The Ireland Funds :: Highlights 2003

HOPE & HISTORY CAMPAIGN
• The Hope & History Campaign, to raise $100 million in five years, has been sucessfully concluded

CONTRIBUTIONS
• Over 2,700 donors worldwide contributed to The Ireland Funds in 2003

• The Funds’ endowment now stands at $7.5 million made up of 56 Donor Advised Funds

• There are 80 members of the Heritage Society who have remembered The Funds in their wills

GRANTS
• €8 million/Stg£5.5 million was awarded in grants to over 300 projects throughout Ireland

• €1.25 million was raised for the Special Olympics World Games in June, €265,000 of this was raised in Ireland

SPONSORSHIP
• The Ireland Funds in Ireland secured support from the companies overleaf which will cover our costs until 2007

• This generosity and other contributions, ensure that the Irish operation was the second largest contributor of all The Ireland Funds branches, after The American Ireland Fund, to the Hope & History Campaign

EVENTS
• 70 events were held in 39 cities in 10 countries attended by 40,000 supporters

• The Ireland Fund of France Wild Geese award was presented to Brendan Kennelly

• At the Sydney Garden Party Lady Fairfax announced a gift of Aus$1 million, in memory of her husband Sir Warwick, to assist integrated education in Northern Ireland

CONFERENCE
• The June Conference in Dublin attracted 280 delegates from 28 cities around the world

• The 32nd American Ireland Fund Literary Award was presented to Marina Carr

• The delegates spent a day visiting projects that received Ireland Funds’ grants and also mapped out the future for The Funds in the post Campaign period

OTHER
• Circulation of The Ireland Funds’ magazine Connect increased to over 45,000 worldwide

• There are 2,500 AIF Affinity MBNA card carrying members. Every time a card is used, The Funds receive a contribution from MBNA

• The Funds new website was launched

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