A Designated Fund allows private donors or companies to contribute to the Holland Festival with a specific aim that is close to their heart, such as a theme, an artform or an educational cause. This helps us ensure the festival can realise its mission.
It is also possible to set up a Designated Fund in memory of a loved one. You can set up a Designated Fund with the Holland Festival with a one-off donation of at least 50,000 euros, or a recurring donation from 10,000 euros annually for five years.
Helstone Fonds
The Helstone Fonds (Helstone Fund) at the Holland Festival was established by Astrid Helstone and Diederik Burgersdijk. In the coming years, the fund will support projects that showcase a great variety of histories, perspectives and voices. There will be special attention for projects with or about classical music from the former European colonial territories suited to the project of the Surinamese writer, composer and musician Johannes Nicolaas Helstone (1853-1927).
The Helstone Fonds at the Holland Festival is centred around how the arts can convey and visualise a story. Artists do this on another level and show different elements, storylines or details than words do. The Helstone Fonds seeks to collaborate with other artists or art institutions, in line with the festival’s approach.
‘We live in an age in which there is finally more room for a greater variety of stories. In its programming, the Holland Festival focusses on the multi- and interdisciplinary. This diversity is of the greatest importance, and provides a more nuanced perspective on history. We are happy to play our part in this and to help highlight the present-day impact of composers and other artists from the former colonial territories, such as Johannes Nicolaas Helstone'.
- Astrid Helstone, great-grandniece of Johannes Nicolaas Helstone
Would you also like to support the objectives of the Helstone Fonds? You can make a targeted donation to the fund and in this way support the festival with this specific cause. This is possible by transferring an amount of your choice to bank account number NL66RABO0124793150, specifying donation Helstone Fonds.
Tax benefits
Designated Fund can also provide tax benefits. For more information, see: Fiscal Benefits and Giving Act.
Designated Funds fall under Holland Festival Foundation. This foundation is a public benefits organisation (ANBI) and in many cases gives donors an extra tax benefit. You can calculate the tax benefits in your specific situation using the online tool at anbigift.nl/hollandfestival (Dutch only).
Bank account number NL66RABO0124793150
Tax number (RSIN) 0028.78.197
Read more: ANBI
Need more information?
Are you considering setting up a Designated Fund, or do you have questions about this? Please feel free to contact us. We are happy to go over the possibilities and your wishes with you.
Contact:
Mathilde Smit, development director
tel. 020 - 788 21 18
e-mail [email protected]
photo: The Disintegration Loops © Ada Nieuwendijk