Apply for Other Grants

Community Growers Fund: Round 3 (Dublin only)

Round 3 of this fund is now accepting applications until Friday 24th February 2012. The Community Growers Fund was established by the Mount Street Club Trust at The Community Foundation for Ireland.

Applications are accepted from groups wishing to engage unemployed people in a Community Garden or Allotments project within Dublin city or County. Applicants must meet a range or requirements regarding group structure, permissions to use the land selected and ability to engage unemployed people. Grants of up to €10,000 are available. Greater amounts will be awarded to projects with exceptional potential.

Click here for the revised Community Growers Fund Criteria
Click here for the revised Community Growers Fund Application Form 

NEW - Click here for some tips on engaging unemployed people in your Community Garden or Allotments project

Next Closing Date is Friday 24th February 2012

The Women's Fund for Ireland

The Women's Fund for Ireland is a brand new fund here at The Foundation. Launched in April 2010 at a major seminar on women’s philanthropy in Dublin, The Women's Fund for Ireland fuels change in our communities by supporting the most innovative and positive solutions to the issues facing women in Ireland today. It’s mission is to encourage philanthropy among women, improve the lives of women through social change grantmaking, and educate the entire community about the benefits to society when the potential of women is realised.

Initially, it has two main focus areas; Measures aimed at Preventing Violence Against Women, and Measures Empowering Women to take Leadership roles. As the fund grows, these areas will be reviewed and/or expanded.

Click here for the Women's Fund Full Criteria

Next Closing Date will be confirmed later in 2012 

LGBT Communities Fund

In partnership with LGBT Diversity, The Community Foundation will make small grants to groups working in the Republic of Ireland with and on behalf of the LGBT Community. Applications will be assessed four times per year. The closing dates for 2012 are the end of March, June, September and December.

Click here to download the LGBT Communities Fund Full Criteria

Click here to download the LGBT Communities Fund Application Form

OLC Ireland Trust Fund 

The OLC Ireland Trust Fund is managed by The Community Foundation for Ireland on behalf of The Sisters of Our Lady of Charity. The Fund will endeavour to support projects that most closely fit the criteria of organisations’ working with women tackling addictions, prostitution and trafficking, violence and abuse. The goal of the fund is to provide resources which will help educate, develop and enhance the lives and dignity of marginalised women.

Next Closing Date to be announced in 2012 
Click here for the OLC Ireland Trust Fund Eligibility Criteria

Ray Murphy Fund

The Ray Murphy Fund will make grants to build leadership within the community sector over 10 years, 2008 - 2017. The grants will be for a maximum of €4,000 each and 5 grants will be awarded per year.

The fund is aimed at Chief Executives (or equivalent) within the community and voluntary sector.

The fund will support CEOs to reflect on their leadership role within the community

Grants from this fund will provide CEOs with the opportunity access leadership-related education or training.

The Community Foundation for Ireland regrets that it will not accept applications for courses which are not centrally focused on Leadership-related education or training.

The fund will not cover regular Degrees or Post-Graduate courses

Download the Ray Murphy Fund Grantmaking Policy and Guidelines here

We have compiled two case studies of previous grants made under the Ray Murphy Fund.
Case Study 1 - Ruairi McKiernan - Click here
Case Study 2 - Deirdre Murray  - Click here

The Application Form for the Ray Murphy Fund is not freely available. Potential applicants should email Helen Beatty at hbeatty@foundation.ie describing their role as CEO or equivalent in their organisation, and details of the Leadership-related education or training they would like to undertake

Closing dates for 2012: TBA