This event ticketing platform says booking fees should educate kids, not rort the public.

Humanitix is a not-for-profit ticketing platform designed to make event management a delight. It also directs 100% of the profits from booking fees toward education projects, such as literacy programs for young girls.

Just 3 years after launching, Humanitix has funded education projects to the tune of $300,000. It’s now the fastest growing ticketing platform, supporting thousands of event organisers.

Humanitix was created by Joshua Ross and Adam McCurdie, who left lucrative jobs in finance to make Humanitix happen. Funding has come from many foundations, include Google and Atlassian’s, as well as a range of philanthropists.

“We’re a charity for the tech-generation,” Josh Ross, Humanitix Co-CEO, said. “We don’t ask for donations. We just ask anyone running an awesome event to use our platform – your booking fees can change lives."

Josh says the $300,000 mark has meant the events on the Humanitix platform have had real impact. “The Grounds of Alexandria have funded 15,000 meals for Aussie kids,” he says. “The Football Federation of Australia funded 2 years of girls’ education from tickets to a single match!”

Humanitix is Australia’s first tech-charity – an enterprise in the style of a Silicon Valley startup, that exists to fund education programs. And like Silicon Valley unicorns, Humanitix is growing fast. 

“Our ticket sales are doubling every 4 months as event organisers flock to our platform – and that means our charitable impact is doubling too,” says Adam McCurdie, Humanitix Co-CEO. “In the last year we’ve brought on thousands of new events organisers, including the Parliament House, the UN’s International Women’s Day, Singularity University, and the Yakandandah Folk Festival.”

The team attributes the growth to two factors: Event organisers wanting to give back through their events, and the fact that Humanitix has ticketing features not found elsewhere.

Says Adam: “With funding we received from Google.org and the Atlassian Foundation, we’ve created unique features that other ticket platforms don’t have, including an advanced self-service ticket management.” 

“It’s not enough to have an extraordinary charitable impact – we know we need to have an extraordinary ticketing platform too. Our event organisers tell us we’re doing it right, and that’s why more than a million ticket buyers visited our event pages last year.”

Event organisers agree. Says Dan Mylonas, Brand Director at The Grounds: "We have so many events running meaning we can’t compromise on the quality and usability of our ticketing solution. Humanitix has been nothing but a dream to use. Their customer support has been incredible and works so well for us as an organisation - all whilst giving us the opportunity to give back.

Humanitix has also recently launched their new branding, with a new look reflecting how far they’ve come. The brand concepts were developed by DDI, a brand agency with a unique approach they call “The Art of Getting Noticed”.

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