...it’s always been
my contention that great criticism is about love more than hate, construction more than destruction. That in many ways what a good critic does is nearer to the task of a translator who has found a way of channeling one form of language into another. And in some cases even improving on the original source, sacrilegious as that might sound. ![]()
Mark Mordue
2010 Pascall Prize recipient
the Geraldine Pascall Foundation
The Geraldine Pascall Foundation is a not-for-profit organisation that has been established specifically to award the Pascall Prize. The Foundation has a Corporate Trustee with a Board of Directors.
A Director of the Foundation convenes the judging panel which includes industry peers and previous winners. The recipient of the Pascall Prize is named as Australian 'Critic of the Year' and awarded AUD $15,000 cash.
MOST (Music & Opera Singers Trust Limited) manages and co-ordinates the Geraldine Pascall Foundation. MOST is a not-for-profit organisation that provides professional management and consultancy services for competitions, events, scholarships, prizes, awards and grants.
Governance
Geraldine Pascall Pty Ltd is the Corporate Trustee for the Geraldine Pascall Foundation.
Directors of Geraldine Pascall Pty Ltd
- Warren Fahey AM
- Rea Francis
- Roland Gridiger (chairman)
- Adrian Read
- Matthew Westwood
Lawyers
Gridiger Lawyers
Financial Advisors
Bailey Roberts Group
Accountants
jack Pencharz & associates
Tax deductibiliy and charitable status
Geraldine Pascall Pty Ltd is endorsed as a Deductible Gift Recipient by the Australian Tax Office (Subdivision 20-BA of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1997, Item 1 Section 30-15; in Subdivision 30-B; Item 12.1.1 public fund on the register of cultural organisations). Endorsement date: 1 July 2000.
Management and Administration
Music & Opera Singers Trust Limited (MOST) provides management and administrative services for Geraldine Pascall Pty Ltd, the Geraldine Pascall Foundation and the Pascall Prize.



