Pick a Fund, Make a Difference

From 1–6 November, we’re celebrating Sunrise Week and what local giving has made possible. 

Thanks to our donors, funders and supporters, Sunrise has grown from a big idea in 2014 into a growing source of funding for Tairāwhiti. Today, we have approximately $14 million in funds under management and have distributed over $3 million in grants to local causes. 

More than 70 funds have now been seeded with Sunrise, supporting everything from the environment, health and education to sport, animals, the arts and social causes. Each has been created to build a permanent pot of money that can support its cause well into the future. 

This Sunrise Week, we’re asking our community to get behind these worthy causes.  

Pick a fund. Make a donation. Help it grow. 

And why not have a bit of fun while you’re at it? Hold a mini fundraiser at work or home. Dress in orange, hold a morning tea, or come up with your own idea, and choose a Sunrise fund to support with the proceeds. 

You don’t need deep pockets to make a difference. Sunrise has never just been about the big gold nuggets. It’s about local people giving what they can to causes they care about. Because donations to Sunrise’s endowment funds are invested and the capital protected, those gifts can keep giving year after year. 

Local donor Sharon Gilvray has chosen to support Sunrise’s General Fund, and says, “Giving back to our local community is important to me, which is why I chose the General Fund. It provides the flexibility to support local organisations and causes where the need is greatest. I believe that when people each give what they can, those contributions come together to make a meaningful and lasting difference.” 

This Sunrise Week, become a part of a lasting legacy; pick a fund that means something to you and help grow its pot of money.  

Together, lots of ordinary donations can create something pretty extraordinary. Learn more about all the Special Interest Funds seeded with Sunrise here.