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The Eastern Star Foundation Board are responsible for the organisation’s governance, strategy, investment and grantmaking decisions.
The team at the Australian Communities Foundation along with independent consultants support the Eastern Star Foundation with their administration, grant making and marketing activities.

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Celebration marks grant helping aged to live well in Sunshine Coast Hinterland
Last week, Eastern Star Foundation Directors visited the Blackall Range Care Group’s social and recreational hub in Nambour to see the impact that their $100,000 grant had made on the elderly living in the Sunshine Coast Hinterland. In 2020, the grant was awarded to the organisation by the Eastern Star Foundation to help them remodel […]
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Helping to form winning teams like Anne-Marie and Jerry
When a Guide Dog team comes together, the news is worthy of being shared far and wide, because it takes a whole community, including the support of organisations such as the Eastern Star Foundation, to make these partnerships happen. One such partnership is Anne-Marie and her Guide Dog, Jerry. Anne-Marie transitioned to retirement on the […]
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Laughter Care Program enhances lives of aged care residents like Victoria
Recently, the halls of Blue Care in Bli Bli rang with peals of laughter from a usually quiet room. The staff paused their duties in surprise, curious to see what was causing resident, Victoria, such delight since she had been increasingly withdrawn and keeping to her room. Inside, Victoria was not lonely. Laughter Care specialist, […]
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Grant helps fund wellness program for people with early-stage dementia
People with early-stage dementia will be empowered to live with confidence and manage their diagnosis more effectively with Dementia Australia recently receiving a grant for $70,000 from the Eastern Star Foundation. With dementia being one of the major chronic diseases of this century, and currently the leading cause of death in women in Australia, Trusts […]