At the start of 2008 four target non-government/non-profit organizations (NGOs/NPOs) were specially selected for the Ireland site—Maynooth Community Council, Leixlip Tidy Towns, St John of God’s, Celbridge, and Lucan Chernobyl Children’s Charity. As part of the Intel Involved Matching Grant Program, Ireland’s employees volunteered their time to these organizations with each receiving a cash grant in return.
Many Intel Ireland staff volunteer in community organizations important to them. During 2008 the Intel Involved Matching Grant Program was expanded to include all non-profit/non-government organizations who were eligible and approved through the process.
Approximately 80 organizations in Ireland were approved through this process and employees have volunteered well over 35,000 hours to these approved matching grant organizations. With grants being paid at 10 dollars per hour volunteered this will mean a substantial payment to these organizations over the coming months. These organizations include the likes of charities such as The Irish Cancer Society and Focus Ireland; sporting organizations representing the likes of soccer, GAA, rugby, and tennis; and many other groups such as animal sanctuaries, scouts, and adult learning institutions.
Exact payment details will be confirmed at a later stage.
The Intel Involved Matching Grant Program aims to recognize and motivate Intel employees, globally, to engage in outreach and volunteerism to make our communities a better place to live, work and play. Its objective is to support employees’ giving their time and talent to qualified non–profits and non–governmental organizations, in addition to schools. We also wanted to recognize our employees who give generously of their time beyond school–related activities, and give them the opportunity to earn money for organizations that are meaningful to them.
The program was extended as part of the 40th Anniversary year celebrations and due to its overwhelming success, will continue throughout 2009.
After a minimum of 20 hours has been accrued by Intel employees volunteering at a school or qualified non–profit organization, a donation or "match" will be triggered from the Intel Foundation. $10,000 maximum per eligible organization per year.
Activities are eligible when employees’ gifts of time, labor and expertise are given to the non–profit organization without compensation for their time or efforts. Eligible activities must provide the majority of the benefit to members of the community beyond other Intel employees or their families.
In other words:
the participant cannot receive any monetary benefit in exchange for his/her volunteer services;
reimbursement can not be provided to the participant in exchange for such volunteer service;
Intel employees and/or their families can not solely or directly benefit from the Intel grant;
volunteer service must actually be completed — a pledge to complete volunteer service at a later date does not qualify.
Volunteer activities at religious institutions, places of worship, missionary groups or funds will not qualify for a match unless the volunteering activity is part of a program that is secular in nature and benefits a broad range of the community (e.g. homeless shelters and soup kitchens). The program must have a formal, secular mission statement and its budget and staff must be separate from any affiliated religious institution. Additionally, the Intel grant must be designated to the 501(c)(3) secular program.
Organizations that do not qualify:
Foundations that are strictly grant–making bodies
Organizations that discriminate on the basis of race, color, creed, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, veteran or disability statuses
Political organizations or lobbying activities
Labor unions; fraternal, service or veterans’ organizations
Chamber of Commerce, trade or business associations
Activities that do not qualify:
Participation in fund–raising events (e.g., walk–a–thons, jog–a–thons, bike–a–thons, etc.)
Volunteer work for political campaigns, lobbying or advocacy to influence public policy or legislation
