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PHILANTHROPY

You belong here. 


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. 


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.

Her Excellency the Honourable Margaret Beazley AC KC, Governor of New South Wales, Patron of Sydney Festival

GIVING LEVELS

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.

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.

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.

CONTACT


For further information on how we can tailor your support please contact us on

02 8248 6510
or email philanthropy@sydneyfestival.org.au.

We invite all our donors to adhere to our Sydney Festival Donor Guidelines to ensure a positive and respectful philanthropic partnership.

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 their own tax advice. Donations are non-refundable. 

With sincere thanks to all our private supporters...

MAJOR DONORS

Andrew Cameron AM and Cathy Cameron

Hooper Shaw Foundation

Fiona Martin-Weber and Tom Hayward

Robyn and Monty Martin-Weber

Roslyn Packer AC

Playking Foundation

Jacqui Scheinberg

DIRECTOR'S CIRCLE

Antionette Albert

John Barrer

Ashley Dawson-Damer AM

Lansdowne Foundation

Shane Lloyd and
Alan Joyce AC

Anthony and Suzanne Maple-Brown

The Scully Fund

FESTIVAL HEROES

Academy Travel

Anonymous

Jonathan and
Judith Casson

Stephen Fitzgerald

Kevin Isherwood

Lisa Jackson Pulver AM and Mark Jackson Pulver

James N. Kirby Foundation

David Kirk MBE and Brigit Kirk

David Mathlin and Camilla Drover

Julianne Maxwell

Rebel Penfold-Russell OAM

Penelope Seidler AM

Alenka Tindale

ASSOCIATE PRODUCERS

Brian Abel and Mark Manton

The Arcadia Syndicate

Caroline Beecham and John Lydon

Larissa Behrendt AO and Michael Lavarch AO

Jennifer Darin and Dennis Cooper

Canny Quine Foundation

Anna Cleary

Carol Crawford

Susanna de Vienne

Jennifer Dowling and James Hill

David Hovenden and Nancy Hromin

Phillip Keir and
Sarah Benjamin

Amanda and Andrew Love

Robbie Nicol

Nicola Pain

John Pearson and Mark Clark

Mary Read

Victoria Taylor

Wendy Whiteley OAM

Ray Wilson OAM

FESTIVAL PATRONS

John and Helen Barclay

Helen Bauer and Helen Lynch AM

Iolanda Capodanno and Juergen Krufczyk

Charles Coy

Kate Dundas

Helena Harris

Laura Y Jackson

Kiong Lee and
Richard Funston

Lyndall McNally OAM and Trevor McNally

Roderick and Joan Noble

Andrea Ulbrick and Julie Stanley

Maggie Weiley and Barry Fitzgibbon

FESTIVAL LOVERS

Paddy Carney

Jane Kift

Cheryl Lo

Anthony and Shirley Murray

Adele Raj-Manning

Nawal Silfani

Ben and Suzy Strout

Christopher Tooher

Warwick Yee

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