Barking Gecko Theatre | Plus1 Case Study
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PLUS1
Plus1 is our dollar-for-dollar matched fundraising program, designed to boost the fundraising efforts of small to medium not-for-profit arts organisations.
Plus1 supports not-for-profit arts and cultural organisations to develop and run more effective fundraising campaigns, boost their fundraising skills and secure new backers.
Applications for Plus1 2023/24 is closed.
Join Matt Morse, Director of Private Investment Capability at Australia Council, to find out more about the Plus1 matched funding program for small to medium arts organisations: what it’s about, who it’s for, and what makes a great Plus1 application.
If you’re a Plus1 recipient, you’ll run a fundraising campaign designed by you, for a specified period, to raise money for a project of your choice. Whatever you raise within that period, we’ll match it up to $25,000 or $50,000, depending on the size of your organisation.
It’s called ‘Plus1’, but there are a number of benefits for arts organisations.
Organisations can use Plus1 to attract new donors, build valuable relationships and networks for new and diverse revenue sources, and boost their fundraising skills.
In addition, many supporters and investors see matched funding as a means of extending their contribution—a matched fundraising campaign can be a powerful incentive in securing first-time investment from previously untapped donors or philanthropists.
Plus1 can be used to:
- Attract and leverage investment from the private sector.
- Build stronger and broader networks with supporters.
- Develop fundraising skills to find new donors and build supportive partnerships.
Matched funding of up to $50,000 per organisation is available and is divided into two streams:
- Applicants with an annual turnover in the previous financial year of up to $500,000 are eligible to request up to $25,000 in matched funding (Stream A) and;
- Applicants with an annual turnover in the previous financial year from $500,000 up to and including $5 million are eligible to request up to $50,000 in matched funding (Stream B).
The project or activity that will be funded through your Plus1 fundraising campaign is entirely up to the applicant. It can include, but is not limited to:
- Employment of artists or arts/culture workers (new contracts or continued employment of existing staff)
- Core operational costs.
- Creating and presenting new works. For example, artist’s fees, creative development, production, marketing, and touring costs.
- Program initiatives. For example, education programs and/or scholarship opportunities.
- Employment of new staff. For example, an artistic director, business development manager, or fundraising and marketing staff.
- Fundraising support. For example, campaign expenses, customer relationship management, and IT software and hardware.
- Capital works or building upgrades.
Find out more about Plus1 in our FAQs or watch the video below.
Australian Dance Party Ltd, ACT
Darlinghurst Theatre Company, NSW
Tantrum Youth Arts, NSW
Artspace, NSW
Monkey Baa Theatre for Young People Limited, NSW
OpenField Arts Festival Inc., NSW
Bach Akademie Australia, NSW
Red Room Poetry, NSW
Corrugated Iron Youth Arts, NT
Qmusic, QLD
BlakDance Australia Ltd, QLD
Vulcana Women’s Circus, QLD
Red Ridge Interior Queensland Ltd, QLD
Umbrella Studio Association Inc, QLD
Vitalstatistix Incorporated, SA
Theatre Republic Ltd, SA
Helpmann Academy, SA
Guildhouse, SA
KneeHigh Puppeteers Inc T/A Open Space Contemporary Arts, SA
Van Diemen’s Band Inc., TAS
Tasmanian Youth Orchestras, TAS
Ten Days on the Island, TAS
Arts Project Australia, VIC
Western Edge Youth Arts, VIC
TarraWarra Museum of Art, VIC
Footscray Community Arts Centre, VIC
The Push Incorporated, VIC
Australian National Memorial Theatre Limited, VIC
Sensorium Theatre, WA
The Lester Inc, WA
Western Australian Youth Theatre Company, WA
Writing WA Inc, WA
Yirra Yaakin Theatre Company, WA
Philharmonic South West Inc, WA
An additional nine Queensland based organisations have received support for their Plus1 campaigns through the support of Arts Queensland through their Strategic Partnerships Fund.
Access Arts, QLD
Australasian Dance Collective Limited (ADC), QLD
Australian Festival of Chamber Music North Queensland Ltd, QLD
Ballet Theatre of Queensland (BTQ), QLD
Camerata, QLD
Dancenorth Australia Ltd, QLD
Institute of Modern Art (IMA), QLD
La Boite, QLD
Topology, QLD
Find out more at Arts Queensland’s media release here.
Image: Brisbane Writers Festival 2017 Photo: Dan Seed
PLUS1 Success Stories
Funding and functions of Creative Partnerships Australia have transferred to Creative Australia. Learn more here.