The American Ireland Fund

The american ireland fund applies resources to assess the performance of grantees and provides technical and direct programmatic assistance to its grantees to ensure that all funds are generating a maximum return to accomplish their planned charitable goals. In addition, the fund provides a suite of services to grantees to help them better develop their capacity in terms of making cases, managing their affairs and accessing additional monies from other funders. The fund organizes seminars on these issues as well as meeting grantees and applicants in each of its offices. Therefore, rather than just distribute grants, the fund acts as a resource to the sector.

The american ireland fund supports the work of the ireland funds in ireland ("tifi"). Tifi is a separate and independent group, organized under irish law with its own board and officers. It provides support and education services to organizations annually in ireland and northern ireland in the areas of grant solicitation, fundraising and the board development of those organizations. Tifi also regularly visits organizations that have received funding, or hope to receive future funding, from the american ireland fund, to evaluate their prior and proposed future use of funds. Tifi works with a number of umbrella organizations in ireland to help develop ireland's philanthropic infrastructure and to further support charitable organizations in ireland and northern ireland.

All offices in the united states liaise with grantees and organizations in ireland. The fund helps them refine their cases and helps them to identify potential donors and advises these applicants on how to best advocate for their charitable purpose. The fund also provides advice on maintaining good donor relations. The fund has co-hosted and assisted with a number of events and dinners to benefit irish not for profits. The fund effectively provides advice, and marketing services for irish organizations in accessing support in america.