Archery Ireland are delighted to announce that this year we have received €7,515 from the Intel Foundation, and extends a sincere thanks to the Intel employees who have volunteered for us during 2024! This support marks over a 100% increase in grant awards from the Intel Foundation over last year, and will help us support our members and allow us to allocate additional funds towards national level projects to grow the sport we love.
Over 300 community organisations and schools across Ireland have received grants totalling €1,436,292 from the Intel Ireland employee volunteer programme.
The Intel Ireland Matching Grant programme sees a grant paid by the Intel Foundation for every hour that an Intel employee volunteers at an approved organisation. In 2024 this marks the sixth consecutive year that Intel Ireland will be donating over €1 million to community organisations across Ireland. In 20234 Intel Ireland employees volunteered just over 140,000 hours that were eligible to be matched through this initiative.
Since the inception of the Intel Ireland initiative, more than €14 million has been donated to charities, schools, sports clubs, social initiatives, and community schemes across Ireland.
Employees in Ireland make up just 5% of the overall Intel employee population but the Irish volunteering efforts account for 20% of Intel’s global grant amount. We would love to build on this success in 2026, and encourage any of our members who are employees of Intel to get involved with Archery Ireland, and log their volunteer hours for us.
See a full list of organisations receiving an Intel Matching Grant, and their press release here: