About Foundation Adelaide Festival
Foundation Adelaide Festival, a registered charity, raises vital funds to support the Festival’s annual program and build an endowment that will safeguard its future for generations to come.
Foundation Adelaide Festival assists Adelaide Festival and Adelaide Writers’ Week, towards achieving the Festival’s vision to be recognised nationally and internationally as one of the world’s greatest multi-arts festivals. We can only reach these heights with your support, trust and guardianship through our philanthropic programs.
“For 60 years our state has nurtured the arts. The result is one of the world’s great muti-arts festivals, which in turn injects $76 million into South Australia’s economy each year, not to mention its immeasurable benefits in community engagement with the arts. Now through the Foundation, with the help of our donors, we can invest funds to ensure the Adelaide Festival’s financial stability for the future.”
- Anna Baillie-Karas, immediate past Foundation Adelaide Festival Board Chair
Foundation Adelaide Festival Board
- Chris Harford (Chair)
- Dr Andrew Saies (Deputy Chair)
- Tony Berg
- William JS Boyle CM
- Brigid Emmett
- Abbey Hall
- Tracey Whiting AM
The Foundation ensures that all donations are directed to the purpose/s for which they are intended. Untied donations and bequests are invested in the Foundation’s endowment fund to help secure the Festival’s long-term financial stability.
Snapshot of Foundation Adelaide Festival Achievements:
- $1.5 million invested towards the Foundation’s endowment goal of $5 million.
- $4.71 million granted in support of Adelaide Festival by the Foundation since its inception.
- 788 donors supported Foundation Adelaide Festival in the last three years, 2023 – 2025 in addition to 3905 donors supporting Adelaide Festival funds.
Foundation Adelaide Festival
Foundation Adelaide Festival Public Ancillary Fund is endorsed as a deductible gift recipient under Subdivision 30-BA of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1997, registered with the Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission. Donations of $2.00 or more are tax-deductible.
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