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University Of Waikato Tauranga Campus Scholarships Celebrated

Thursday, 7 March 2024, 5:27 pm | Acorn Foundation

Four adult learners have won Acorn Foundation scholarships, twelve students were granted TECT First-in-Family awards, and nine students were awarded TECT Returning Student scholarships. On Monday evening, the students from the University of Waikato ... More >>

ASB Bank Supports Our Community This Christmas

Wednesday, 20 December 2023, 3:04 pm | Acorn Foundation

Local ASB Tauranga and Mount Teams have donated $10,000 to three local charities to support our community this Christmas, via the Acorn Foundation. Seeing the need in our community in areas of Food Security, Housing, and Mental Health, the ASB Tauranga ... More >>

Acorn Foundation And Craigs Unite For Fifth Consecutive Year To Support Western Bay Of Plenty Charities

Tuesday, 5 December 2023, 3:37 pm | Acorn Foundation

For the fifth Christmas in a row, the Acorn Foundation and Craigs Investment Partners have teamed up to support the community here in the Western Bay of Plenty and in 18 other regions across NZ where Craigs operate. This year, the Craigs team donated ... More >>

Local Angels Donate More Than $50,000 To Charity

Wednesday, 22 November 2023, 2:35 pm | Acorn Foundation

The Sally’s Angels Giving Circle has donated more than $50,000 to 12 charitable groups across the Western Bay of Plenty, via the Acorn Foundation. ‘Angels’ is an apt name for the ten local women who began this Giving Circle back in 2016 as ... More >>

Toi Whakaari: NZ Drama School Is Delighted To Announce The Recipient Of The 2023 FAME Trust Emerging Practitioner Award

Tuesday, 21 November 2023, 4:29 pm | Acorn Foundation

The Acorn Foundation and the trustees of the FAME Trust are pleased to announce the selection for the 2023 Emerging Practitioner Award recipient at Toi Whakaari: New Zealand Drama School. Seven promising students are selected each year from top-rated ... More >>

University Of Otago Student Has Been Selected As One Of The 2023 Emerging Practitioner Award Recipients

Wednesday, 15 November 2023, 8:21 pm | Acorn Foundation

Cameron Monteath The Acorn Foundation and the trustees of the FAME Trust are pleased to announce the selection for the 2023 Emerging Practitioner Award recipient at the University of Otago. Seven promising students are selected each year from top-rated ... More >>

New Zealand School Of Dance Chooses 2023 FAME Trust Winner

Tuesday, 10 October 2023, 6:43 pm | Acorn Foundation

The Acorn Foundation and the trustees of the FAME Trust are pleased to announce the selection for the 2023 Emerging Practitioner Award recipient at the New Zealand School of Dance. This institution is one of seven top-rated performing arts schools ... More >>

Acorn Foundation Announces Funding Of Over $3.3M For The Region

Wednesday, 6 September 2023, 6:09 am | Acorn Foundation

In light of difficult economic conditions and the end of extra central government funding available during the COVID-19 crisis, 226 different charitable organisations and scholarship and award programmes will be thrilled to receive their share of $3.3M ... More >>

Local Literary Philanthropist Named

Monday, 24 February 2020, 7:28 am | Acorn Foundation

The anonymous donor who has sponsored the Acorn Foundation Fiction Prize at the Ockham New Zealand Book Awards since 2016 has been named. The $55,000 prize, adjusted annually for inflation, is one of the world’s richest literary awards. Jann Medlicott ... More >>

Lessons from Canada for Community Foundations in New Zealand

Friday, 4 April 2014, 2:04 pm | Acorn Foundation

The role that philanthropy can and should play in our community will be under the spotlight when one of the world’s leading authorities on community foundations meets with The Community Foundations of New Zealand at their third national workshop ... More >>

 
 
 
 
 

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