1. Social Innovation Fund Ireland
Early Childhood Fund

2. Call for Applications
Social Innovation Fund Ireland are calling for applications from innovative projects
or programmes in Ireland that focus on improving outcomes for children from prenatal development through to
six years of age

3. An Application Partnership
As part of the application requirements, applicants are asked to bring a donor along as a partner
If the applicant is successful, we will uplift your donation by
providing a 50% uplift on the funds raised by the applicant
as well as delivering other supports such as training, impact measurement and capacity building.

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5. The Early Childhood Fund
The Early Childhood Fund has been created by Social Innovation Fund Ireland (SIFI) in partnership with the Department of Rural and Community Development who provide match funding for all philanthropic funds raised by Social Innovation Fund Ireland, via the Dormant Accounts Fund.
The Early Childhood Fund will provide critical support to projects and services who focus on families in Ireland who need the most help in achieving better outcomes for their children.
As part of the application requirements, we are asking applicants to demonstrate that they have secured private or philanthropic funding for the duration of this fund. If the applicant is successful, we will match their donation by providing a 50% uplift on their funds, as well as delivering other supports such as training, impact measurement and capacity building.

6. Awards Offer Successful Awardees will receive:
50% uplift on funds raised by applicants (applicants must provide evidence to verify the private funding has been secured)
Peer to peer networking and knowledge sharing
Training workshops
Impact measurement
A platform for awardees to showcase their work at an awards event

7. Awards Offer please edit based on your ask
Donation Request
Early Childhood Fund Uplift
Your funds per year
No. of years
Total donor funds
SIFI Uplift (50%) per year
SIFI total uplift for 3 years
Total funds (Including donor and SIFI uplift) over 3 years
€20,000 3
€60,000
€10,000
€30,000
€90,000
The Early Childhood Fund provides a total uplift to the €60,000 of €30,000 making a total fund of €90,000. This €90,000 is paid over the 3 years at €30,000 p.a (€20,000 donor funds and €10,000 SIFI uplift).

8. Testimonial from previous SIFI Education Fund Awardees
"Our application to the Education Fund enabled us to approach new funders and having the uplift made it so much simpler to approach people. The uplift went not just to our project, but also to research and validation and this as much as the extra income made our donors so committed to the cause” Jonathan Doyle Citywise “The uplift has been hugely beneficial for us. We have been able to expand from four to six schools. Not only has the fund been financially beneficial but also the peer learning network has been a huge advantage, a huge learning to us and brought our thinking to a whole other level’’ Janice Mc Garry Aspire2
…...”the fund support has been fantastic, in terms of the training provided by SIFI around key elements, thinking through our entire approach from theory of change to modeling what our end game is going to be and how we are going to achieve social impact” Thomas Murray An Cosán

9. Richard Bruton, Minister for Education and Skills
‘My Department is very supportive of this initiative, and we hope that individuals and groups with solutions to this social issue will submit applications.’’
Richard Bruton, Minister for Education and Skills

10. About Social Innovation Fund Ireland
Our purpose is to find and back the best social innovations in Ireland so that they grow and maximise their impact

11. About Social Innovation Fund Ireland
Social Innovation Fund Ireland (SIFI) was created in 2013 by the Irish Government to stimulate philanthropy and to support social innovation.
To date, we’ve opened funds tackling issues such in health, education, community resilience, tech4good and social enterprise development.
We’ve raised over €11 million to supported 57 social innovations across Ireland.
We are fast building momentum to become a significant force in helping attack social disadvantage and exclusion across a broad spectrum of Irish society.

12. Who we have worked with

13. SIFI Board of Directors
Shane Deasy,
Founder of BitBuzz
Dalton Philips,
CEO
DAA
Terrence O’Rourke,
Chair of the Board, Enterprise Ireland
Caitriona Fottrell, Director,
The Ireland Funds
Alf Smiddy,
Director,
Dalata Group
Deirdre Mortell, CEO,
Former CEO of One Foundation
SIFI Board also includes:
Gareth Morgan, Vice President, Google
John Higgins, Former CEO Retirement Planning Council

14. Thank You Anne Dermody Anne@socialinnovation.ie 087 2593884
Padraic Vallely