Graeme Dingle Foundation BOP

What a Community Group Fund is

A Community Group Fund with the Acorn Foundation offers a meaningful and sustainable way to support a local organisation for the long term. When you donate to a fund of this kind, your gift is invested alongside others. Each year, a portion of the investment returns is distributed to the organisation, while the original capital remains intact and continues working in perpetuity.

For the Graeme Dingle Foundation – Bay of Plenty, this dependable structure means they will receive a reliable stream of income year after year. That stability enables them to plan ahead with confidence, to expand their evidence-based youth development programmes across the region, strengthen the capacity of mentors and staff, deepen their reach into schools, and create lasting impact in the lives of young people.

About Graeme Dingle Foundation – Bay of Plenty

Founded in 2004, the Graeme Dingle Foundation – Bay of Plenty currently delivers transformative programmes such as Kiwi Can (for primary-aged children), Stars (supporting students transitioning to secondary school) and Project K (for Year 10 students), helping over 3,700 local young people every year. 

These programmes combine engaging classroom learning, experiential outdoor challenges, mentoring, and values-based development to empower young people to build resilience, self-belief and goal-setting habits. 

By supporting this Community Group Fund, you’re helping ensure the Foundation’s youth development work continues, grows and touches even more lives, enabling tamariki and rangatahi across our region to flourish, contribute, and step confidently into their future.