SINCE commencing in 2012, Into Our Hands Community Foundation has provided $1 million back to North East Victorian communities, projects and charities.

Much of this was made possible through the Victorian Bushfire Appeal Fund from the Black Saturday fires but in the last two years, they have been able to continue grant making through donor and funder support for their programs and activities.

Since 2019, Into Our Hands have been building their corpus and endowed funds to support grant making for the long term and have launched several new community funds to support these efforts and grow local philanthropy.

"2020/2021 was one of our biggest years of community giving and we saw the foundation raise $120,000 in direct donations for grant making programs and local funds," said executive officer, Sarah Thompson.

"We expect to grow this figure over the coming year to build up the investments we can make back to our community."

What could you do for your community?

Into our Hands are encouraging people to think about what they can give to local charities or what percentage of their estate they could leave to a worthy local cause at the end of their life.

They are creating a vision for those funds and that legacy to encourage more donors to come forward.

Support the work of the foundation and their direct community grant making by donating to one of the existing funds or contact them today about other ways to contribute and donate.