What a privilege to bring together our donors, grant recipients, community leaders and supporters for our annual
Connecting to Impact breakfast in October. The morning was a beautiful reminder of what’s possible when generous donors and dedicated community organisations connect.
A deeply personal act of generosity with a bequest to support those living with dementia in Hawke’s Bay, for many years and decades to come. The family encourage anyone with an interest to investigate donating to a community foundation, a wonderful vehicle to put philanthropy into practice.
Community impact as a result of
Hawke’s Bay Foundation funding is having a positive ripple effect, buoying hard working charities from Wairoa to Central Hawke’s Bay
This September is Wills Month, and we are encouraging you to consider how you would like to effect lasting change in this community that we love. With Hawke’s Bay Foundation, leaving a gift in your will enables you to decide where your giving is directed, to support the causes close to your heart, forever.
Paying tribute to its founding EO Amy Bowkett who has announced her departure from the role, while welcoming Alesha Hope who is excited to steer Hawke’s Bay Foundation through a new phase of evolution.
This year we are having a ‘get our house in order’ year. Covid and cyclones over the previous years has meant we are often working on the fly. With steadier start to 2024, our volunteer trustees and committees have been working hard to ensure things run smoothly.
John F. Kennedy said it best, when he said , “All this will not be finished in the first one hundred days. Nor will it be finished in the first one thousand days, not in the life of this Administration, nor even perhaps in our lifetime on this planet. But let us begin.”
We are pleased to provide our valued donors with an update regarding our cyclone recovery efforts. As donors to this cause you can feel proud that your donation has been put to good use quickly.
