Our fastest million dollars raised for arts and culture

Since July 2018, the ACF has received over $1 million in pledged donations. This has been our fastest ever one million dollars — raised in just four months. To celebrate this milestone we contacted the donor who helped us achieve this milestone and the artist they chose to donate to.

Jonathan Zwartz | Where is he now?

Jonathan Zwartz is a renowned Australian jazz musician who has used the ACF to fundraise for his music career. He was nominated for the 2013 ARIA Award for Best Jazz Album for the album The Remembering & Forgetting of the Air and recently won a 2018 ARIA Award for Best Jazz Album, Animarum. He joins us in a new ACF series where we ask ACF alumni, where are they now?

Australian Cultural Fund Roadshow 2018

The ACF is hitting the road this Spring, with a series of free events across four cities, designed for artists and arts organisations to make the most of our fundraising platform.

That’s a wrap for ACF Boost!

43 diverse independent arts, artistic groups and arts organisations from around the country raised over $170,000 during their ACF Boost campaigns. Those who raised $2,000 or more get a $2,000 boost towards their project from Creative Partnerships Australia.

Our 43 successful ACF BOOST recipients

We’re excited to announce the 43 successful recipients of ACF BOOST, our funding initiative for first-time users of the ACF.

Donor profile | Matthew Briggs

Artist, Matthew Briggs has donated to six artists on the ACF. In our new Artist to Artist series, we chatted to Matthew about what spurred him to donate.

Top resources for 2017!

This year we published more than 30 pieces of practical and inspirational online content including guides, tips and advice from artists, mentors and donors on our blog. Here are your favourites from 2017!

ACF’s performance in 2016-17

The Australian Cultural Fund had a great year in 2016-17 and we’re celebrating!

Artist profile | Bill Bleakley

Thanks to a clever crowdfunding campaign focusing first on friends, then on social networks, Bill exceeded his target and raised more than $8,000.

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