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Our community is the heartbeat of La Mama.
The artist, the arts-lover, the volunteer, the risk-taker; you are what make our theatre possible.
With you, we tell new Australian stories.
With you, we invest in the future of Australian storytelling.
Together, we champion intimate, urgent, radical theatre.
Every donation, big or small, makes this theatre possible.
Make a tax-deductible donation today and join our generous community of supporters.
For more information or to speak about partnerships, bequests or donating in other ways, please contact Caitlin Dullard, CEO: (03) 9347 6948, [email protected].
LA MAMA GIVING
La Mama Giving is an annual program for individuals committed to our shared future.
Donors play a crucial role in strengthening La Mama through financial support and advocacy.
We recognise the vital place you hold in our community with behind-the-scenes access to our work and acknowledgement on our website and annual reports.
Join La Mama Giving
We invite you to join La Mama Giving by making an annual tax-deductible donation at the following levels:
La Mama Pathmakers
Create pathways. Enable beginnings.
La Mama Players
Make the work.
La Mama Presenters
Bring it to audiences.
La Mama Pillars
Sustain it all.
We thank the following government agencies and philanthropic organisations for their generous support.
John T Reid (Immerse), Cybec Foundation (PLAY), Mietta Foundation (Emerge), Malcolm Robertson Foundation (Scratch and Immerse), Robert Salzer Foundation (La Mama Presents), City of Melbourne (Explorations), Department of Education (Lift Off).
See La Mama 2026 Full Annual Program here.
La Mama is Financially assisted by Creative Australia and Creative Victoria.
Recent Campaigns: Our Next Act (2024) campaign raised $125,258 with the help of Creative Australia’s Plus 1 Program to support La Mama’s year of strategic review and rejuvenation. Thank you to all our donors.
Rebuild La Mama (2019) campaign raised the funds to rebuild La Mama. Under the leadership of Tim Stitz, more than $2.5 million was raised to rebuild. Thank you to all the donors.
Keep La Mama On Stage (2018) campaign was an impromptu response to the fire. With community wanting to help immediately, we quickly raised the funds for all programmed shows to go ahead as scheduled, at different venues. Thank you to all the donors.
Save La Mama (2008) campaign raised almost $2 million dollars in an urgent few months after the death of owner Rose Del Monaco, her sons gave La Mama the first option to buy. For the first time, this provided La Mama’s future with the security of ownership. Thank you to all the donors.
We are grateful for the remarkable number of people who have generously supported La Mama over the years. While it is impossible to name every contributor of the past, we thank you.
Why Leave a Bequest?
For more than sixty years, La Mama Theatre has been a home for courageous independent artists and new Australian work. Generations of playwrights, performers and theatre-makers have found their first audiences, collaborators and creative opportunities at La Mama.
By leaving a gift in your Will, you help ensure future artists continue to have a place to experiment, take creative risks and tell stories that might not otherwise be heard. Your bequest will help nurture new Australian writing, support independent theatre-makers and sustain a vital cultural institution for generations to come.
A bequest is a powerful way to become part of La Mama’s continuing story - helping shape the future of Australian theatre while leaving a lasting legacy of creativity, generosity and belief in artists.
A Personal and Thoughtful Decision
We understand that preparing a Will is deeply personal. Any conversation about leaving a gift to La Mama will be confidential, respectful and without obligation.
Alternatively, you can arrange a bequest through a solicitor.
Bequests of any size make a meaningful contribution and are received with enormous gratitude.
Contact: Caitlin Dullard, CEO, [email protected], (03) 9347 6948
To discuss making a donation, leaving a bequest to or chat about any other form of philanthropic and/or business support, please contact:
Caitlin Dullard
[email protected]
(03) 9347 6948
La Mama Theatre is a not-for-profit association incorporated in Victoria, with Australian Taxation Office endorsed Tax Concession Charity and Deductible Gift Recipient status. All donations over $2 are tax deductible. La Mama ABN 74 925 853 734 is on the Register of Cultural Organisations under Subdivision 30-B of the Income Assessment Act 1997.
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