2025 Yearbook now available
Our 2025 Yearbook highlights our achievements and reflects on our beginnings in December 2004 when we took our first step towards creating today’s impact.
The foundations laid 20 years ago were the building blocks of our vision for capable and resilient communities. We’ve achieved this through collaboration with our Community Bank network and corporate partners.
Thanks to our collective efforts, we've supported programs and initiatives that create meaningful and lasting change.
We celebrate the vital relationships and partnerships that have driven how far we’ve come.
Snapshot of our 2025 achievements
Managed 189 grant programs
Managed 150 scholarship programs
Assessed 2,294 grant and 1,091 scholarship applications
Processed 1,833 grant and scholarship applications
Distributed $23.1M to communities
Trusted partner to 200+ organisations
Community Bank grant investments
We supported Community Banks by assisting their grant investments in four main areas:
Resilience
$4.2M+
Inclusion
$5.5M+
Health & wellbeing
$4.9M+
Prosperity
$3.1M+
Here's a sample of the programs we supported during 2025.
Interim and crisis accommodation
Community Bank Fleurieu is supporting Junction Australia to lease, furnish and maintain a house to support single women over 55 years of age at risk of homelessness.
Twelve women over two-years will be provided with secure co-housing and a pathway to long term housing.
"We are extremely proud to be supporting this project. We are more than a bank; we are a vehicle for meaningful change." - Community Bank Fleurieu.
Improved patient care
Community Bank Collie & Districts is supporting St John of God Bunbury Hospital to establish a comprehensive colorectal service for patients and their families.
Eight hundred regional/rural patients will receive holistic support and care by a specialist nurse during their cancer treatment.
"Our specialist nurse provides colorectal cancer patients vital, readily accessible support, bringing care closer to home." - Community Bank Collie & Districts.
Increased self-reliance and resilience
Community Bank Huon Valley is providing skills to young people facing education and employment barriers through the process of restoring and selling donated bikes.
Forty students around Huon Valley are receiving targeted weekly mentoring and skill development sessions.
"The Tasmanian Bike Collective Program is a vital and unique component in supporting some of the most vulnerable students in our school." - Joint principal statement of support.
Strengthening financial literacy
Community Bank Bacchus Marsh is providing financial literacy skills to secondary students to help them make informed decisions about how to use and manage their money.
Seven hundred and eighteen students who are transitioning to their first job will learn how to get a tax file number, pay tax, understand award rates and read a payslip.
"I had a bunch of cash just sitting around at home, and the session actually encouraged me to open a savings account. - Maddingley, year 10 student.
Climate and disaster resilience
More than $750,000 was distributed back to communities recovering from natural disasters.
Our natural disaster pillars
People
Ensuring vital support is made available to impacted communities, by linking to programs and services that assist with recovery and development.
Social
Recognising the importance of building social capacity and engagement in the recovery of impacted communities and their residents.
Economic
Supporting programs and events that assist with the economic restoration of communities.
Environment
Supporting the conservation and re-establishment of the natural environment.
Scholarships
Bendigo Bank offers one of Australia's largest privately funded scholarship programs, opening doors to higher education for students across diverse backgrounds - regional, rural, Indigenous, agricultural, and those supported by our Community Banks.
Scholarships since 2007
2,304 scholarships awarded
$15M+ value of scholarships
2025 scholarships
348 students supported
$1.6M in support to students
Corporate partners
Renewable energy corporates are our fastest growing sector. We help them to distribute funds into local communities.
This year we administered 16 grant activities for our renewable partners, putting more than $450,000 into communities, contributing to outcomes like inclusive communities, health and wellbeing and resilience.
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