Funding Sources
- 3 T’s Grant – ParentsPlus (For groups and organisations working in areas of suicide, self harm & mental health)
- Activelink
- Aldi Support Fund (€500 ALDI Gift Card)
- Arts Council
- Begin Together Fund (Bank of Ireland) (supports charities, local community groups, and social enterprises that are building resilience across communities)
- Home | Benefact Trust (Grant Funding for Christian Charities and Churches)
- BIM – Funding (grant aid right across the seafood industry)
- Eastern & Midlands CARO – CARO (this section Covers Leitrim) (supports and coordinates climate action)
- Applications – Church of Ireland Priorities Fund (anglican.org) (support for church plants, projects that help drug users, projects that provide support for women who have suffered domestic abuse and projects reaching out to teenagers, children and families.
- Civil Society Project
- Creative Europe (Supporting Ireland’s culture and audiovisual sectors to access Creative Europe funding)
- Creative Ireland Grant Scheme – Creative Ireland Programme (supporting creativity, connection and wellbeing)
- Culture Ireland Funding (support and promote the presentation of Irish arts internationally)
- Department of Transport, Tourism & Sport
- Dormant Accounts Fund (support the development of persons who are economically or educationally disadvantaged, or those affected by a disability)
- Movement for Good (nominate the charities of your choice for their draws. Every entry gives you the chance to receive a donation that could make a real difference)
- Enclude (delivering affordable information solutions to Irish charities)
- Enterprise Ireland (tailored grants for businesses)
- Esther Ireland funding (supporting equitable global health partnerships)
- LIFE – European Commission (europa.eu) (environment and climate action)
- What is a pilot activity? – European Youth Foundation (coe.int) (address young people’s needs or challenges at a local level)
- Failte Ireland (support tourism industry growth)
- FundsforNGOs (good resource) no funding in Ireland
- Funding Schemes – Foras Na Gaeilge (provide funding, grants and schemes to the community which supports the promotion of the language)
- Funding | Screen Ireland (development funding programmes to enable writers, directors and producers to develop and prepare a project for production)
- Funding calls (sfi.ie) Science Foundation Ireland
- GAA Development Fund
- Global Citizenship Education Grants | Irish Aid | Ireland – this is Ireland
- Go for Life – Age & Opportunity (promote increased participation in recreational sport or physical activity for older people)
- Google Ad Grants (Grants to drive awareness, attract donations, recruit volunteers)
- Google Grants
- Gov.ie Consultations
- Grants Online UK mostly
- Health Research Charities Ireland funding (charities engaged in health, medical and social care research)
- Heritage Council
- Heritage Funding Opportunities | The Heritage Council (A database of all sources of funding for Heritage Projects in Ireland)
- Housing Grants & Schemes
- Housing Adaptation Grant for People with a Disability (citizensinformation.ie)
- Human Rights and Equality Grant Scheme (build capacity to challenge current threats to human rights and equality including misinformation, disinformation, hate, poverty, and the climate crisis)
- International Charity Bazaar Funding (voluntary fundraising organisation of the Diplomatic Corps in Ireland)
- International Fund for Ireland (The Fund aims to promote economic and social advance as well as encourage contact and dialogue between nationalists and unionists throughout Ireland)
- IRC funding schemes
- Irish Funds
- Grants – Irish Youth Foundation
- Leader Programme 2023-2027
- Leitrim County Council Funding
- Lidl Donation Fund (The Green Fund aims to support, promote and empower environmentally conscious and healthy local community projects)
- Funding – Local Authority Water Programme (lawaters.ie) (Community Water Development Fund, Catchment Support Fund, Small Grants and Events Scheme)
- Current Funding Opportunities | Marine Institute
- Mobility Aids Grant Scheme (citizensinformation.ie)
- HSE National Lottery Grant (help people with a disability, older people, carers or disadvantaged groups)
- National Rural Network now called CAP (financial assistance and guidance to help farmers improve productivity, maintain biodiversity, and contribute to the economic and social development of rural areas)
- PayPal Giving Fund (PayPal Giving Fund Ireland helps people support their favourite charities online and raises funds to benefit charities through PayPal)
- Philanthropy Ireland (funding opportunities to support impactful initiatives)
- POBAL (children and young people, inclusion and equality, and employment and enterprise)
- gov – Reconciliation Fund (www.gov.ie) (organisations working to build better relations within and between traditions in Northern Ireland, between North and South)
- Responsible Business – Community Fund | permanent tsb (ptsb.ie)
- ReThink Ireland
- Grants | Royal Irish Academy (ria.ie)
- Rural Action Awards (support 12 volunteer led community action projects)
- Saint Patrick’s Cathedral Community & Charitable Fund (Each year monies from offertories, collections and other donations are distributed to charitable groups working to address areas of need in our communities)
- Scheme for persons with disabilities (revenue.ie)
- Grants For Sustainable Community Projects | SEAI
- SSE Airtricity Generation Green Community Fund (The fund aims to support projects that promote sustainability, environmental awareness, and climate action at a local level)
- The Mohamed bin Zayed Species Conservation Fund (all plant, animal, and fungi conservation efforts)
- Open calls – SHORE (aim to enhance the ocean literacy of primary and secondary students, educators, and schools, by empowering youth to become agents of change and eco-citizens)
- St. Stephens Green Trust (supports groups to effect positive social change in critical areas of social justice)
- Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland
- Tesco Community Fund (Every 12 weeks, each Tesco store donates up to €1,500 between three local good causes in its community)
- The Community Foundation of Ireland
- The Giving Circle of Ireland (All grantees must be registered charities)
- The Hospital Saturday Fund (provide assistance for registered health charities, hospices, medical organisations and individuals with a medical condition or disability.
They can provide grants for medical projects, care, research or support of medical training, For individuals, they can provide help with the purchase of specialised equipment or forms of treatment) - The Ireland Funds (the Heart of the Community Fund)
- The Wheel
- External Funding Opportunities – TUS
- Turn2Us (Use the Grants Search tool and they will match you to grants for which you may be eligible)
- Waterways Ireland Heritage in the Community grants scheme (Applications will be considered from communities seeking assistance for projects that help support the Objectives of the Heritage & Biodiversity Plan 2030)
- Wheelchair Accessible Grant Scheme 2026 – National Transport
- gov – Workplace Equipment Adaptation Grant (www.gov.ie) (Work and Access supports replace the Reasonable Accommodation Fund and the Disability Awareness Support Scheme)
- Vodafone Foundation (“Hi Digital” course) suitable for anyone who is new to the digital world or wants to improve their skills. The course consists of short lessons that guide you step by step