65 Kildare organisations receive €337,292 in Intel funding scheme
65 organisations from the Kildare area were part of the 2022 Intel Matching Grant Scheme, receiving funding in the total amount of €337,292.
Intel said that volunteering is a valued part of the culture at Intel. Throughout the company’s 50-plus year history volunteering has been encouraged and facilitated to make it as meaningful and impactful as possible. Every year Intel Ireland employees volunteer thousands of hours in the communities where they live and work.
Matching Grants
15 years ago Intel began a Matching Grant program. Every year, for every hour that an Intel employee volunteers at an approved organisation, there’s a ‘match’, or grant, of $10 paid by the Intel Foundation to the organisation where they give their time.
What’s the result and how does it help: Intel Ireland has revealed the results of its 2022 Matching Grant program which sees 314 community organisations and schools from across Ireland receiving grants which total €1,341,960.
In 2022 Intel employees volunteered just over 134,196 hours that were eligible to be matched through this initiative resulting in a payout of €1,341,960 for the 314 recipient organisations who are spread across 24 different counties.
The 314 organisations which were part of the Matching Grant initiative include charities such as Irish Red Cross, the Samaritans and Irish Dogs for the Disabled, a variety of sporting clubs ranging from GAA to handball, and various other organisations such as animal sanctuaries and scouting groups.
The Kildare organisations are:
Allenwood GFC Kildare Kildare
Allenwood Celtic AFC Kildare
Athy GAA Football Club Kildare
Athy Rugby Football Club Kildare
Athy Town A F C Kildare
Ballyoulster football club Kildare
Balyna Ladies LGFC Kildare
Barnhall RFC Kildare
Barretstown Kildare
Cadamstown National School Kildare
Caragh GFC Kildare
Carbury GAA Kildare
Celbridge Community First Responders Kildare
Celbridge GAA Club Kildare
Celbridge Town AFC Kildare
Clane Athletic Club Kildare
Clane GAA Kildare
Clane Rugby Club Kildare
Clane United A.F.C. Kildare
Clogherinkoe GFC Kildare
Cloghgrinkoe | Broadford GAA Kildare
Coill Dubh Hurling Club Kildare
Eire Og Corra Choill Hurling Club Kildare
Gaelscoil Ruairi Kildare
Irish Red Cross - Kildare Area Kildare
Johnstown Bridge GFC Kildare
Kilcock Celtic Football Club Kildare
Kilcock GAA Club Kildare
Kildare Town Educate Together NS Kildare
KILL GAA CLUB Kildare
Kill National School Kildare
Killashee Multi-Denominational National School Kildare
Killina National School Kildare
Le Chéile Athletic Club Kildare
Leixlip Tidy Town Association. Kildare
Leixlip United AFC Kildare
Liffey Celtics Basketball Club Kildare
Maynooth BNS
Maynooth GAA Club Kildare
Maynooth Town Football Club Kildare
Mayooth Community First Responders Kildare
Milltown GFC Kildare
Monasterevin GFC Kildare
Moone Celtic Football Club Kildare
Moorefield GAA Club Kildare
Newbridge United FC Kildare
Prosperous Lawn Tennis Club Kildare
Prosperous United LTD Kildare
Rathangan FC Kildare
Rathcoffey GAA Club Kildare
Ribbontail Paddlers Canoe Club Kildare
S N Cill Daingin Kildare
Sallins Celtic FC Kildare
Sallins GAA Club Kildare
Salmon Leap Canoe Club Kildare
Sarsfields GAA Club Kildare
Scoil Bhride Kildare
Scoil Chearbhaill Ui Dhalaigh Kildare
Scoil Mhuire Allenwood Kildare
Scoil Naomh Brid Kildare
St Kevin's GAA Kildare
Straffan GAA Kildare
Suncroft GAA Kildare
The North Kildare Club Kildare
Tiermohan NS Kildare
What else: This is the fourth consecutive year that Intel Ireland will be donating over €1 million to community organisations and since Intel first implemented the current grant scheme, more than €10.7 million has been donated to charities, schools, sports clubs, social initiatives, and community schemes across Ireland.
Director of Public Affairs at Intel Ireland, Sarah Sexton, spoke proudly of the achievements; “Charities, sports clubs, emergency services, education and social groups are the backbone of our communities. Intel is very proud to celebrate, and to support, the valuable time given to these organisations by our employees through the Matching Grant program. I’m sure that the grants, coupled with the substantial impact of our employees’ time, will make a lasting impact to organisations across the country”.