Financial Support

Are you interested in supporting social entrepreneurs to maximise their impact in Ireland? If so, Social Entrepreneurs Ireland has developed a range of ways to give, both on an individual and corporate level.

Social Entrepreneurs Ireland has had the benefit of two core funders during its first five years, the One Foundation and the Iris O’Brien Foundation, who have been extremely supportive and generous to us during our initial growth period.

However, in order to continue to provide support for our social entrepreneurs and to enable them to maximise their potential impact, additional support and funding is required.

We aim to build a sustainable funding base through a number of strategies:

Foundation and Philanthropic Funding to build on and complement the support of the One Foundation and the Iris O’Brien Foundation.

Corporate Partnerships, including sponsorship opportunities for our awardees and our support programmes. Corporate partners can also gain a number of benefits including excellent brand synergy for organisations with a strong entrepreneurial ethos, a distinctive CSR strategy and staff and management volunteering opportunities.

Individual Philanthropy, through the Social Entrepreneurs Ireland 2010 Club.

Earned Income, where Social Entrepreneurs Ireland provides advisory services based on expertise built up over its lifetime to organisations interested in the area of social entrepreneurship.

If you would like to find out more about how you can help social entrepreneurs maximise their social impact, please contact Sean Coughlan at getinvolved@socialentrepreneurs.ie.