Over $500,000 of grants distributed

Sunrise Foundation's largest amount of grants distributed from annual funding round.

More than $525,000 has been distributed in this years funding round, becoming the largest amount to date from our annual funding round.

Since Sunrise's inception in 2014, over $1.8 million worth of grants have been distributed to more than 160 worthy causes across arts, environment, education, health, hearing, social/community, sports and animal welfare sectors our region.

Full list of 2024 grant recipients

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