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The Pinnacle Foundation QLD committee participated in the 2024 Melt Festival River Pride Parade over the weekend. We’re incredibly proud to be an official charity partner for Melt Festival in Brisbane. A huge thank you to Melt for generously donating a boat for the parade – it was the perfect way to celebrate with our…

What a night! Huge thanks to everyone who made the WA Committee’s Bingo Night at Lucky Shag a roaring success! With the fabulous Fay Rocious leading the games, and incredible support from our sponsors HIF, Crown Resorts, and WA Primary Health Alliance (especially their CEO who joined the fun!), we raised an estimated $23,000 for…

Huge thanks to everyone who made it to the Victorian Committee’s end-of-year celebration at Allens in Melbourne. It was an incredible night filled with laughter, generosity, and community spirit. Special shout-out to all who donated to The Pinnacle Foundation, helping us continue our work supporting LGBTQIA+ students to realise their full potential. Thanks Allens for…

The Pinnacle Foundation shines bright at WA Pride! The WA committee had an absolute blast marching in the WA Pride Parade on November 23rd! Huge thanks to Minter Ellison for generously donating their spot in the parade and marching alongside us – with a special shout-out to the amazing Diana Matthews! It was incredible to…

Thank you to our gold partner, Herbert Smith Freehills for generously hosting our end of year cocktail fundraiser in Sydney last night. Guests were warmly welcomed by Andrew Heinrich. Pinnacle Foundation NSW Committee chair, Lorraine Hall thanked the Pinnacle family for their support before introducing graduating scholar, Mikhayla Azzopardi and alumnus, Rhian Mordaunt, who both…

A Night of Tears, Cheers, and a Million Reasons to Celebrate! Last night was pure magic at our annual Cornerstone donors’ dinner in Sydney hosted by our partner @morgan.stanley. Pinnacle scholar Nihar shared her inspiring journey, then Craig White (our amazing board member) and his husband Rod stole the show. Craig opened up about a…

Our incredible Platinum Partner @mirvac_residential, hosted a fabulous cocktail event to raise funds for The Pinnacle Foundation. The support we’ve received over the last year has been amazing and your donation can help us make it happen. A huge shoutout to the amazing Katrina Brooks, Brooke Shaw, Kim McIntyre, and Jason Bowran for being our special…

Thank you to our gold partner, King & Wood Mallesons for generously hosting our annual partners’ dinner in Melbourne. The dinner was an uplifting celebration to thank our corporate and philanthropic partners who make the Pinnacle program possible. Pinnacle Foundation scholarship recipients powerfully shared their stories and expressed their gratitude for our partners’ support of…

Gold Partner L‘Oreal recently hosted the Melbourne committee’s EOFY fundraising cocktail function. This event provided an excellent opportunity for the local community to come together, celebrate Pinnacle, and listen to inspiring speeches from current scholars Kai and Lois. We extend our heartfelt gratitude to Tait, Moccamaster KitchenAid Australia and New Zealand , Virgin Australia, Aesop, Marion,…

On 11 August our Tasmanian Committee hosted a Winter in Italy quiz night, generously hosted at Hobart’s Fellini Restaurant. The event was a sell-out, raising over $5,000 to educate and support young LGBTQIA+ Australians. Thank you to Tasmanian Pinnacle scholar, Sam, our partners, Hydro Tasmania and Blundstone Australia and our Tasmanian Cornerstone members, Dr Craig…