Eastern & Central Community Trust (ECCT) makes funding donations to community organisations in Gisborne District, Hawke's Bay, Tararua, Wairarapa, Manawatu & Horowhenua.
Donations for Manawatu to March 2016
| Recipient | Amount |
| Active Minds Aoteoroa | 10,000 |
| Adult Literacy Palmerston North Inc | 4,000 |
| Age Concern New Zealand Inc | 4,000 |
| Alliance Francaise de Palmerston North Inc | 4,000 |
| Alzheimers Disease & Related Dementia Soc.Wairarapa Inc | 4,000 |
| Alzheimers Society Napier Inc | 17,000 |
| Amesbury Christian Counselling Services Inc | 4,000 |
| Amitabha Buddhist Centre | 4,000 |
| Anglican Social Work Trust Palmerston Nth Inc | 1,500 |
| Arohanui Hospice Service Trust | 8,000 |
| Ashhurst Aquanauts | 1,000 |
| Ashhurst Community Trust | 30,000 |
| Ashhurst Playcentre | 2,700 |
| Ashhurst Pohangina Pony Club | 1,140 |
| Awahou School | 2,000 |
| Awahuri Forest / Kitchener Park Trust | 500 |
| Bhutanese Society of Palmerston North | 4,000 |
| Bike Manawatu Inc. | 4,000 |
| Brain Injury Association Central Districts Inc. | 4,000 |
| Central Districts Dressage Group | 2,000 |
| Community Arts Palmerston Nth Inc | 2,000 |
| Environment Network Manawatu Inc. | 4,000 |
| Events Manawatu Trust Board | 2,000 |
| Feilding & District Rose Society Inc | 1,700 |
| Feilding Golf Club Inc | 7,000 |
| Financial Freedom Trust | 4,000 |
| Floral Art Society of New Zealand Inc Manawatu Area | 1,200 |
| Free Store Charitable Trust | 25,000 |
| Freyberg High School | 30,000 |
| Halcombe Playcentre | 3,500 |
| Halcombe Rugby Football Club | 4,000 |
| Hapaitia Te Kohanga Reo | 3,500 |
| Hato Paora College | 5,000 |
| Himatangi Beach Bowling Club | 4,000 |
| Hockey Manawatu Inc | 4,000 |
| Hokowhitu School | 12,000 |
| Horizons Regional Council | 20,000 |
| Interdenominational Tertiary Chaplaincy Trust Board | 4,000 |
| Johnston Park Bowls Inc | 4,000 |
| Journeys To Wellbeing | 3,200 |
| Learning and Growing Together Trust | 4,000 |
| Life Education Trust - Manawatu | 20,000 |
| Lions Club of Fitzherbert Charitable Trust | 1,400 |
| Mana Tamariki Incorporated Society | 2,000 |
| Manawatu Blokart Club Incorporated | 4,000 |
| Manawatu Chinese Community Trust | 3,500 |
| Manawatu Community Trust | 80,000 |
| Manawatu Embroiderers' Guild Inc | 1,000 |
| Manawatu Home Budgeting Service Inc | 4,000 |
| Manawatu Horowhenua Tararua Diabetes Trust | 4,000 |
| Manawatu Multicultural Council | 4,000 |
| Manawatu Pony Club Inc | 4,000 |
| Manawatu Pottery Society Inc | 500 |
| Manawatu Pregnancy Centre Trust | 4,000 |
| Manawatu Rugby Football League Referees Association | 900 |
| Manawatu Rugby Union Inc | 15,000 |
| Manawatu Rural Support Service Inc | 4,000 |
| Manawatu Savage Club Inc | 4,000 |
| Manawatu Stewart Centre Trust | 4,000 |
| Manawatu Toy Library Assn Inc | 4,000 |
| Manawatu Youth Orchestra Inc | 850 |
| Manchester House Social Services Society Inc | 8,000 |
| Massey University | 2,000 |
| Massey University Students' Apline Club | 4,000 |
| Methodist Social Service Centre | 4,000 |
| Milson School | 750 |
| Milverton Kindergarten | 3,500 |
| Netball Manawatu Centre Inc | 4,000 |
| New Zealand Down Syndrome Association | 4,000 |
| NZ Chinese Assn - Manawatu Branch | 4,000 |
| Pahiatua & Districts Museum Society Inc | 1,500 |
| Palmerston Nth Boys' High School | 30,000 |
| Palmerston Nth Community Services Council Inc | 4,000 |
| Palmerston Nth Golf Club | 3,000 |
| Palmerston Nth Marist Football Club Inc | 4,000 |
| Palmerston Nth Neighbourhood Support Groups Inc | 1,100 |
| Palmerston Nth Public Sculpture Trust | 4,000 |
| Palmerston Nth Street Van Inc | 4,000 |
| Palmerston Nth Surf Life Saving Club Inc | 7,000 |
| Palmerston Nth Theatre Trust Inc | 4,000 |
| Palmerston Nth Women's Health Collective | 4,000 |
| Palmerston Nth Women's Refuge Inc | 18,000 |
| Parent to Parent - Manawatu | 4,000 |
| Parentline Manawatu Inc | 4,000 |
| Parkinsonism Society - Manawatu | 4,000 |
| Passionart New Zealand Incorporated | 4,000 |
| Phoenix Inc. - Palmerston North | 4,000 |
| Pipes and Drums of Palmerston North & Districts | 800 |
| Rangiwahia Environmental Arts Centre Trust Inc | 4,000 |
| RECAP: Society for the Resilience and Engagement of the Community of Ashhurst | 4,000 |
| Red Kiwi Orienteering Club | 3,000 |
| RNZ Plunket Society - Manawatu/Wanganui | 12,000 |
| RNZE Charitable Trust | 2,300 |
| Roslyn Kindergarten | 3,500 |
| Rotary Club of Palmerston North | 1,000 |
| Royal NZ Army Medical Corps Fund | 4,000 |
| Ryder Cheshire Foundation | 1,500 |
| Samaritans Manawatu Inc | 4,000 |
| Scout Association - Milson Scout Group | 3,500 |
| Scout Association - Roslyn Scout Group | 4,000 |
| Shepherd's Rest Trust | 4,000 |
| Social Socks Charitable Trust | 4,000 |
| Somerset Kindergarten | 3,500 |
| Special Olympics Manawatu | 4,000 |
| SPELADD NZ Inc | 4,000 |
| St James' Catholic School | 3,500 |
| Taekwondo Manawatu | 3,300 |
| Te Kohanga Reo O Te Reo Tupua O Awapuni | 520 |
| Te Kura Kaupapa Maori O Manawatu | 7,000 |
| The Palmerston North Squash Club Incorporated | 25,000 |
| Tu Toa Project Charitable Trust | 15,000 |
| U3A Manawatu Incorporated | 1,500 |
| United Cricket Club Incorporated | 1,800 |
| United Cricket Club Incorporated | 10,000 |
| Unity Singers Club | 3,500 |
| Volunteer Resource Centre - Manawatu & Districts | 4,000 |
| Whakarongo School | 20,000 |
| Wildbase Recovery Community Trust | 250,000 |
| Total | 976,160 |