# Microsoft to provide €10 million in-kind support in Ireland

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2016/04/15/microsoft-provide-e10-million-kind-support-ireland/
- Published: 2016-04-15T17:15:53+01:00
- Author: Howard Lake

**Microsoft in Ireland has announced that it will donate more than €10 million in
technology support to charities and non-profit organisations over the next two years.**

The support from Microsoft, which has nearly 2,000 employees in Ireland, is part
of a three-year scheme announced earlier this year that will see Microsoft Philanthropies
donate $1 billion of Microsoft Cloud Services to serve non-profits and university
researchers over the next three years, according to the [Irish Times](http://www.irishtimes.com/business/technology/microsoft-to-donate-10m-in-technology-support-to-irish-non-profits-1.2610446).

Microsoft Ireland says it has already donated €8 million in support to groups, with
ISPCC, Enable Ireland, Concern, Jack & Jill and Irish Water Safety all benefitting
from the support.

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> Last year, we donated €8M in cloud software and technology to non-profits in Ireland.
> [https://t.co/n4g5bao2q4](https://t.co/n4g5bao2q4) [pic.twitter.com/EFz3f8Wkgq](https://t.co/EFz3f8Wkgq)
> — Microsoft Ireland (@Microsoftirl) [April 14, 2016](https://twitter.com/Microsoftirl/status/720630195015823360?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

 

> “We recognise that charities are playing a pivotal role in supporting and helping
> some of the most vulnerable people in society. Technology is, in many ways, a 
> charity’s ideal partner – allowing the organisation to run services in previously
> unimaginable ways and enabling them to do more with limited resources,”

said [Orla Hogan](https://twitter.com/goldenprincess2), Head of Philanthropy and
Corporate Communications, Microsoft Ireland.

The initiative is intended to help the groups use technology to transform the way
they deliver their services.

[Microsoft Ireland](http://microsoft.ie) held a Tech4Good event at Smock Alley Theatre
in Dublin this week to highlight how charities and non-profits can use technology
effectively.

> A packed room today to kick off [#Tech4GoodIrl](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Tech4GoodIrl?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw);
> non-profits learn how they can access €10M in software technology. [pic.twitter.com/6UgGtKS8h9](https://t.co/6UgGtKS8h9)
> — Microsoft Ireland (@Microsoftirl) [April 14, 2016](https://twitter.com/Microsoftirl/status/720656897955770368?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

 

> Over the next two years, we will donate €10M in cloud software & technology to
> non-profits in Ireland [#Tech4GoodIrl](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Tech4GoodIrl?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
> [pic.twitter.com/7g8AjnrjqJ](https://t.co/7g8AjnrjqJ)
> — Microsoft Ireland (@Microsoftirl) [April 14, 2016](https://twitter.com/Microsoftirl/status/720638999589732353?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

 

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