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”.