Eastern & Central Community Trust (ECCT) makes funding donations to community organisations in Gisborne District, Hawke's Bay, Tararua, Wairarapa, Manawatu & Horowhenua.
Donations for Gisborne District to March 2017
| Recipient | Amount |
| Air Training Corps - No 14 Squadron | 3000 |
| Canteen - East Cape Branch | 4000 |
| Citizens Advice Bureau - Gisborne | 3000 |
| East Coast Museum of Technology Inc | 10000 |
| East Coast Rugby Football Union Inc | 4000 |
| Eastland Sports Foundation Education Trust | 30000 |
| Enterprise Aquatic Swim Team Inc | 4000 |
| Gisborne Bandroom Incorporated | 4000 |
| Gisborne Hospital Child Care Society Inc | 3500 |
| Gisborne International Music Competition CT | 4000 |
| Gisborne Pain and Terminal Care Trust | 4000 |
| Gisborne Tennis Club | 35000 |
| Gisborne Trampoline Club Inc | 4000 |
| Gisborne Unity Theatre Inc | 3000 |
| He Awa Ora, He Tai Ora, Healthy Rivers Living Sea Education Trust | 4000 |
| Ka Pai Kaiti Trust | 18000 |
| Kahutia Bowling Club | 4000 |
| Ngata Memorial College | 40000 |
| Order of St John - Gisborne Area | 4000 |
| Poverty Bay Blues Club | 2000 |
| Poverty Bay Hockey Association | 4000 |
| Radio Ngati Porou Charitable Trust | 4000 |
| Riding for the Disabled - Gisborne | 4000 |
| Riverdale Kindergarten - Gisborne | 4000 |
| Sisterson Lagoon Restoration Trust | 3000 |
| Supergrans Tairawhiti Trust | 4000 |
| Tairawhiti Beneficiary Advocacy Trust | 4000 |
| Tairawhiti Connext Charitable Trust | 120000 |
| Tairawhiti Rural Education Activities Programme Inc | 4000 |
| Total | 338500 |