Cultural Gifts Program
Since its establishment in 1978, over $530 million worth of items have been donated through the Cultural Gifts Program. They include visual and decorative arts, Indigenous arts and cultural artefacts, social history and scientific collections and archival material.
The program is administered in accordance with the gift provisions of the income tax law and with the advice of an expert committee, the Committee on Taxation Incentives for the Arts.
Further information about the program, how the program works and the Committee is available using the links provided on the left of this page.
Closing dates for submission
- Closing date for submissions: 8 May 2009
- Closing date for submissions: 18 September 2009
Please note that submissions need to be received by the Secretariat by close of business on the cut-off date. Late submissions will not be accepted.
Please refer to the “Checklist for recipient institutions” (under the heading ‘Forms and Certificates’) to ensure paperwork submitted complies with Committee requirements.
Important news – please take note
Please note that following a recent review, all Cultural Gifts Program forms have been revised. The new forms are available under the heading ‘Forms and Certificates’. The new forms must be used for all donation paperwork submitted to the Committee from November 2008.
Links to the CGP website
CGP participating institutions and approved valuers that wish to link to the CGP website from their own web pages should name the link 'Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program' and link it to http://www.arts.gov.au/tax_incentives/cultural_gifts_program.
Image acknowledgements
(left to right):
- Chu Chin Chow costume design (detail) by Percy Anderson, 1916. Gifted by Viola Tait to the Performing Arts Museum of the Victorian Arts Centre.
- Horse & Rider (detail), 7th century T’ang Dynasty pottery figure, Daniel Gift collection. Gifted to the Albury Regional Art Gallery.
- 1984 BSA motorcycle (detail). Gifted to National Motor Museum, Birdwood, SA.
- Blind musicians photo (detail). Gifted to the State Library of Victoria.
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Contacts
Secretariat
Cultural Gifts Program
Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts
GPO Box 787
Canberra ACT 2601
Telephone: 02 6275 9651
Facsimile: 02 6275 9664
Email: cgp.mail@environment.gov.au
