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Highlights 2006

 Highlights 2006

 CONTRIBUTIONS

  • Over 3,000 donors worldwide contributed to The Ireland Funds in 2006, including over 900 first time donors.
  • The Funds’ Endowment, which includes over 50 Donor Advised Funds, now stands at over €6 million.

 SPONSORSHIP

  • The Ireland Funds in Ireland secured support from leading Irish companies which covered running costs for 2006.

 GRANTS

  • Over €6 million was awarded in grants to more than 300 projects throughout Ireland. See list inside.
  • €750,000 was committed to the Sesame Street Northern Ireland project. This will allow Sesame Workshop to create unique programming addressing sectarian attitudes in children in Northern Ireland.

 EVENTS

  • The Ireland Funds’ hosted their eighth seminar Promoting Philanthropy in Ireland which was attended by over 300 members of Ireland’s not-for-profit sector. The document 101 Fundraising Tips was launched as a practical guide for organisations raising funds in Ireland.
  • Over 100 events were held in 39 cities in 11 countries attended by 40,000 supporters
  • The 2006 New York Dinner Gala raised over €3 million, making it the most successful fundraiser in the history of The Ireland Funds.
  • The Boston Dinner Gala celebrated its 25th anniversary in 2006 with over 1,000 in attendance.

 CONFERENCE

  • The annual June Conference in Dublin attracted donors from 7 countries around the world.
  • The 35th AWB Vincent AIF Literary Award was presented to novelist and short-story writer, Eugene McCabe.

 COMMUNICATIONS

  • Connect Magazine is circulated to over 27,000 supporters in 11 countries.
  • The Ireland Funds’ website received an average of over
    80,000 unique visitors a month.
  • Over 8,500 supporters received regular e-News updates via e-mail.

IRISH SUPPORT   |   sponsors page >
The Ireland Funds are grateful for the very generous sponsorship of:

FOUNDATION SPONSORS
• AIB Group
• Eircom
• Independent News & Media

PATRONS
A&L Goodbody
Bank of Ireland
Citigroup
Davy
Delta Print & Packaging
Diageo Ireland
BT
Fitzwilton
Fyffes
HJ Heinz Company (Ireland)
Irish Nationwide Building Society
Matheson Ormsby Prentice
McCormick Properties
PricewaterhouseCoopers
R & A Bailey
Renault Ireland
The Merrion Hotel
Ulster Bank Ireland
Waterford Wedgwood
Their support is of great significance to us. It allows us to make grants, in an equivalent amount to their total contribution, to worthy projects across Ireland.


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Each year, The Ireland Funds support hundreds of projects North and South with grants ranging from a few hundred euro / pounds to over a million.

The Ireland Funds support projects in the areas of education, arts and culture, peace and reconciliation and community development.

In the past three years The Ireland Funds have distributed €34 million / £23 million in grants to more than 500 worthy organisations.

The Ireland Funds assist groups whose initiatives serve the people of the island directly.