Donating to BMAC - How it works and why donate
Objectives, Vision and Strategy
The primary BMAC objective is to maintain and grow an economically sustainable artistic community in the mountains.
BMAC values are to connect, nurture and grow.
BMAC has adopted a strategy to establish a permanent exhibition space and exhibit at up to six major events each year including the current flagship SpectaculART. The exhibition space does not need to be constrained by bricks and mortar and the significant costs which this involves. The Board is open to explore an online virtual gallery in which to exhibit artists' work and attract sponsorship.
All of BMAC activities are designed to sell art, grow its membership, provide education opportunities about members, and facilitate networking prospects for members thereby overcoming the isolation experienced by many local artists. BMAC considers its uniqueness to be a function of its heritage location, peak arts body role, multi genre art representation, and membership-driven organisation.
Background
As an acknowledgement of its important cultural objectives and vision, BMAC has been successfully listed as one of the organisations on the Register of Cultural Organisations (ROCO), administered by the federal government. As a consequence BMAC has Australian Tax Office endorsement as a Deductible Gift Recipient (DGR). This status enables BMAC to seek and receive donations from the General Public into its Public Fund and to provide donors with a tax deductible receipt for donations of $2 or more
Objective of the Fund
To help fund up to six Blue Mountains Artists Company art exhibitions per annum and contribute towards the establishment and maintenance of an online, virtual art gallery show-casing members work.
Expenditure of Public Fund monies will assist in the support of:
- Exhibition space
- Exhibition bump in/hanging/set up/bump out
- Curatorial and exhibition management fees
- Catalogues
- Website design, development and ongoing management
- Exhibition launch outgoings
- Promotion/advertising/leafleting
Obligations acknowledged in maintaining the Public Fund monies and meeting ROCO register requirements
- Bank all donations to Public Fund bank account
- Not to receive monies for any other body
- Maintain records of and reconcile donations to bank account
- Lodge six monthly returns to ROCO of donations in the required format
- Maintain acceptable "responsible persons" on ROCO list as "guardians"of the Public Fund
- Provide "responsible persons"with accurate documentation of donations and use of funds
- Use funds only for the suitable purposes
Adopted by the Board on 9 May 2009
Please make a donation to BMAC: click to download the Donation Form