- Grant to support students at the Modern American English School in Antigua, Guatemala.
- Tairawhiti Museum, Gisborne New Zealand– sponsorship of 6 concerts featuring students from the New Zealand School of Music
- Tairawhiti Museum, Gisborne – grant for acquisition (Ruanuku award)
- Toihoukura program in Contemporary Maori Arts, Gisborne – student scholarships
- Kiri Te Kanawa Foundation – grant to support the Foundation’s support for emerging opera singers
- RELC, Singapore. Ms Shwe Yee Htoo, Myanmar and Mr Hazwan bin Hamdan, Malaysia, scholarships to complete the Postgraduate Diploma in Applied Linguistics (blended version).
- Support for musical development: piano students Leroy Ma (age 13), Sydney; and Lixin Zhang (age 15), Christchurch.
- Support for university studies: Joshua Holmberg New Zealand; Lester Cajes Manila; John Yanson Manila.
- Support for Ph.D studies: Christian Rudianto Indonesia.
- Professional development grant: Tony Chen Lin (pianist), New Zealand/Germany and Frederick Jones (tenor), New Zealand/United Kingdom.
- Sponsorship of websites for Jun Hong Lo (More Than Music) and Tony Chen Lin.
- Dr Richards also provides ongoing sponsorship of The Gisborne International Music Competition.
- Sponsorship of Calvin Abdiel and Leroy Ma (Sydney) to take part in the 11th International Competition for Young Pianists “Steps to Mastery” in St. Petersburg in June 2017.
- Sponsorship of Lixin Zhang (Christchurch) to take masterclasses in piano at the Semaine International de piano et musique du chambre, Blonay Switzerland, August 2017.
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