Our Partners

The Community Foundation for Ireland has close working links and shares expertise with community foundations in Northern Ireland; the rest of the UK; mainland Europe; the USA and beyond. We also have close links with many organisations in Ireland and elsewhere who promote and develop philanthropy and fundraising.

Community Foundation Contacts

1. Northern Ireland

The Community Foundation for Northern Ireland 
www.communityfoundationni.org
The Fermanagh Trust www.fermanaghtrust.org

2. The UK

Community Foundation Network. www.communityfoundations.org.uk

3. The USA

The Foundation Centre, a US based organisation that promotes philanthropy. www.fdncenter.org
The Community Foundation for Ireland has a strong relationship with the Silicon Valley Community Foundation where many American IT companies which have Irish subsidiaries are based. http://www.siliconvalleycf.org/

4. THE GLOBAL PICTURE

The Transatlantic Community Foundation Network (TCFN) was created in 1999 to promote the development of community foundations on both sides of the Atlantic, and particularly in parts of Europe and North America where the community foundation concept was just beginning to take root. It is a learning community comprised of four dozen community foundations and support organizations from close to a dozen countries. The Network has produced a series of free resources targeted to emerging and developing community foundations. In 2006, The Community Foundation for Ireland joined the network. Tina Roche, Chief Executive is an ambassador for the movement.

From small beginnings in Cleveland, Ohio in 1914, the Community Foundation movement has grown to become a leading global force for philanthropy in the 21st century. For a global overview, see the 2005 Community Foundation Global Status Report published by WINGS (Worldwide Initiatives for Grantmaker Support) here:
http://www.wingsweb.org/information/publications_community.cfm

Council of Foundations

A nonprofit membership association of grantmaking foundations and corporations, with a mission is to promote responsible and effective philanthropy. www.cof.org

European Foundation Centre

To promote and underpin the work of foundations and corporate funders active in and with Europe. www.efc.be

Transnational Giving Europe

Transnational Giving Europe (TGE) covers 13 countries and is, at a European level, the only existing practical solution to support a beneficiary located in a foreign country with all the tax advantages in the country of residence of the donor. The Community Foundation for Ireland is a member of TGE. Click here for brochure or here for the website and futher information. 

 

Philanthropy and Fundraising Contacts in Ireland

 

Philanthropy Ireland is made up of the majority of Ireland’s grant-making foundations including Atlantic Philanthropies, the Katherine Howard Foundation and others. Full details on:
www.philanthropy.ie

Fundraising Ireland  was established in 2007 Fundraising Ireland was founded by fundraisers for fundraisers to promote best practice, enable peers in Ireland to network and to represent the profession.
www.fundraisingireland.ie

Legacy Promotion Ireland is a partnership of many of Ireland’s leading charities (Including The Community Foundation) which aims to promote the concept of charitable bequests and to increase the level of monies left for charitable purposes in the future.
www.mylegacy.ie

 

Other Contacts

The Wheel
www.wheel.ie

European Association of Planned Giving
www.eapg.org.uk

The Institute of Family Business UK
www.ifb.org.uk

 

For Professional Advisors

Law Society
www.lawsociety.ie

Irish Taxation Institute
www.taxireland.ie

The Institute of Bankers in Ireland
www.bankers.ie

STEP Ireland
www.step.ie

Chartered Accountants Ireland
www.charteredaccountants.ie

PIBA - Professional Insurance Brokers Association (Ireland)
www.piba.ie

Revenue Commissioners
www.revenue.ie

 

Corporate Social Responsibility

Please visit the website of our sister organisation, Business in the Community Ireland. It is a non profit organisation specializing in advice and guidance to leading companies in Ireland and corporate responsibility. In addition, it runs a number of innovative programmes focused on education and social inclusion.

http://www.bitc.ie/