Sumner Ferrymead Foundation

Our Purpose

We’re a unique charitable trust supporting a wide range of interests and segments of our local community. We’ve helped purchase cycling gear for Olympic hopefuls, assisted others to compete internationally, and provided scholarships in the sciences and humanities; we’ve bought equipment for the local cricket, hockey and yacht clubs; and we’ve supported local schools, the Sumner Volunteer Fire Brigade and Sumner Lifeboat Institute - we’re open to anything that meets the Foundation’s criteria and helps our people and our community thrive.

Back in the early 90’s former Sumner resident Dora Grut (nee Neville) had a vision for our beautiful coastal community. Based on a similar organisation in her new home town of Vancouver Canada, she provided initial funding for local business people to form the Sumner Ferrymead Foundation for the betterment of their community and its people.

Since then our Foundation has been able to help many in our area achieve their dreams by giving a helping hand along the way in education, the arts, environment, health, sport and recreation to name a few, enabling people to thrive and their ambitions to be realised.

A community where financial barriers don’t limit the enjoyment or achievement of its residents.

Locals helping locals for the betterment of the Sumner Ferrymead community and its residents.