How you can help
Sponsor a Named Award
AMRF Named Grant Awards allow an individual, group, or organisation to support all or part of a future AMRF research grant in their name or in honour of a loved one. Named award opportunities become available when you reach a giving level of $50,000 or more. AMRF staff will work with you to find a project for support from a vetted pool of applicants that have been thoroughly evaluated by our Research Grant Committee.
Once selected, all future references to the grant award by AMRF will reference the named award in press releases, funding announcement, and in AMRF publications and on our website. We will also create opportunities for you to meet and develop a relationship with your funded researcher. You will receive annual Impact Reports that explain the goals and detail the progress of your funded researcher.
Named Awards stand as a tribute to the importance of private philanthropy in research and the legacy of you or your loved one. Choosing to dedicate a named award to a loved one who has passed due to melanoma, who is currently battling the disease, or who is now a survivor is the perfect way to honour their fight and journey while supporting the next generation of researchers.
Corporate Partnerships
AMRF is committed to partnering with like-minded businesses to promote melanoma awareness and generate critical funding for our research program. We have partnered with a range of companies that have contributed to lifesaving research.
AMRF’s Corporate Partnership Program is a powerful way to enhance the brands of both AMRF and your company. We look to engage in mutually beneficial awareness and fundraising programs operating. To gain a better understanding of how AMRF corporate partners, please review our partnership guidelines.
By donating a portion of your product’s sale to AMRF, your business will gain unique exposure, fulfill corporate social responsibility goals, and generate support that will help save lives.
AMRF Cause Marketing Guidelines
Thank you for your interest in supporting the Australian Melanoma Research Foundation (AMRF). AMRF is a non-profit funder of melanoma research, having committed funds to research in the fight against melanoma since its founding in 2006. AMRF corporate partners are instrumental in achieving our mission to prevent melanoma and improve patient outcomes.
Below are tips to help you determine if a cause-related marketing promotion with AMRF will meet your business objectives and move our mission forward.
Logo usage
AMRF owns the trademark for the Australian Melanoma Research Foundation name and signature logo. Written permission from AMRF is required to use any AMRF logos
Criteria for businesses seeking partnership with AMRF
Any party seeking a partnership with AMRF must be a legally established entity. To ensure that all cause-related marketing promotions benefitting AMRF are consistent with best practices, AMRF requests a minimum guaranteed financial commitment of $2,500. However, we gladly accept donations of any size from businesses that want to advance our mission.
AMRF will publicly acknowledge and promote its corporate partnerships. AMRF does not sell, loan, or otherwise distribute its mailing or email lists to third parties.
AMRF will not engage with corporations who make false and/or unsubstantiated claims about products or services.
Melanoma Awareness
In connection with all cause-related marketing promotions benefitting AMRF, we ask our partners to help us raise awareness and educate the public about melanoma. We encourage all partners to publish AMRF’s website (melanomaresearch.com.au) on all related promotional material.
Workplace Giving
One of the easiest, most effective ways you can support AMRF is through workplace giving – an employer-sponsored program that empowers you to support your favourite charities through tax-deductible donations deducted directly from your pay.
Matching Gifts
Some companies offer to match qualifying gifts made by their employees. This means your donation can support double the work.
Check with your Human Resources department to see if a program to match employee charitable giving exists and how to participate.
Volunteering
Interested in volunteering with us? AMRF is looking for volunteers who share our mission and are interested in helping out with a range of activities. These can include helping at events, staffing market stalls, hosting your own event, public speaking, general admin and lots more. A range of flexible volunteering options exist, and many can be done in the comfort of your own home. Please email admin@melanomaresearch.com.au for more information.
Become a Friend of the Foundation
Are you passionate about the melanoma cause? Would you like to become more involved in supporting AMRF activities? Do you have a story that may inspire others to be sun-safe or get a skin check? Perhaps your club or business is looking to support a charity or you want to hold your own fundraising event. Or perhaps you’d like to quietly make a regular donation. Whatever it is, we invite you to become a Friend of the Foundation.
Becoming our friend means you can help us in raising awareness and become part of our life changing work. We can’t do it without you. Simply fill in our secure online form and tick the ways in which you’re able to help.
By becoming a Friend of the Foundation, you will join a dedicated group, have the opportunity to assist us with events and share our fundraising initiatives with your friends, family and work colleagues to let them know what you are passionate about. We will also send you our regular enewsletters so you can keep updated with our activities. AMRF will not disclose any of your details to any other party.