Selected Charities were asked to apply as an acknowledgement of the service of Euan Wright on the Board of Trustees for 25 years.
| Organisation | Name of Project | Amount |
The Salvation Army NZ Trust | Drug and Alcohol Addiction Services Wellington Resilience Flexi Fund | $20,000 |
The Life Flight Trust | Defibrillator for Air Ambulance Plane | $20,000 |
Wellington Hospitals Foundation | Criticool Cooling Unit Sensory Equipment | $40,000 |
Wellington City Mission (Anglican Trust Board) | Furnishing for Medical Center Room in Whakamaru | $45,000 |
Te Hopai Trust | Special purpose transport van | $45,000 |
Suzanne Aubert Compassion Centre Wellington Compassion Soup Kitchen | Compassion Soup Kitchen Emergency BBQ | $10,000 |
Wellington Free Ambulance Service | Corpuls Defibrillator – Critical Care Vehicle | $20,000 |
In 2024 The Sutherland Self Help Trust funded organisations that are investing in the future of the community by focusing on education and health (including neurodiversity initiatives) for children under 12.
| Organisation | Name of Project | Amount |
| Adventure Specialties Trust | Junior Inspire | $30,000 |
| Arthritis New Zealand (Mateponapona Aotearoa) | Arthritis NZ 2025 Families Camp | $30,000 |
| Camp Quality New Zealand | Residential Pediatric Oncology Camp Programme | $30,000 |
| Crohn’s & Colitis New Zealand Charitable Trust | Camp Purple Live 2025 | $4,837 |
| Te Mapua Child and Youth Trust | Funding for children’s camps | $10,000 |
| Anxiety New Zealand Trust | Renovating and equipping child-friendly therapy spaces; delivery of trainings on working therapeutically with young children and their caregivers | $25,000 |
| Carterton Swimming Club Incorporated (CC51621) | Carterton Indoor Pool Roof Replacement and Upgrade. | $28,500 |
| Hāpuku School | Poitukohu – Basketball Hoops | $8,000 |
| Manchester House Social Services Society Inc | Establish a play therapy room. | $30,000 |
| Cerebral Palsy Society of New Zealand Incorporated | Developing a ‘CP Toolkit’ to support whānau facing a Cerebral Palsy diagnosis navigate the early years | $20,000 |
| Coeliac New Zealand Inc | Coeliac New Zealand’s Children’s Resource | $15,000 |
| Diabetes New Zealand | Diabetes New Zealand Brave Bear Pack | $30,000 |
| Sir John Kirwan Foundation | Mitey Voices | $40,000 |
| Te Hono O Ngā Waka | Sunshine: Brightening Futures for Young Minds. Maumaharatanga: Whakatipuranga mō ngā Hinengaro Rangatahi | $10,000 |
| The 502 Ora Rangatahi, a service of Te Rūnanga o Toa Rangatira | Equipping whānau with neuroscience-based tools to affect life-long cognitive and behavioural change for tamariki. | $30,000 |
| Catholic Social Services (CSS) | Whakarakona Mai Hearing You Initiative | $50,000 |
| Hoa Motuhake Sports Trust | Te Pou o te Whare Project | $30,000 |
| Life Education Trust (NZ) | Nurturing Young Minds | $30,000 |
| Ohomairangi Trust | More than Words parent education programme | $30,000 |
| Refugees as Survivors NZ | Welcoming (Primary) Schools and Early Childhood Centres for Tamariki from Refugee Backgrounds | $30,000 |
| Thames Coast Community Kindergarten Incorporated | Replacement of deck roofing | $3,700 |
| The Brothers and Sisters Collective | Babies Place and Toddler Place workshops | $9,000 |
| UP Foundation | Cannons Creek & Waitangirua School Swimming | $32,000 |
The Trust also made a $40,000 Grant to the Wairoa Mayoral Relief Fund in July 2024 to support the community recovery efforts following the flooding event.