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On Wednesday night, The Pinnacle Foundation, Australia’s LGBTQIA+ education charity, hosted its annual partners’ dinner in Melbourne, generously funded by gold partner, King & Wood Mallesons and principal partner, BHP. Guests from The Pinnacle Foundation’s corporate and philanthropic partners in Southern Australia were thanked for their support of Pinnacle’s flagship scholarships and mentoring program. A…

The inaugural LGBTQIA+ Executive Fellowship, a one-week intensive executive leadership program developed by The University of Sydney Business School in alliance with The Pinnacle Foundation was held between 25 and 29 September 2023 in Sydney. As Australia’s LGBTQIA+ education charity, the Fellowship contributes towards realising our vision for a more diverse and inclusive society with visible LGBTQIA+ role…

Can you tell us how you became a Pinnacle Foundation board member? I was appointed to The Pinnacle Foundation board in April 2023, almost 10 years after I first became involved with Pinnacle. I was lucky enough to be supported by Pinnacle as a scholarship recipient from 2014 to 2017 while studying my undergraduate Law…

As an education charity supporting young LGBTQIA+ Australians to achieve their full potential, The Pinnacle Foundation recognises the importance of having a voice in the decisions that affect our lives. We know from our lived experience of the marriage equality plebiscite how challenging and stressful it can be to have our rights and dignity put…

On Tuesday 8 August we held our annual Cornerstone members and patrons dinner. The event, to thank our major individual donors and patrons for their sustained support, was generously hosted by the Private Bank of Macquarie Group, a Pinnacle Foundation gold partner. Macquarie Group’s Rosalind Coffey, herself a Cornerstone member, welcomed guests, who enjoyed a…

Tell us a little about your journey and how you became involved with The Pinnacle Foundation. I applied for The Pinnacle Foundation scholarship program at the end of 2019. I heard about Pinnacle from some of the members of the queer medical student clubs that I belonged to, and they highlighted the program as being…

Tell us a little about your journey and how you became involved with The Pinnacle Foundation. I applied to become a Pinnacle scholar when I was in Year 12, and subsequently became a scholar in 2012. I had known I was gay since year nine and had been out for a while at school. I…

Tell us a little about your journey and how you became involved with The Pinnacle Foundation. I applied for The Pinnacle Foundation scholarship program 11 years ago, while I was studying my Diploma of Liberal Arts course. I was 20 years old at the time, and I was a scholar for three years. I applied…