National Philanthropy Day 2023: Together, we can make change

Nov 16, 2023 | News, Press Release

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 2023 (HAMILTON, BERMUDA)   This week, the Bermuda Foundation joins more than 1800 community foundations around the world in marking Community Foundation Week. “The first one was established in 1914 and today community foundations exist in...

Adolescent Mental Health and Wellness Report Released

Nov 6, 2023 | News, Press Release

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 2023 (HAMILTON, BERMUDA) The Bermuda Foundation today announces publication of a report into the state of mental health among Bermuda’s teenagers. The purpose of the report is twofold: to gauge the existing state of mental health and wellbeing...

Giving Tuesday Bermuda – Why Bermuda needs to join the global generosity movement

Nov 30, 2020 | News

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 2020 (HAMILTON, BERMUDA) 2020 has been a year of unprecedented giving as the community has rallied to help the most vulnerable since the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic. In just 7 months, more than $2.5 million was donated to Bermuda’s Emergency...

The magic formula to make it: education and application

Jun 9, 2020 | News, Uncategorized

At 13, Thomas Olunloyo was homeless. Now, he is the chief executive of a multibillion-dollar company, ever thankful for the education he got and the hospitality jobs that helped pay for it. So when Covid-19 shuttered restaurants and left some students trying to do...

Women in Finance urge philanthropic efforts

Dec 2, 2019 | News

Members and guests of Bermuda’s chapter of 100 Women in Finance were encouraged to consider ways they can contribute to the community in making an impact outside the boardroom and within society at a panel discussion held by the organisation. The panel, “Planting the...

BCF ahead of target

May 28, 2018 | News, Uncategorized

News Staff The Bermuda Community Foundation donated nearly $1.3 million to good causes in 2016-17. The foundation, formed four years ago to “create an enduring source of funds for ever dedicated to the good of Bermuda”, provided support to 99 not-for-profit programmes...