Our Vision

As a regionally based, national Philanthropic Foundation, we strive to be the trusted choice for organisations and individuals who wish to support the development of vibrant and sustainable communities rich in culture, resources, people and spirit.

Looking After Each Other

The Foundation aims to bring together local people who care about their community. As the philanthropic arm of the Bendigo and Adelaide Bank Group, we share its community values. Bendigo Bank believes we all have a responsibility to foster opportunities for local communities.

Bendigo Bank’s national network of branches allows the Foundation quick access to communities to deliver help fast and right where it’s needed.

The Foundation believes that our expertise in giving funds, risk management and our access and understanding of local community needs, combined with your local knowledge, can conquer the most difficult community challenges. Many hands make light work, and we are living proof of how people who share a goal can, by working together, achieve anything.

Looking after each other, that’s what we’re all about.

Our Mission Statement

To be recognised as one of the Top Five Philanthropic Organisations in Australia.

Message from the patron - The prosperous village

When Bendigo and Adelaide Bank Group first announced its intention to create a community gifting-structure, we saw a lot of raised eyebrows. Our approach was viewed as unique, even radical by some. But as they say, the proof is in the pudding. The Community Enterprise™ Foundation has grown year on year since its inception and is one of the things that, as Managing Director of Bendigo Bank, I am most proud of.

I’m proud of our commitment over many years before the Foundation was begun, to our restless desire to see this model come into being. I am proud perhaps most of all of the way Australian communities have rallied to its call.

In creating this Foundation we have harnessed the unique strengths of the Bendigo and Adelaide Bank Group and focused on what a Bank should be – a community centre that contributes to the prosperity of the village. Global trends are leading us away from this concept, while we at the Bendigo move ever closer towards it. We want to strengthen our relationships with our customers, not weaken them. The Foundation is a product of this attitude. We aim to engage, involve, educate and empower communities. Together I hope that we can create a prosperous community for all.

Rob Hunt, Managing Director, Bendigo and Adelaide Bank Limited