Eastern & Central Community Trust (ECCT) makes funding donations to community organisations in Poverty Bay, Hawke’s Bay, Tararua, Wairarapa, Manawatu & Horowhenua.
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| Recipient | Amount |
| Adult Literacy Palmerston North Inc | $1,000 |
| Age Concern - Manawatu Inc | $15,000 |
| Air Training Corps - No 32 Squadron | $2,000 |
| Amitabha Buddhist Centre | $3,000 |
| Aokautere School | $1,500 |
| Arthritis Foundation of NZ Inc - Manawatu | $3,000 |
| Ashhurst Community Pool Society Inc | $1,300 |
| Ashhurst Playcentre | $1,500 |
| Athletics Manawatu Wanganui Inc | $2,000 |
| Awapuni Kindergarten | $3,500 |
| Awapuni School - Palmerston North | $1,400 |
| Barnardo's New Zealand - Manawatu | $4,000 |
| Breakthru Kidz Childcare | $2,000 |
| Camellia House Trust | $4,000 |
| Camp Rangi Woods Trust | $7,500 |
| Campbell Street Kindergarten - Palmerston North | $7,000 |
| Canteen - Manawatu | $2,000 |
| Carncot Private School Trust | $2,500 |
| Central Districts Hockey Inc | $4,000 |
| Central Districts Welsh Pony & Cob Foal Show | $2,000 |
| Christian Leaders Association - Palmerston North | $1,000 |
| Citizens Advice Bureau - Palmerston North | $4,000 |
| Community Birth Services Charitable Trust | $1,000 |
| Cornerstone Christian School | $3,000 |
| Diabetes Manawatu Inc | $2,200 |
| Disabled Persons Assembly - Palmerston North & Districts | $1,725 |
| Dolphin Amateur Swimming Club | $4,000 |
| Down Syndrome Association - Manawatu | $3,000 |
| Eden Christian Kindergarten Trust | $500 |
| ESOL Home Tutors Palmerston North Inc | $3,000 |
| Ethnic Council of Manawatu Inc | $4,000 |
| Feilding & District Art Society Inc | $2,000 |
| Feilding Agricultural High School | $5,000 |
| Feilding Bible Chapel | $1,000 |
| Feilding Boxing Association Inc | $1,500 |
| Feilding Brass Inc | $7,000 |
| Feilding Contract Bridge Club Inc | $2,000 |
| Feilding Croquet Club Inc | $3,000 |
| Feilding Dog Training Club | $3,000 |
| Feilding Industrial Agricultural & Pastoral Association | $1,000 |
| Feilding Intermediate School | $2,000 |
| Future Beef New Zealand Trust | $1,000 |
| Girl Guides - Manawatu Province | $650 |
| Grey Power Manawatu Inc | $2,000 |
| Greyhound Adoption Programme Trust Board | $2,000 |
| Halcombe School | $3,000 |
| Hapaitia Te Kohanga Reo | $3,500 |
| High School Hockey Club | $4,000 |
| Highland Home Christian Camp | $2,500 |
| Hockey Manawatu Incorporated | $6,000 |
| Hokowhitu Bowling Club Inc | $1,200 |
| Iuventus Ltd | $3,000 |
| Kimbolton Playcentre | $1,000 |
| Kopane School | $5,000 |
| Learning and Growing Together Trust | $4,000 |
| Life Education Trust - Manawatu | $15,000 |
| Lions Club of Fitzherbert Charitable Trust | $1,000 |
| Lions Club of Middle Districts Inc | $4,000 |
| Lutheran Home Trust Board Inc | $8,000 |
| Manawatu Access Radio Charitable Trust | $1,500 |
| Manawatu Badminton Assn Inc. | $4,000 |
| Manawatu Chinese Community Trust | $3,800 |
| Manawatu Community Housing Trust | $23,000 |
| Manawatu Cricket Assn Inc | $40,000 |
| Manawatu District Safer Community Council Inc | $2,000 |
| Manawatu Lawn Tennis Club Inc | $25,000 |
| Manawatu Multiple Birth Club | $800 |
| Manawatu Overtones | $4,000 |
| Manawatu Pony Club | $3,300 |
| Manawatu Rural Support Service Inc | $4,000 |
| Manawatu Showgrounds Skating Club Inc | $4,000 |
| Manawatu Sports Foundation | $102,520 |
| Manawatu Stewart Centre Trust | $2,000 |
| Manawatu Striders Inc | $2,000 |
| Manawatu Theatre Society Inc | $4,000 |
| Manawatu Touch Assn Inc | $4,000 |
| Manawatu Toy Library Assn Inc | $3,000 |
| Manawatu Triathlon Club | $4,000 |
| Manawatu Youth Orchestra Inc | $3,000 |
| Manfeild Park Trust | $100,000 |
| Marist Club Palmerston North Inc | $3,000 |
| Massey University | $52,000 |
| Massey University Hockey Club | $4,000 |
| Methodist Church of NZ - Feilding Oroua Parish | $750 |
| Methodist Social Service Centre | $4,000 |
| Milson Combined Church | $4,000 |
| Milson Kindergarten | $820 |
| Monrad Intermediate School | $4,000 |
| Monsignor Brian McAloon Trust | $2,000 |
| Netball Manawatu Centre Inc | $4,000 |
| New Life Church Charitable Trust - Palmerston North | $1,000 |
| Nga Whetu Marama Plant to Plate | $4,000 |
| North Wellington Judo Assn Inc | $1,500 |
| Northern Club Manawatu Inc | $8,000 |
| NZ School of Export | $500 |
| NZ Society of Genealogists Inc - Palmerston North | $1,000 |
| Palmerston Nth Adventist Christian School | $2,000 |
| Palmerston Nth Badminton Club Inc | $4,000 |
| Palmerston Nth Bowling Club Inc | $4,000 |
| Palmerston Nth Christian Fellowship Trust | $5,000 |
| Palmerston Nth City Council | $100,000 |
| Palmerston Nth City Environmental Trust | $4,000 |
| Palmerston Nth Community Patrol Charitable Trust | $1,200 |
| Palmerston Nth Green Bike Trust | $8,000 |
| Palmerston Nth Marist Soccer Club | $3,000 |
| Palmerston Nth Neighbourhood Support Groups Inc | $320 |
| Palmerston Nth Parents' Centre Inc | $1,000 |
| Palmerston Nth Public Sculpture Trust | $20,000 |
| Palmerston Nth Squash Club Inc | $7,000 |
| Palmerston Nth Street Van Inc | $8,000 |
| Palmerston Nth Tramping and Mountaineering Club Inc. | $1,000 |
| Palmerston Nth Women's Health Collective | $3,500 |
| Parent to Parent - Manawatu | $4,000 |
| Parentline Manawatu Inc | $2,000 |
| Pathways to Wellbeing Huarahi Whakaoranga Inc | $4,000 |
| Poupatate Marae | $8,000 |
| Red Kiwi Orienteering Club | $4,000 |
| Regent Theatre Trust | $20,000 |
| Relationship Services - Manawatu | $3,000 |
| Riding for the Disabled - Manawatu Group | $10,000 |
| RNZ Plunket Society - Roslyn Kelvin Grove Sub-Branch | $3,000 |
| Rongotea School | $1,000 |
| Rose Gardens Croquet Club Inc | $2,000 |
| Roslyn School | $5,000 |
| Rotary Club of Terrace End | $400 |
| Royal NZ Naval Assn - Palmerston Nth | $8,000 |
| Rudolf Steiner School Trust - Manawatu | $1,200 |
| Russell Street School | $2,000 |
| Sanson School | $15,000 |
| Schizophrenia Fellowship - Manawatu Branch | $1,000 |
| Scout Association - National Canoe School | $1,500 |
| Scout Association - Palmerston North | $3,000 |
| Shepherd's Rest Trust | $4,000 |
| Somerset Crescent School | $2,000 |
| Somerset Kindergarten | $3,500 |
| Special Olympics Manawatu | $4,000 |
| SPELADD NZ Inc | $4,000 |
| St David's Presbyterian Church - Palmerston Nth | $8,000 |
| St James' Catholic School | $2,000 |
| St Joseph's School - Feilding | $4,000 |
| St Peter's College | $5,000 |
| Swimming Manawatu Inc | $2,000 |
| Takaro Kindergarten | $1,900 |
| Takaro School | $1,700 |
| Takaro Sports Club Inc. | $50,000 |
| Tangimoana Boating Club Inc | $15,000 |
| Te Aroha Noa Community Services Trust Inc | $35,000 |
| Te Kawau Memorial Recreation Centre Inc. | $8,000 |
| Te Manawa Museum Society Inc. | $2,000 |
| Te Manawa Museums Trust | $200,000 |
| Te Rangimarie Marae - Palmerston Nth | $36,000 |
| Te Whanau Pa Touch Club | $3,800 |
| Te Whare Akonga - Open Learning Centre Manawatu | $2,000 |
| The Salvation Army - Palmerston North Corps | $4,000 |
| Waituna West School | $25,000 |
| Wanganui Manawatu Gliding Club Inc | $20,000 |
| Western Netball Inc | $800 |
| Whakarongo School | $8,000 |
| Whanau Support Group of Highbury, Takaro, Westbrook Inc | $2,000 |
| YMCA - Palmerston North Inc | $20,000 |
| YMCA - Palmerston North Inc | $35,000 |
| Youthline Palmerston North Inc. | $4,000 |
| Total Manawatu | $1,409,285 |