chair 07 From our CEO 10 Section 2: Our Performance 11 Our Year at a Glance 12 Australian Cultural Fund 18 ACF Boost 23 Plus1 26 MATCH Lab 30 LIFT Mentoring Programs 35 Coaching and Advice 38 Sector Development and Events 42 Research, Trends and Insights into Private Giving 43 Creative Partnerships Awards 44 Section 3: Management and Accountability 46 Company Structure 46 Corporate Governance 46 Audit and Risk Committee 46 Financial Management 47 Risk Management 47 Organisational Chart 47 Locations 48 Key Performance Indicators 50 Reporting Compliance Index 55 Financial Report Sydney Chamber Opera, Breaking Glass, Carriageworks Cover image: Moira Finucane, The Rapture Chapter II:Art vs Extinction, Melbourne Fringe Festival Photo: Daniel Boud Photo: Simon Schluter 02 Annual Report 2019/20 01 Ballet Theatre Queensland, SwanLake, Odette Photo: Quince Mulberry Our purpose is to foster a culture Our Purpose of private sector support for the arts in Australia; to grow a more sustainable, vibrant and ambitious cultural sector for the benefit of all Australians. 02 Annual Report 2019/20 Section 1: Our Purpose 03 We achieve these by Our Goals focusing on five key areas Advocacy Grow1. the culture of giving and Build philanthropic and business sentiment around volunteering to support the arts, the value of supporting the arts to contribute to a bringing donors, businesses, sustainable, ambitious and vibrant cultural sector for the benefit of all Australians. artists and arts organisations together. Providing Expertise Be an informed and influential source of expertise about private giving to the arts, including new and emerging trends and innovative models. Assist2 . Australian artists and arts organisations to attract and maintain support from donors Building Capacity and business, diversifying their Build the development and fundraising skills and sources of revenue. capabilities of artists and arts organisations to lead to a more sustainable cultural sector with diverse Who We Are sources of revenue. and What We Do Encourage3. and celebrate Partnering innovation and excellence Facilitate and incentivise financial support, and Our aim is to foster a culture Our expert team specialises in arts promote the benefits of in-kind support, from the in giving to and partnerships of giving, investment, and fundraising and philanthropy, arts private sector for artists and arts organisations, partnership in the arts, bringing and business partnerships and with the arts. for the further development of their artistic practice. donors, businesses, artists and business development for the arts. arts organisations together to grow a more sustainable and vibrant We work with artists and arts Demonstrating Value cultural sector for the benefit of organisations, philanthropists Be an efficient and effective organisation, providing all Australians. and businesses to facilitate high quality programs and services that are valued partnerships, mentoring and by the cultural sector and other stakeholders. We do this by investing in the investment. professional and business development of the cultural We administer the Australian sector to maximise partnership Cultural Fund (ACF), a fundraising potential and long-term growth; platform for Australian artists that by working with philanthropists encourages and facilitates tax- and businesses to facilitate and deductible donations to the arts. champion arts partnerships and investment; and through our matched funding programs for artists and arts organisations. Play On, Park Jiha at Immigration Museum for Asia TOPA Photo: Alan Weedon 04 Annual Report 2019/20 Section 1: Our Purpose 05 A message from A message from our Chair our CEO Catherine Walter AM Fiona Menzies On behalf of the board of Creative Consistent with earlier years, The Board values the dedication Creative Partnerships Australia The Australian Cultural Fund As part of our focus on providing Partnerships Australia, it is my we have continued to pursue and expertise of the Creative has had another impactful year, continued to prosper with the expertise, we continued to pleasure to present our 2019/2020 our mission of fostering a culture Partnerships Australia executive amidst unforeseen international support of many generous donors. work with international and annual report. of private investment in the arts team led by CEO Fiona Menzies. events that have highlighted the Through partnering, a total of Australian experts in sponsorship, through a range of programs and We are all driven by the organisation’s ability to adapt $4.65 million was donated to philanthropy and fundraising to This financial year has been a services as well as our fundraising opportunity to support Australia’s and support the Australian arts artists and arts organisations deliver workshops, webinars seminal one in Australian history platform, the Australian Cultural artist and arts organisations and cultural sector through through the platform in 2019/20. and masterclasses that provided with the twin disasters of massive Fund, enabling the building of by leveraging private sector our expertise, programs and We supported independent artists and arts organisations bushfires and the global pandemic strong relationships with donors support to optimise the growth resources. artists and arts organisations with increased knowledge, of COVID-19. and artists. and contribution of a vibrant and through ACF Boost, a program skills and confidence in seeking sustainable arts sector in Australia. In 2019, we were pleased to that provided over $100,000 in private sector support. The The effects of each continue to In September 2019, which seems release our first sector-wide matched funding support for their popularity of our 2020 national reverberate through all aspects of a lifetime ago, we were pleased This work has never been more survey of private sector support fundraising efforts. The majority masterclass series with renowned Australian life and the arts sector to recognise and celebrate important than in this year: a for the arts and culture, Giving of this support went to projects UK fundraiser, Patricia Castanha, in particular has been dramatically the roles played by acclaimed year in which we have seen gritty Attitude, and present the findings in bushfire or drought affected reaffirmed our place as experts and negatively affected. philanthropists, who inspire us all, determination and perseverance as a keynote presentation at the regions, with 95% of ACF Boost in arts fundraising and the to the arts across Australia. We within the arts and cultural sector; Culture Business conference It is a time like this that I am deeply projects reaching their fundraising importance of private sector again thank and congratulate our Indeed, for many, professional in Sydney. The report provides grateful to the national reach and targets. support in building a sustainable 2019 Creative Partnerships Awards survival has called on enormous insights into the key experiences deep arts sector expertise of my arts and cultural sector. winners: John Kaldor AO, John reserves of creativity and ingenuity. and challenges Australian arts and Our matched funding programs fellow board members, augmented Gandel AC and Pauline Gandel cultural organisations are facing saw similar success with many this year by Dr Richard Dammery AC, Helen Carroll, Ian Kew, David Creative Partnerships Australia and outlines both actual results Plus1 and MATCH Lab campaigns joining us. McAllister AM, and Dr Terry Wu. remains committed to continuing and their perception of their ability reaching or exceeding their our essential work in assisting the Working closely with management, to fundraise. The second edition fundraising targets. The popularity As a Commonwealth company growth and long term viability of a we convened a number of urgent of this report is due to be released of these programs remains high we particularly thank the Minister vibrant culture of giving to the arts. board meetings through March, in late 2020, and over time it will each year, recognising that for Communications, Cyber April and May to optimise our enable us to track giving trends matched funding is a compelling Safety and the Arts, the Hon. For, as Hippocrates reminds us: response to the conjunction of quantitively, as well as sentiment incentive for donors and Paul Fletcher MP, for both the ars longa, vita brevis and we all bushfire and COVID-19 impacts. relating to private sector support businesses to support artists support he has given to Creative do well to remember the lasting This enabled us to support for the arts. and arts organisations. Partnerships Australia and in impact of art over the brevity of thousands of artists and art continuing to acknowledge life! organisations by facilitating the importance of our role in funding in excess of $2 million. strengthening the Australian arts sector. We are grateful also to officers from the Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Catherine Walter AM Regional Development and Chair Communications, who provide valuable and much appreciated support to Creative Partnerships 06 Annual Report 2019/20 Australia’s work. Section 1: Our Purpose 07 In 2019, Creative Partnerships As part of our digital strategy, challenges we have faced. I would Australia supported 11 Australian we developed our popular also like to thank the members of arts and cultural organisations Fundamentals