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Community Impact Fund 2025 - application form

Legal name of Organisation

Street Address

City / Town

Post code / Eircode

Region/County

Country

Telephone

Website

Facebook

Other Social Media

Registered Charity Number

Company Registration No.

In what year was your organisation established: 

Has your organisation moved or changed address in the last 6 years?

Has your organisation operated under a different name or merged with another organisation?

Number of Employees

Number of Volunteers

Number of Board Directors/Trustees

Names of Board Directors/Trustees

Describe your organisation’s purpose and activities. [max 50 words]

Describe the beneficiaries of the work of your organisation. [max 50 words]

Is your organisation affiliated with any other organisation?

Can you list other organisations whose aims are similar to your own?

Organisation Structure

Please select from our Pillars below the one that your organisation primarily aligns with. 

Legal Status of Organisation: 

Please select your organisation’s type of Governing Document from this list: 

Does your organisation have audited accounts? If no, please tell us why not.

1st Contact Person First Name

1st Contact Person Last Name

1st Contact Person Job Title

1st Contact Person contact number

Primary Email

2nd Contact Person First Name

2nd Contact Person Last Name

2nd Contact Person Job Title

2nd Contact Person contact number

2nd Contact Person Email

If your project does not require the £10,000 grant award, you have the opportunity to apply for a £2,000 grant instead. Please state the grant amount you are applying for.

Which of the four Ireland Funds pillars of support does this work align with? (If your work aligns with multiple funding pillars, please pick the most relevant pillar for this application) 

The below funding pillars will take priority for this year's Community Impact Fund however, if your project falls out of these headers, you are still welcome to apply. 

Which of our 2025 focus areas does this application best align with?

If selected Other, please specify.

Please select the category that most closely aligns with the project you are requesting funding for

Which of the following subcategories does your application best align with?

If other please state here.

In one sentence, please tell us what you are trying to achieve? [30 words]

In more detail, please outline the primary activities, items or staff costs that this funding would be used for [max 100 words]

Grant impact

If funding is secured, what need would it address? [max 100 words]

How did you identify this need? (e.g. research, town hall, survey of community members) [max 50 words] 

What positive changes would this grant make to the lives of those who engage with your organisation? [max 100 words] 

What is the typical demographic of those who would be supported? (e.g. females aged 12-18) [max 50 words]

How would you measure the impact of this grant? Please outline the method and metrics you use for evaluation. [max 100 words]

Please expand on how your work relates to our 2025 funding priorities.

What is the significance of the work your organisation does and how does it relate to The Ireland Funds 2025 funding priorities?  [max 100 words]

What other organisations work in this area and why is your organisation best positioned to undertake this work as proposed?  [max 100 words]

Tell us about who will lead the project. Why are they the best person to carry out the work? What motivates them and how did they get involved with the organisation? [max 100 words]

Please list your average annual turnover for the last three years:

What have been your main sources of funding for this year (e.g. ESP, individual donors, ACE, HLF, The Ireland Funds). 

Has your organisation received funding from The Ireland Funds previously? If yes, in which year(s) and how much?

Please enter your main sources of funding for this year:

Corporate

Fundraising

Government

Individual Philanthropic Gifts

Social Enterprise Revenue

Trusts & Foundations

Total

Please list any pending applications and the amounts you are seeking from other funders. [max 100 words]

Sustainability

Would your organisation be able to deliver this project or activity with partial funding from The Ireland Funds?

If yes, how would you manage the shortfall in funding (i.e. could the project be scaled back?) 

Tell us about any specific challenges facing your organisation in the coming 12 months

Is it anticipated that your organisation will meet its liabilities as they fall due within the next year?

How will this funding help your sustainability?

Where did you hear about the Community Impact Fund?

If Other, please state.

Tell us any additional information you think we’d like to know [max 50 words]

Please upload the following documents.

Governing document

Most recent set of financial statements

Outline budget for the requested grant

Charity logo

A recent photo of your charity in action (optional)

Enter your name

Enter the date

I confirm that all the information given is true and accurate and that any grant awarded will be used for the purposes stated. I also acknowledge I have read and understood The Ireland Funds Privacy Policy.