Our Stories
Craigs team supporting local at Christmas
Craigs Investment Partners (Craigs) has donated money they would have usually spent on Christmas gifts for their clients to The Sunrise Foundation.
Commitment from Trust Tairāwhiti for future funding
It’s been a fabulous start to 2023 at Sunrise after we received a commitment from Trust Tairāwhiti for continued funding next year and another two years conditionally after that.
Fostering a lifetime of charitable giving
Warren Bowers wanted to gift more than just cash to his nieces and nephew at Christmas time, he wanted to involve them in the process of giving back to their community.
Become a ‘Community Hero’ when you list with Bayleys
Our Platinum sponsors Bayleys Gisborne have recently taken their support to the next level, with a ‘Community Hero’ concept that will support Sunrise’s operating costs.
New endowment fund with Sunrise to support local theatres
The War Memorial Theatre Gisborne Trust is the latest local charity to establish an endowment fund at The Sunrise Foundation.
St Mary’s Fund for students in need
A generous family group of parishioners have gifted $40,000 to The Sunrise Foundation and requested it be used to seed the Saint Mary’s Catholic Primary School Endowment Fund.
Giving back to Wainui SLSC
At six years old Dion Williams joined the Nippers programme as a ‘grom’ at Wainui Surf Lifesaving Club and he’s never looked back.
Generous bequest will benefit Tairāwhiti forever
In 2018, Bob and Aileen Harris gifted a donation of $1.38m to Sunrise and requested it be used to create the Bob and Aileen Harris named fund. This is the largest bequest we have received to date.