Melbourne · Australia · Israel
Honey Cake backs people and ideas that keep culture, community and knowledge alive for the long term.
What we do
A little help, in the places where it changes what happens next.
We look for people and organisations who, given the right support, can have a large positive effect on society. Grassroots and long established, both matter.
We give across arts and culture, community care, education, science and research, and Jewish life, in Australia and in Israel.
The size of the gift is not what matters most. We look for the moment when support changes what an organisation is able to do next, and then back the people who will carry that work forward.
How the giving is shaped
Five threads of intent
Our giving follows five threads. They are not application categories. They are the patterns that emerge from asking, each time, what the work actually needs.
Bringing people together across divides
Work that bridges the lines that divide people: religious and secular, and the many strands of a diverse Australia.
Culture as infrastructure, not decoration
Treating culture as something a community is built on rather than something it displays once it can afford to.
Memory and legacy
Carrying inherited and living memory forward by putting it to use.
Standing up for the community
Backing the systems and services that protect Jewish life and look after the community’s own.
Elevating young and new leadership
Tending the leadership garden rather than dictating its shape.
Collaborate
Start with a conversation.
If you are building something that strengthens culture, community or future wellbeing, we would love to hear from you. Good things here tend to start with a conversation.