News Archives

2012

May

• Women for Election INSPIRE programme

• Yellow Flag Funding Announced

April

• Mike Gaffney Joins Community Foundation Board

• OLC Ireland Trust Fund Open for Applications

March

• Carers of the Year and Young Carer of the Year Awards 2012

• Grassroots, LGBT and Community Growers Deadline Approaching

February

• Siel Bleu - “Adding life to years and years to life”

• Community Foundation Announces new Chair

• Proposed New Tax Treatment of Charitable Donations

• Capital Gains Tax (CGT) - How it Works for Philanthropy

• A Glimpse of the Future - Silicon Valley Community Foundation

• MyLegacy’s ‘Best Will in the World’ Week a Great Success

January

• Community Growers Fund: Round 3 Open for Applications

• Revised Criteria for Grassroots Grants

2011

December

• Legacy10 Campaign

• The Women’s Fund for Ireland has re-opened for Applications

• Disappointment at Lack of Vision for Philanthropy in Budget

• Stark Reality Provides Inspiration at Women’s Fund Event

November

• Community Gardens - Great Growth

• New Book - Tax Advice for Irish Family Businesses

• Grassroots Grants of almost €150,000 announced this week

• End of Year Donations

October

• Successful Advisors Event

• High Earners Restrictions - Charitable Donations Down 35% in 2009

• Clients who Win the Lottery - A How to for Charitable Giving

September

• A quarter of philanthropists set up trusts ‘for involvement and control’

• Philanthropy in Accountancy Plus Magazine

• Calling on Solicitors for the Best Will in the World Week

August

• Ulster Bank Sir George Quigley Award 2011

July

• The Mountainlodge Community Fund is Now Open for Applications

• Philanthropy Forum Re-Established

June

• The Community Foundation in NCB’s Wealth Management Summer Quarterly 2011

• Want to start a Community Garden?

May

• Women’s Fund Breakfast Briefing with Secret Millionaire, Marcelle Speller, a success!

• Community Foundation launches 2010 Annual Report at Special 10 Year Celebration Event

• Successful Advisor Event May 17, 2011

• New Philanthropy Matters Newsletter

• The Gloss Magazine - Putting Their Money Where Their Heart Is

April

• Staff Member Mary Bradshaw Shortlisted for Friends of the Elderly Award

March

• Arts in the Frame at Fourth Annual Philanthropist of the Year Awards

• Women’s Fund for Ireland Issues €17,000 in Grants to Mark International Women’s Day

February

• Weighing the Best Vehicles for Philanthropic Giving

• 2010 – Best Year Yet for The Community Foundation for Ireland

• Grant to provide Lifeskills training in Harare Orphanage

• Music To Our Ears! Donor funds Kids Classics in Hospitals

January

• Foundation Supports Ethnic Minority Leaders

2010

December

• High Earners Restriction - An Expert Analysis

• LETTER TO PROFESSIONAL ADVISORS FROM CEO, TINA ROCHE

November

• First National Helpline Can Help Relieve Stress for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender People

• 2009 Community Foundation Annual Report Launched

October

• Closing Date Approaching for Three Grants Schemes

• Say ‘Thank You’ to your local sports club volunteers

• Better Together! National Campaign to Promote work of Voluntary and Community Groups

September

• New Fund Updates at The Community Foundation

• New Grant Scheme for the Development of Community Gardens and Allotments in Dublin is Launched!

• Closing Date for the Philanthropist of the Year Awards 2010 is Fast Approaching

• Study finds Ireland is one of the most charitable countries

• End of Tax Year -  A Great Time for Philanthropy

August

• Guide to Giving Circles

• Women’s Fund Benefits from International Women’s Polo Competition

July

• Philanthropy in Ireland - New Report Launched June 2010

June

• The Search is on for Ireland’s Philanthropist of the Year 2010!

• Donate to The Women’s Fund for Ireland Now

• Dame Stephanie Shirley Addresses Event on Women in Philanthropy Today in Dublin

• The Community Foundation for Ireland Welcomes Government Initiative to Support Philanthropy

• Grassroots Grants: Current round closes on July 30th

• Cumbria Community Foundation launches Memorial Fund

May

• New Guide launched for community groups

April

• Ireland’s First Women’s Fund Launched at Landmark Symposium on Women in Philanthropy

March

• Realising the Power and Potential of Charitable Bequests in Developing Irish Philanthropy

• New Website Launched to Correspond with 10th Anniversary

• The Community Foundation for Ireland Calls on Government to Support Philanthropy

February

• Newsletters

• The Philanthropist of the Year Awards 2009

January

• Flood recovery fund

2009

December

• The Season of Giving arrives as the Community Foundation announce the Winners of the Philanthropist

October

• New Fund at The Community Foundation

September

• Launch of 2008 Annual Report

• The Community Foundation is featured on RTE’s Nationwide

June

• International Experts on Philanthropy Launch the 2009 Irish Philanthropist of the Year Awards

• Report on Family Philanthropy

April

• Cathal McCarthy is 2009 Monaghan Person of the Year

February

• The Community Foundation for Ireland launches a new grants scheme for marginalised women

2008

December

• The winners of The Philanthropist of the Year Awards 2008