Special Interest Endowment Funds

Special Interest Endowment Funds

In addition to our General fund which is used to grant to local charities, organisations and worthy causes in our annual funding round, we also have 49 special interest endowment funds. These funds are where locals can support causes close to their hearts. 

Special interest funds are established when donations or bequests total $50,000 or more. Any donation made to a special interest fund is invested, protected and grown each year in line with inflation. Every year the surplus investment income from donations is granted back to the charity or organisation it was intended for.

HEALTH
Alzheimer's Gisborne-Tairāwhiti
Cancer Society Gisborne East Coast
Chelsea Hospital
Dialysis Tairāwhiti
Disability
Eastland Rescue Helicopter
Stroke Foundation Tairāwhiti
Health
Hearing Assistance
Hospice Tairāwhiti
Multiple Sclerosis Gisborne East Coast
St John Gisborne-Tairāwhiti
Suicide Prevention
Waikohu Health

EDUCATION
Campion College
East Coast Museum of Technology
EITSA
Gisborne Boys' High School
Gisborne Intermediate School
Makaraka School
Outward Bound Tairāwhiti
St Mary’s School
Stella Maris Catholic Early Childhood Centre
Tairāwhiti Museum
Wainui Beach School
Waipaoa Farm Cadet Training Trust

SPORT
Gisborne Rowing Club
Ngatapa Rugby and Associated Sports Club
Poverty Bay Golf Club
Sport Gisborne Tairāwhiti
Surf Lifesaving Gisborne
Swim for Life Tairāwhiti
Waikanae Surf Lifesaving Club
Wainui Surf Lifesaving Club
Water Sports & Leisure

ENVIRONMENT
Eastwoodhill Arboretum
Environment
Waikereru Ecosanctuary
Whinray Eco Trust

COMMUNITY/SOCIAL SERVICES
Gisborne Land Search and Rescue
Gisborne Volunteer Centre
Gisborne Women’s Refuge
Matapuna Training Centre
Poverty Bay A&P Show
Sunshine Bus Service
SuperGrans Tairāwhiti
Tairāwhiti Community Law Centre

ANIMAL WELFARE
Gisborne SPCA

ARTS
Arts
War Memorial and Lawson Field Theatre