tekFoundation: Bridging the tech-charity divide

When Joni Fleischer moved to Israel after finishing university in the United States, she had no idea the experience would one day inform a charitable venture on the other side of the world.

She spent time in Tel Aviv before heading south to Nitsana, near the Egyptian border, helping establish a desert sports program in one of the country’s more remote communities.

“I eventually realised I was very far from home and still quite young,” she laughs. “So I moved back to the US.”

That instinct to deploy skills where they are genuinely needed has followed Fleischer ever since.

Today, from her base in Sydney, she is co-founder of tekFoundation – a registered Australian charity with a clear mission; to empower charities by creating strategic connections in the tech community, so they can focus on their work, upskill their teams, and deliver good in the world.