Cultural Industries

High profile philanthropists have told the Western Australian business community that its members have a duty to be more generous with their wealth.

SPECIAL REPORT: Investors and NFPs are increasingly turning to social enterprises, or impact investing, as it is called.

SPECIAL REPORT: Corporate donors say giving well means taking a targeted and strategic approach.

SPECIAL REPORT: The disability sector may have no choice but to heed calls for mergers if the National Disability Insurance Scheme comes to WA.

SPECIAL REPORT: The growth of private philanthropy holds promise for the not-for-profit sector.

SPECIAL REPORT: Business wants more than just good stories from the NFP sector if it is to justify its funding – it wants hard data.

Artists hit the streets last month to transform walls and buildings around Perth as part of FORM's inaugural street art festival, PUBLIC.

Long-standing chief executive of Lotterywest Jan Stewart has announced she will retire from the role in December this year.

The federal government has allocated Western Australia $55 million so it can trial its own version of the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS).

When Australia's health insurance funds increased their premiums at the start of April it was Western Australian fund HIF that had the lowest increases across the board.

The state's largest health insurer is to become the naming sponsor of Challenge Stadium and Arena Joondalup.

The vast majority of the late Paul Ramsay's $3.3 billion controlling stake in Ramsay Health Care will be transferred to his personal charitable foundation, the company has announced.

Perth-based company Thermomix has reaffirmed its commitment to community causes on the back of continued strong demand for its do-it-all kitchen appliance.

The time when corporates sponsor a sporting team because they like it is over, says Netball WA chief executive Simon Taylor.

A new philanthropy fund focused on improving the lives of women has garnered support from some of the state's highest-profile businesswomen.

More than $2 million is expected to be spent at businesses in and around Fremantle over the Easter long weekend as a direct result of the Fremantle Street Arts Festival.

QUBE Property Group managing director Mark Hector and Emeco Holdings chief executive Ken Lewsey are among five business leaders appointed to the board of Lifeline WA, as the not-for-profit crisis support service looks to strengthen its corporate ties.

Preparation for the St Vincent de Paul Society's largest fundraising event - the CEO Sleepout - has kicked off for another year with calls for executives to register.

The Western Australian Museum Foundation is in the final stages of establishing governance and investment structures to support what it hopes will be the largest cultural endowment fund in Australia.

Organisers of the Perth International Jazz Festival are hopeful an expanded multi-stage event and a growing profile will help boost ticket sales this year by 13 per cent on 2013.

Westpac will donate $100 million to set up Australia's largest private scholarship program, giving university students the opportunity to study in Asia.

Woodside Petroleum fell below its targeted spend on social investment programs last year, despite more than $9 million flowing to the communities in which it operates.

The Telethon Institute for Child Health Research is targeting philanthropists and the corporate sector under a new business model aimed at diversifying its revenue base.

Autism West is aiming to raise $130,000 at its 2014 iiNet Team Sprint Cup later this month.

A new Western Australian company has joined the Australian film distribution sector, hoping to carve out a niche in a market dominated by Hollywood and firms based on the eastern seaboard.

The federal government's plans for an omnibus bill to cut red tape will have serious implications for the not-for-profit sector, according to the director of Curtin University's not-for-profit initiative.

The professional development of Aboriginal artists in Port Hedland received a boost last week with the opening of Spinifex Hill Artists Studios.

The Subiaco Arts Centre will tomorrow launch its own independent festival, with high hopes to continue the strong public support for such arts events which has been evident at the Perth International Arts Festival and Fringe World Festival.

The Aboriginal educator is chasing significant growth buoyed by a boost in federal government funding.

The Film and Television Institute is forging the way for game developers in Western Australia, appointing Kate Raynes-Goldie as its first director of Interactive Programs.

An independent report on the future of the federal government's Australian Charities and Not-for-Profits Commission has sparked intense discussion across the sector.

The annual Sculpture by the Sea exhibition at Cottesloe has been thrown a financial lifeline by Gina Rinehart's Hancock Prospecting.