Fundraising Fellowship Ireland Programme 2024

The programme provides two cultural organisations with 50% part-funding to hire a Fundraising or Fundraising & Marketing Fellow, as well as engage in a structured professional development programme delivered by Business to Arts.

The Fellow will attend regular seminars and benefit from ongoing mentoring, which will enhance their proposal-writing and pitching skills, develop fundraising and communication strategies, and leverage the expertise of their boards to broaden their network.

For Business to Arts and the Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media, the overall objective of the Fundraising Fellowship Ireland is:

• to continue and enhance prior investment by national and regional cultural organisations in the development of fundraising roles and related capacity-building
• to help develop the long-term sustainability of arts/cultural organisations, based on business-minded planning and fundraising strategy
• To nurture the next generation of arts fundraisers in Ireland.

Funding Information

• Grants of €15,000 per annum over a two year (24-month period) Subject to continued funding.

Application Guidelines & Criteria

• Cultural organisations interested in building team capacity with a new fundraising role and participating in an 18-month capacity-building programme are encouraged to apply.
• Selected cultural organisations must be not-for-profit organisations, that are registered companies and have an existing CHY number.
• All national and regional cultural organisations in the Republic of Ireland are eligible to apply.
• Selection criteria will include:
  • consideration of the size of the organisation (e.g. by existing employee numbers, turnover etc.)
  • audience participation/profile across Ireland or regional areas.
  • whether the organisation has already taken steps towards development/training in fundraising.

For more information, visit Business to Arts.