# Irish foundation announces new environmental funding

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2019/03/11/irish-foundation-announces-new-environmental-funding/
- Published: 2019-03-11T13:43:13+00:00
- Author: Howard Lake

**The Community Foundation for Ireland has ring-fenced €250,000 to start a fund 
for the Environment and Nature in 2019 and is committed to doing the same in 2020.**

Announced at the National Biodiversity Conference in Dublin Castle, the commitment
from the Foundation will focus 25% of its own discretionary resources on the environment
and nature.

The Foundation  is also asking other funders, organisations, individuals and families
to partner and contribute to the fund to meet the expected demand and achieve greater
impact and scope.

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Tina Roche, CEO, explained: “It is especially important for communities to engage
with biodiversity conservation at the local level, and this is what [The Community Foundation for Ireland](http://www.communityfoundation.ie)
wants to support and encourage others to support by contributing to the Environment
and Nature Fund.”

She added that the number of plants, insects, mammals and birds that are threatened
or endangered is growing year-on-year.

Responding to the challenge of biodiversity loss and reversing these trends is a
critical challenge for all sectors of society and one that must be met in our lifetimes,
she added.

The Foundation states that traditionally there has been minimal philanthropic funding
prioritised for environmental issues. According to the Environmental Funders Network,
UK trusts and foundations direct between 0.93 per cent and 2.2 per cent of their
giving to address climate change. In comparison to the funding other social issues
receive, environmental funding is lacking and does not begin to meet the demand 
for capital.
 

## Past environmental funding

The announcement of the Environment and Nature fund follows on from the success 
of [previous funding](https://www.communityfoundation.ie/impacts/environment) from
the Foundation where they distributed grants of up to €10,000 to 10 organisations
to tackle local biodiversity issues.

The Foundation will announce details of how it will distribute its new environmental
funding over the coming months.
  

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