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 2017
| Recipient | Amount |
| Across - Te Kotahitanga O Te Wairua | 4000 |
| Age Concern NZ Inc | 4000 |
| Alliance Francaise de P/North Inc | 4000 |
| Alzheimers Society Manawatu Inc | 4000 |
| Amesbury Christian Counselling Services Inc | 4000 |
| Amitabha Buddhist Centre | 4000 |
| Ashhurst Pohangina Rugby Football Club | 2300 |
| Bike Manawatu Inc. | 4000 |
| Brain Injury Assn Central Districts Inc. | 4000 |
| Camellia House Trust | 3300 |
| Central Districts Dressage Group | 4000 |
| Central Squash Assn Inc | 4000 |
| Environment Network Manawatu Inc. | 4000 |
| Feilding Golf Club Inc | 4000 |
| Financial Freedom Trust | 4000 |
| Free Store Charitable Trust | 4000 |
| Heritage Park Rhododendron Charitable Trust | 4000 |
| Himatangi Beach Bowling Club | 4000 |
| Housing Advice Centre | 3000 |
| Interdenominational Tertiary Chaplaincy TB | 4000 |
| Kairanga School | 8000 |
| Learning and Growing Together Trust | 4000 |
| Lytton Street School | 8000 |
| Manawatu Bangalee Society Inc | 700 |
| Manawatu Chinese Community Trust | 4000 |
| Manawatu District Neighbourhood Support Inc | 2000 |
| Manawatu Horowhenua Tararua Diabetes Trust | 4000 |
| Manawatu Jazz Club | 4000 |
| Manawatu Lesbian & Gay Rights Association | 2000 |
| Manawatu Multicultural Council | 4000 |
| Manawatu Multiple Sclerosis Society | 4000 |
| Manawatu Pregnancy Centre Trust | 4000 |
| Manawatu Rural Support Service Inc | 4000 |
| Manawatu Skating Club Inc | 4000 |
| Manawatu Stewart Centre Trust | 4000 |
| Milson School | 4000 |
| Mount Biggs School | 8000 |
| Netball Manawatu Centre Inc | 4000 |
| NZ Down Syndrome Association | 4000 |
| Palmerston North Squash Club Inc | 4000 |
| Palmerston Nth Badminton Club Inc | 1200 |
| Palmerston Nth Operatic Society Inc | 4000 |
| Palmerston Nth Parents' Centre Inc | 1000 |
| Palmerston Nth Street Van | 4000 |
| Palmerston Nth Theatre Trust Inc | 4000 |
| Palmerston Nth Women's Health Collective Inc | 4000 |
| Parent to Parent - Manawatu | 4000 |
| Parkinsonism Society - Manawatu | 4000 |
| Pascal Street Community Trust | 50000 |
| Phoenix Inc. - P/North | 4000 |
| Pipes and Drums of Palmerston North & Districts | 1400 |
| Piping & Dancing Association NZ - Wellington | 2000 |
| Plant to Plate Aotearoa | 4000 |
| Poupatate Marae | 20000 |
| Queen Elizabeth College | 20000 |
| RECAP | 4000 |
| Riverdale Kindergarten - Palmerston North | 2000 |
| Rongotea School | 30000 |
| Roslyn School | 4000 |
| Rotary Club of Makino Incorporated | 4000 |
| Ryder Cheshire Foundation | 4000 |
| Samaritans Manawatu Inc | 4000 |
| Senior Citizens Assn Palmerston Nth Inc. | 3000 |
| Sport Manawatu Charitable Trust | 9000 |
| St Mary's School - Palmerston North | 8000 |
| Supporting Families in Mental Illness Manawatu | 1700 |
| Taekwondo Manawatu | 4000 |
| Te Kawau Playcentre | 2400 |
| Te Manawa Museums Trust | 4000 |
| Te Roopu Oranga O Highbury | 1400 |
| Tennis Manawatu Inc | 4000 |
| Terrace End School | 4000 |
| U3A Manawatu Incorporated | 1500 |
| Wellstop Incorporated | 5000 |
| Youthline Central North Island Inc | 4000 |
| Total | 392900 |