Support us
Donate Give us
your money (please)
Donate Give us your money (please)
We have a confession to make. Melbourne Fringe has a crush – on independent artists everywhere. We want to shower them with resources and opportunities all year round… but love don’t come cheap. Can you find it in your wallet heart to help us?
We rely on the generosity of our donors, the lovely folk who reach deep into their pockets, wallets, coin purses, piggy banks, cheque books, or cash-stuffed-mattresses to help us make art-love blossom.
As well as our annual Festival, and our new year-round dedicated arts space Fringe Common Rooms, we run artist development initiatives like ShowSupport – where we match-make artists and donors – plus run a range of microgrant opportunities, giving anyone with a creative vision every chance of bringing it to life. And because we don’t mess around, we also run creative workshops, info sessions, and offer one-on-one assistance all year long, with accessibility and inclusion at the forefront of everything we do.
But – and there’s always a but – these things cost money. Which is where you come in!
Your donation ensures we can keep supporting artists 24x7x365, gives our diversity and creative programs much needed nurturing – and enables incredible voices to be heard.
We have so many exciting plans for the future, but we need a hand (preferably one with a wallet in it).
Ready to Donate?
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- Online – the amount you want to donate (or choose your own) and add it to your account.
- Phone – give us a buzz on 03 9660 9600 and we can process your donation live (we’ll sing you a thank you song)
- Cheque or EFT – just fill out the online form here and then donate by posting us a cheque or sending your donation by bank transfer (take a look at the form for our bank/post details).
Donor Levels:
They say it takes a village, right? Which is why we’re grateful for any donation, big or small. All donations of $2 or more are tax deductible, and donations larger than $200 get you a fancy friend-of-Fringe title (and our unending love and devotion).
Adventurer $100,000 +
Troublemaker $50,000 +
Hero $25,000 +
Creator $10,000 +
Discoverer $5,000 +
Explorer $2,500 +
Innovator $1,000 +
Rabblerouser $500 +
Accomplice $200 +
What you get:
- Personal acknowledgement on the Melbourne Fringe website, in our Festival Guide and in Annual reports.
- Be lifted through the streets triumphantly (optional)
- Exclusive opportunities to meet the team
- Get up close and personal with artists
Legacy Program:
Why not give your money to Fringe - the child you always wanted (and never knew you had)?!?
Etch yourself into the arts Hall of Fame with a posthumous gift to the Melbourne Fringe.
To find out about how you can leave a gift in your will, go here.
Melbourne Fringe is on the Register of Cultural Organisations under Subdivision 30-B of the income Assessment Act 1997 and is endorsed by the Australian Tax Office as a Deductible Gift Recipient (DGR). But all you need to know is that every donation of $2 or more is tax-deductible.
Your Donation
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Buy us a (tax deductible)
gift from our list of essential items
Buy us a (tax deductible) gift from our list of essential items
Art is an essential service – and your gift will ensure we can make art happen.
We know this has been an extraordinary year (and we aren’t even half way through!), and we think our community has never needed art more than it does right now. We need your help to make sure we can do our most important work – supporting artists, providing tech, marketing to sell tickets – and of course we need staff, office equipment and cash to help us keep the lights on.
Artists provide an essential service, keeping us entertained and connected; making us feel part of something either in a theatre, a bar or from our own homes.
Help us help artists to continue to create and share their work with as many people as possible by purchasing one (or more!) of the essential items below.
When you purchase a gift, you are making a donation of its value to Melbourne Fringe. All donations over $2 are tax deductible.
Your gift will be recognised and acknowledged in true Fringe fashion, so take a look, peruse the list and if something tickles your fancy, get in quick!
Having trouble using the gift registry? Just click here to donate.
You can also give us a call on 03 9660 9600 (10am – 6pm Mon to Fri) or email us on info@melbournefringe.com.au.
For a plain text version of our registry, please download here:Plain Text Gift Registry
| ITEM | DESCRIPTION | EXTRA RECOGNITION | NUMBER AVAILABLE | DONATION PER ITEM | |
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Digital Fringe platform 
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Description
Assist with the development of a bespoke digital Melbourne Fringe website platform, where artists can stream, house and share their socially-distant and in-home art. |
Extra Recognition
We’ll show you how the platform works with a special streamed performance for you and yours. You’ll be credited on the platform itself, telling everyone about your wonderful contribution. |
Number Available
1 of 1 |
Donation Per Item
$10000 |
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Engage an artist – Stephanie Lake 
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Description
Pay the artist fee for choreographer and director Stephanie Lake, as she creates a new project for the Festival. |
Extra Recognition
Dinner with Stephanie and Creative Director Simon Abrahams, and a sign at the project crediting your extraordinary contribution. |
Number Available
0 of 1 |
Donation Per Item
$10000 |
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Video camera for Fringe Common Rooms – the big one 
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Description
Buy us the equipment we need to record and live stream wonderful art and performance in Fringe Common Rooms. |
Extra Recognition
You can name the camera (so far we’ve come up with Camera-n Diaz, but you can do better) and we’ll engrave both its name and yours on the camera for posterity. Your name will also be included the any credits of any content recorded by the camera. |
Number Available
0 of 0 |
Donation Per Item
$5000 |
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Engage an artist – Matthias Schack Arnott 
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Description
Fund percussive artist Matthias Schack-Arnott to create a new project for the Festival. |
Extra Recognition
Dinner with Matthias and Creative Director Simon Abrahams. |
Number Available
1 of 1 |
Donation Per Item
$5000 |
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Volunteers Coordinator 
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Description
Pay the wages of a Volunteers Coordinator, so we can best support our fabulous crew of vollies. |
Extra Recognition
We’ll get a group of volunteers to spell out your name using their bodies, like those kids in the bad pre-Grand Final entertainment. |
Number Available
1 of 1 |
Donation Per Item
$5000 |
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Festival production crew 
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Description
Pay a fortnight’s wages of the fabulous production crew that literally bring the Festival to life. |
Extra Recognition
You’ll get a video message from a crew member to say thanks. |
Number Available
4 of 4 |
Donation Per Item
$3000 |
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Touring Awards sponsorship 
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Description
Sponsor one of our touring awards, allowing artists to perform in interstate and international festivals |
Extra Recognition
The winning artist will send you a postcard from their tour, plus you’ll get written acknowledgment on the Fringe website and in the printed guide. |
Number Available
6 of 6 |
Donation Per Item
$2500 |
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Video camera for Fringe Common Rooms – the little one 
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Description
Buy us the equipment we need to record and live stream wonderful art and performance in Fringe Common Rooms. |
Extra Recognition
You can name the camera (so far we’ve come up with Camera-n Diaz, but you can do better) and we’ll engrave both its name and yours on the camera for posterity. |
Number Available
2 of 2 |
Donation Per Item
$1500 |
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Arts Industry Mentor 
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Description
Employ an artist to be a mentor as part of our Arts Industry Mentorships program, where artists who are Deaf or with disability are paired with a senior industry artists to help develop their craft and their careers. |
Extra Recognition
Acknowledgment on the Fringe website and in the printed guide. |
Number Available
4 of 4 |
Donation Per Item
$1500 |
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A bit of an artist – 1 head 
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Description
We pay artists fees in our venue as well as the Festival Club, Hub, children’s and keynote projects. Pay the fees to buy the most important bit of the artist, the head, and the clever brain inside. We’ll commission this creative brain to create a key project for Melbourne Fringe Festival 2020. |
Extra Recognition
The artist in question will use that creative mind of theirs to write a special letter to thank you for your contribution. We’ll acknowledge you on the Fringe website and in the printed guide, and take you on tour of the work with the Fringe team. |
Number Available
4 of 5 |
Donation Per Item
$1000 |
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Venue projector hire 
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Description
Pay for the projectors at Fringe Common Rooms. |
Extra Recognition
Your name will be installed on the bootup screen of said projector, so your name will be displayed every time it is turned on! (We will put your name on the side of it with gaffa tape). |
Number Available
0 of 0 |
Donation Per Item
$800 |
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Pay our rent for a week 
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Description
Literally help us keep a roof over our heads – lights on, doors open. |
Extra Recognition
You can come by and visit anytime, and we’ll put a framed picture of you in the office. |
Number Available
8 of 10 |
Donation Per Item
$575 |
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COVID cleaning crew 
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Description
For once we don’t want to go viral! We’re doing our utmost to keep patrons and participants safe, help us do this by contributing towards our additional cleaning crew at Fringe Common Rooms.
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Extra Recognition
We’ll spell out your name in soap suds on the Fringe Common Rooms floors. |
Number Available
2 of 3 |
Donation Per Item
$500 |
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Fringe Furniture mentors 
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Description
Employ a professional to coach the next big things in design. |
Extra Recognition
We’ll take you on a tour of the Fringe Furniture exhibition on opening day, and we’ll say a big thanks to you on our website and in our printed guide. |
Number Available
3 of 3 |
Donation Per Item
$500 |
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Mental Health resource kit 
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Description
Engage a performing arts psychologist to produce resources for artists |
Extra Recognition
We’ll thank you in the kit itself, and send a note out (thanking you) to all our artists pointing them to the kit. |
Number Available
0 of 0 |
Donation Per Item
$500 |
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Photographer fees 
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Description
Pay a photographer to capture the glory of an evening at Club Fringe. |
Extra Recognition
We’ll invite you to the night being photographed and ask the photog to capture your portrait on the night. |
Number Available
9 of 10 |
Donation Per Item
$400 |
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Video camera equipment 
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Description
Cameras are great, but what about all the bits and pieces that make them work (tripods and cables and lenses OH MY)?! |
Extra Recognition
We’ll put your name on the equipment and think of you fondly every time we use it. |
Number Available
2 of 3 |
Donation Per Item
$350 |
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Pay for a Club DJ 
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Description
Pay for a DJ fee at Club Fringe. We’re all going to feel like a boogie come November… |
Extra Recognition
We’ll cover your entry to the Club that night, and you can choose the first song the DJ plays. |
Number Available
9 of 9 |
Donation Per Item
$275 |
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A bit of an artist – 1 heart 
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Description
Support an artist in our children’s experimental art program by paying for one of the most important bits… their heart. Keeps that creative blood pumping and puts the LOVE into the work. Aww. |
Extra Recognition
We’ll send you a personalised thank you love letter, with some of those yummy heart lollies with sayings on them. |
Number Available
3 of 10 |
Donation Per Item
$250 |
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Audio recording equipment – USB Input 
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Description
Pay for a Behringer U-Phoria UMC202HD USB input, so we can record artists’ work for broadcast online. |
Extra Recognition
We’ll stick a label with your name on the side of it. |
Number Available
0 of 0 |
Donation Per Item
$200 |
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Auslan interpreting 
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Description
Cover the costs of an independent artist engaging a qualified Auslan interpreter to translate their show for people who are Deaf or hard of hearing |
Extra Recognition
We’ll teach you how to say your name or favourite saying in Auslan. |
Number Available
20 of 30 |
Donation Per Item
$200 |
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Chair hire 
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Description
Pay for us to hire theatre chairs to keep our audiences sittin’ pretty. |
Extra Recognition
We’ll stick a piece of gaffa under the seat that reads “You’re comfy thanks to [your name]” |
Number Available
10 of 10 |
Donation Per Item
$175 |
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Audio recording equipment for Fringe Common Rooms 
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Description
Pay for an MXL 990 microphone, so we can record artists’ work to be broadcast online. |
Extra Recognition
We will let you name the mic (don’t call it Mike, you’re better than that…) and we’ll label it, and your name, on it. |
Number Available
0 of 0 |
Donation Per Item
$150 |
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Two months Adobe Creative Cloud subscription 
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Description
Two months access to Adobe Creative Suite for the marketing team in the Fringe office. |
Extra Recognition
We’ll Photoshop your face onto any celebrity you like and send you an A4 print out. |
Number Available
0 of 6 |
Donation Per Item
$150 |
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A bit of an artist – 1 limb 
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Description
We pay artists fees in our venue as well as the Festival Club, Hub, children’s and keynote projects. Help chip in their fees by buying a bit of an artist. |
Extra Recognition
We’ll shout you a drink the next time you come to a show in Fringe Common Rooms. |
Number Available
8 of 20 |
Donation Per Item
$100 |
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5 beers for 5 artists 
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Description
Shout 5 artists a refreshing Young Henrys. |
Extra Recognition
‘Legend’ status with our community of artists. |
Number Available
17 of 30 |
Donation Per Item
$50 |
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Office stationery 
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Description
Help us keep the office running with the essentials. Think paper for the printer, Post-It notes, those cool rubber stamps that say official business-y things like “APPROVED” and “SIGN HERE” |
Extra Recognition
Save a trip to Officeworks and come print that pesky form at our office. |
Number Available
0 of 0 |
Donation Per Item
$25 |
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Hand sanitiser 
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Description
We’re doing our utmost to keep patrons and participants safe. Help everyone practice their newfound hand-cleaning skills by paying for some hand sanitiser for our venue. |
Extra Recognition
We’ll give you a socially distant air high five when you come to Fringe Common Rooms. |
Number Available
9 of 10 |
Donation Per Item
$25 |