Trending Arts & Culture Charities in Australia 2026

1

Lyon Housemuseum Foundation

AU Trust: 80/100 Revenue: $9,111,999 Data: 67%

Culture and Arts: Art galleries and art museums

2

The Board Of Trustees Of Newstead House

AU Trust: 80/100 Revenue: $3,098,278 Data: 67%

House Museum: History museums

3

Returned & Services League of Australia (queensland Branch) Russell Island Rsl Sub-Branch Inc

AU Trust: 80/100 Revenue: $1,917,912 Data: 67%

Social Services, Welfare of veterans and dependents and commemorative activities: Commemorations

4

Returned & Services League of Australia (queensland Branch) Innisfail Sub-Branch INC.

AU Trust: 80/100 Revenue: $3,087,564 Data: 67%

Innisfail RSL Diggers Day held monthly.: Community service organisations

5

Mzuri Dance Artistree Fund INC.

AU Trust: 80/100 Revenue: $205,737 Data: 67%

Food support: Food aid

6

Behind the Wire Incorporated

AU Trust: 80/100 Revenue: $424 Data: 67%

Literary oral history: Cultural awareness

7

The Bowerbird Collective Ltd

AU Trust: 80/100 Revenue: $575,043 Data: 67%

Digital Performances: Performing arts

8

Bass Coast Community Foundation Open Fund

AU Trust: 80/100 Revenue: $95,593 Data: 67%

Bass Coast Kids as Catalysts: Education support

9

The Unconformity INC.

AU Trust: 80/100 Revenue: $1,523,874 Data: 67%

West Coast Artist Commission: Visual arts

10

The Twyford Hall Complex Limited

AU Trust: 80/100 Revenue: $2,095,064 Data: 67%

Twyford Theatre: Professional theatre

11

The Canberra Sikh Association Inc

AU Trust: 80/100 Revenue: $1,051,258 Data: 67%

Canberra Khalsa Punjabi School: Languages

12

The Metropolitan Orchestra Incorporated

AU Trust: 80/100 Revenue: $610,779 Data: 67%

Met Concert Series: Orchestral music

13

Sensorium Theatre Incorporated

AU Trust: 80/100 Revenue: $1,110,061 Data: 67%

Hutan: Professional theatre

14

The Trustee For W.R. Johnston Trust

AU Trust: 80/100 Revenue: $691,355 Data: 67%

Museum and art galleries: Art galleries and art museums

15

Ten Days On The Island Limited

AU Trust: 80/100 Revenue: $2,463,496 Data: 67%

Ten Days on the Island: Arts and culture

16

The Torch Project

AU Trust: 80/100 Revenue: $3,302,584 Data: 67%

Indigenous Arts in Prisons and Community (IAPC) program: Cultural awareness

17

Bach Akademie Australia Limited

AU Trust: 80/100 Revenue: $629,899 Data: 67%

Bach program: Performing arts

18

The Queensland Music Festival Pty Ltd

AU Trust: 85/100 Revenue: $11,422,895 Data: 73%

Yarrabah Music Workhop Program (Jessie Lloyd with Yarrabah Elders): Folk and indigenous music

19

The Trustee for Coffs Harbour Cultural Trust

AU Trust: 80/100 Revenue: $121 Data: 67%

Coffs Harbour Cultural Trust Youth Scholarship: Performing arts

20

Queensland Music Network Incorporated

AU Trust: 95/100 Revenue: $4,424,153 Data: 73%

QMusic: Arts services

21

Nafsika Stamoulis Hellenic Museum Limited

AU Trust: 80/100 Revenue: $2,044,838 Data: 67%

Hellenic Museum & Gallery: Ethnic or culturally-specific museums

22

The Quire St Nicolas Incorporated

AU Trust: 80/100 Revenue: $2,440 Data: 67%

Religious Quire: Christianity

23

Light Cultural Foundation Limited

AU Trust: 80/100 Revenue: $2,833,568 Data: 67%

Lab Rats Program: Arts education

24

Queensland Youth Orchestra Council

AU Trust: 80/100 Revenue: $2,373,973 Data: 67%

John Curro National Youth Concerto Competition: Orchestral music

25

The Trustee For Kred Enterprises Charitable Trust

AU Trust: 80/100 Revenue: $1,791,498 Data: 67%

Economic, social & community development: Entrepreneurship

26

The Victorian Artists Society

AU Trust: 80/100 Revenue: $709,957 Data: 67%

Rear wall restoration: Arts and culture

27

Challenge Brass Band

AU Trust: 80/100 Revenue: $17,505 Data: 67%

Challenge Brass Band: Music

28

Bus Stop Films Ltd

AU Trust: 80/100 Revenue: $1,974,735 Data: 67%

Accessible Film Studies Program: Visual arts

29

The Ballet Society (New South Wales) Limited

AU Trust: 80/100 Revenue: $211,081 Data: 67%

Membership: Ballet

30

Melbourne Recital Centre

AU Trust: 90/100 Revenue: $15,210,858 Data: 73%

Music Circle: Music

31

Camerata Queensland's Chamber Orchestra Inc

AU Trust: 80/100 Revenue: $2,348,142 Data: 67%

Subscription Season: Orchestral music

32

CAPAH Multicultural Association Incorporated

AU Trust: 80/100 Revenue: $2,836,404 Data: 67%

social support: Seniors' activities

33

Story Factory Incorporated

AU Trust: 80/100 Revenue: $3,065,913 Data: 67%

Story Factory programs: Literature and writing

34

Dancenorth Australia Ltd

AU Trust: 80/100 Revenue: $2,895,648 Data: 67%

Dancenorth 2022 Program: Arts and culture

35

The Australian Society Of Authors Limited

AU Trust: 80/100 Revenue: $1,130,606 Data: 67%

ASA Mentorship Program: Arts and culture

36

The Boite (Vic) Inc

AU Trust: 80/100 Revenue: $616,978 Data: 67%

The Music Between: Arts and culture

37

The Federation Of Australian Historical Societies Inc.

AU Trust: 80/100 Revenue: $4,775 Data: 67%

Moveable cultural heritage: Historical activities

38

Midsumma Festival Inc

AU Trust: 80/100 Revenue: $4,207,701 Data: 67%

Midsumma Festival: Arts services

39

Buda Historic Home & Garden Inc

AU Trust: 80/100 Revenue: $350,364 Data: 67%

Buda Historic Home and Garden: Art galleries and art museums

40

Art Monthly Australia Limited

AU Trust: 80/100 Revenue: $295,954 Data: 67%

Art Monthly Australasia: Visual arts

41

Artspace/Visual Arts Centre Ltd

AU Trust: 80/100 Revenue: $2,329,569 Data: 67%

Artspace: Art galleries and art museums

42

Cambodian Association of South Australia Inc.

AU Trust: 80/100 Revenue: $3,037 Data: 67%

Trauma work shop: Community development

43

Wandin & District Historical Museum Society Inc

AU Trust: 80/100 Revenue: $101,689 Data: 67%

School education: Education support

44

Heaps Decent Ltd.

AU Trust: 80/100 Revenue: $218,674 Data: 67%

Big Up: Arts education

45

Natalie Miller Fellowship Inc

AU Trust: 80/100 Revenue: $52,801 Data: 67%

Natalie Miller Fellowship: Leadership development

46

Lane Cove Youth Orchestra Inc

AU Trust: 80/100 Revenue: $52,848 Data: 67%

Orchestral rehearsal and concert program.: Arts education

47

A Is For Atlas

AU Trust: 80/100 Revenue: $161,050 Data: 67%

Dining Room Tales: Cross artforms

48

National Exhibitions Touring Structure For Western Aust Inc

AU Trust: 80/100 Revenue: $2,021,821 Data: 67%

ART ON THE MOVE 2022 Program: Arts services

49

Bowral & District Art Society Incorporated

AU Trust: 80/100 Revenue: $276,742 Data: 67%

Art Classes: Adult education

50

Kangaroo Flat Community Group Inc

AU Trust: 80/100 Revenue: $197,244 Data: 67%

Community Lunch: Community development

51

Wheatbelt Natural Resource Management Incorporated

AU Trust: 85/100 Revenue: $3,747,473 Data: 73%

Eucalypt Woodlands of the WA Wheatbelt: Biodiversity

52

Returned & Services League Of Australia (Queensland Branch) Cairns Sub Branch Inc.

AU Trust: 80/100 Revenue: $611,966 Data: 67%

Well-Being Support Program: Family services

53

Warrandyte Mechanics Institute and Arts Association Incorporated

AU Trust: 80/100 Revenue: $162,588 Data: 67%

Good governance for WMIAA.: Community facilities

54

The Trustee For Cape York Aboriginal Charitable Trust

AU Trust: 80/100 Revenue: $1,517,393 Data: 67%

Employment and Training: Job training

55

Heysen Foundation Limited

AU Trust: 80/100 Revenue: $587,480 Data: 67%

Public Tours: History museums

56

Arts Narrogin Incorporated

AU Trust: 80/100 Revenue: $325,893 Data: 67%

Take your seats: Performing arts

57

Bach Society Of Queensland Inc

AU Trust: 80/100 Revenue: $41,110 Data: 67%

Ciao, Antonio: music of Bach and Vivaldi concert: Performing arts

58

Powerhouse Youth Theatre Inc

AU Trust: 80/100 Revenue: $1,068,271 Data: 67%

Dorr-e Dari: a poetic crash course in the language of love: Theatre

59

Moree Cultural Art Foundation Ltd

AU Trust: 80/100 Revenue: $492,522 Data: 67%

Art After School: Visual arts

60

Returned Services League Of Australia (Qld Branch) Redlands Sub Branch Inc.

AU Trust: 80/100 Revenue: $19,669,672 Data: 67%

Memorial Precinct: Commemorations

61

Somali Welfare and Cultural Centre Incorporated

AU Trust: 80/100 Revenue: $154,463 Data: 67%

Africultures: Performance art

62

Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra Holdings Ltd

AU Trust: 90/100 Revenue: $13,102,853 Data: 73%

TSO House: Arts services

63

Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra Pty Limited

AU Trust: 90/100 Revenue: $13,101,691 Data: 73%

TSO Concert season: Arts and culture

64

Foundation For Australian Literary Studies Limited

AU Trust: 80/100 Revenue: $87,132 Data: 67%

Colin Roderick Memorial Lecture: Literature and writing

65

Lane Cove Music & Cultural Association

AU Trust: 80/100 Revenue: $136,241 Data: 67%

Concert Performance Program: Music

66

Queensland Writers Centre Association Incorporation

AU Trust: 80/100 Revenue: $1,009,803 Data: 67%

Telling Our Stories To The World & funded regional programs: Arts education

67

Outback Theatre For Young People

AU Trust: 80/100 Revenue: $332,305 Data: 67%

Creative Culture at Tirkandi Inaburra: Traditional knowledge

68

The Bell Shakespeare Company Limited

AU Trust: 95/100 Revenue: $11,748,000 Data: 73%

Hamlet: Professional theatre

69

Central West Family Support Group Inc

AU Trust: 80/100 Revenue: $1,016,621 Data: 67%

Child Youth and Family Support Program: Family services

70

The Returned & Services League Of Australia (Queensland Branch) Caloundra Sub Branch Inc.

AU Trust: 80/100 Revenue: $1,709,936 Data: 67%

Advocacy Support: Community service organisations

71

National Railway Museum Incorporated

AU Trust: 80/100 Revenue: $709,336 Data: 67%

Rolling stock interpretation: Arts and culture

72

Blue Mtns Creative Arts Centre Inc

AU Trust: 80/100 Revenue: $119,134 Data: 67%

Art services: Arts education

73

The Sydney Film Festival

AU Trust: 90/100 Revenue: $5,631,912 Data: 73%

The Sydney Film Festival: Film festival

74

Sunpac Brisbane Pty Ltd

AU Trust: 80/100 Revenue: $1,134,823 Data: 67%

SunPAC Venue and Facilities: Music

75

Warehouse Circus Inc

AU Trust: 80/100 Revenue: $1,331,501 Data: 67%

Ongoing Circus Classes: Sport and recreation

76

Western Heritage Group Inc

AU Trust: 80/100 Revenue: $1,983 Data: 67%

Recording Aboriginal cultural heritage in the Willandra Lakes: Cultural rights

77

Mary Glowrey Heritage Limited

AU Trust: 80/100 Revenue: $148,136 Data: 67%

Mary Glowrey Museum: Museums

78

Arena Foundation Limited

AU Trust: 80/100 Revenue: $76,370 Data: 67%

Arena Quarterly: Cultural awareness

79

Yarra Valley Arts Council Incorporated

AU Trust: 80/100 Revenue: $242,299 Data: 67%

online store: Arts services

80

Curious Legends Limited

AU Trust: 80/100 Revenue: $414,078 Data: 67%

Theatre Productions and Performances: Professional theatre

81

Stirling Street Arts Centre Incorporated

AU Trust: 80/100 Revenue: $367,860 Data: 67%

Annual workshop program: Arts and culture

82

The King's Trust Australia Limited

AU Trust: 80/100 Revenue: $2,215,204 Data: 67%

Young People - Achieve: Education partnerships

83

Polyglot Theatre Limited

AU Trust: 80/100 Revenue: $1,802,885 Data: 67%

Polyglot Theatre: Arts and culture

84

Adelaide Holocaust Museum and Steiner Education Centre Incorporated

AU Trust: 80/100 Revenue: $313,136 Data: 5%

Holocaust Education Program for high school students: History museums

85

South Australian Public (primary) Schools Music Society Ltd

AU Trust: 80/100 Revenue: $936,405 Data: 67%

Primary Schools Music Festival: Primary and secondary education

86

Coromandel Community Centre Inc

AU Trust: 75/100 Revenue: $119,590 Data: 67%

Art classes: Arts and culture

87

Returned & Services League Of Australia (Queensland Branch) Gaythorne Sub Branch Inc

AU Trust: 90/100 Revenue: $11,074,063 Data: 73%

DVA Advocacy Program: Family services

88

Terrapin Puppet Theatre Limited

AU Trust: 75/100 Revenue: $1,477,623 Data: 67%

Puppet-based visual theatre and interactive activities for children and families.: Professional theatre

89

Red Line Productions

AU Trust: 75/100 Revenue: $2,850,574 Data: 67%

Culture and Arts: Performance art

90

The Trustee For Documentary Australia

AU Trust: 75/100 Revenue: $4,710,766 Data: 67%

Grant-making activities: Arts and culture

91

Bangarra Dance Theatre Australia Ltd.

AU Trust: 80/100 Revenue: $12,451,424 Data: 73%

Youth Programs: Cultural awareness

92

Toronto Multi Purpose Centre Inc

AU Trust: 75/100 Revenue: $156,888 Data: 67%

room hire: Community facilities

93

Melbourne Community Television Consortium Ltd

AU Trust: 75/100 Revenue: $1,443,623 Data: 67%

C31 24/7 Television Broadcast and On-line: Community development

94

Brandenburg Ensemble Ltd

AU Trust: 85/100 Revenue: $8,755,834 Data: 73%

Annual Appeal: Arts and culture

95

Progressive Broadcasting Service Co-Operative Ltd

AU Trust: 75/100 Revenue: $2,270,753 Data: 67%

Independent Music Radio Broadcasting: Arts and culture

96

Cement Fondu Limited

AU Trust: 75/100 Revenue: $519,611 Data: 67%

Exhibition 2 - Virtue and Virtuosity 12/03/2022 - 22/05/2022: Cultural awareness

97

Sawtooth ARI Inc.

AU Trust: 75/100 Revenue: $153,602 Data: 67%

Bi-monthly Exhibitions Program: Visual arts

98

Maralinga Tjarutja

AU Trust: 75/100 Revenue: $2,299,892 Data: 67%

Local Government Grants Commission: Economic development

99

The Sydney Fringe Incorporated

AU Trust: 75/100 Revenue: $6,351,223 Data: 67%

Global Fringe: Festivals

100

Theatre Works Limited

AU Trust: 75/100 Revenue: $1,301,369 Data: 67%

She Writes Collective: Playwriting