Intel Involved Grant Matching

At the start of 2008, four non-government/non-profit organisations (NGOs/NPOs) were specially selected by Intel Ireland’s employees to benefit from their time as volunteers. As part of the Intel Involved Grant Matching programme, each would also earn a cash grant. The organisations were: Maynooth Community Council, Leixlip Tidy Towns, St John of God’s in Celbridge and Lucan Chernobyl Children’s Charity.

Many Intel Ireland staff volunteer to help community organisations that are important to them. During 2008, approximately 80 organisations in Ireland were approved to be eligible for Intel Grant Matching, and our employees volunteered well over 35,000 hours to them in response. With grants being paid at US$10 per-hour-volunteered, Intel donations for the year soon totalled over €300,000 . Organisations to benefit included charities such as The Irish Cancer Society and Focus Ireland, sporting organisations representing the likes of soccer, GAA, rugby and tennis, and many other groups such as animal sanctuaries, scouts and adult learning institutions.

The Intel Involved Matching Grant Programme was extended as part of our 40th Anniversary Year celebrations and, due to its overwhelming success, will continue throughout 2009.

How it works
When a minimum of 20 hours has been accrued by Intel employees volunteering at a school or qualified non–profit organisation, a donation to match can be claimed from the Intel Foundation (up to a maximum of US$10,000 per eligible organisation per year).

Activities are eligible when employees’ gifts of time, labour and expertise are given to the non–profit organisation 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 cannot be provided to the participant in exchange for such volunteer service;
• Intel employees and/or their families cannot 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.

Please note: 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 programme that is secular in nature and benefits a broad range of the community (e.g. homeless shelters and soup kitchens). The programme 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 programme.

Organisations that do not qualify:

• Foundations that are strictly grant–making bodies
• Organisations that discriminate on the basis of race, colour, creed, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, veteran or disability statuses
• Political organisations or lobbying activities
• Labour unions; fraternal, service or veterans’ organisations
• Chamber of Commerce, trade or business associations

Activities that do not qualify:

• Participation in fund–raising events (e.g., sponsored walks etc.)
• Volunteer work for political campaigns, lobbying or advocacy to influence public policy or legislation.

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