Almost 40 NGOs and community organisations are set to receive €1.5 million in funding “to progress projects to combat racism and promote racial equality and community cohesion”.
Minister of State for Migration Colm Brophy today announced the 37 organisations set to receive funding under the Ireland Against Racism Fund 2025, including the Immigrant Council of Ireland, GORM Media, and the Irish Congress of Trade Unions amongst others.
Announcing the allocation of funding, Minister Brophy said that the funding “ensures that local and national organisations can carry out valuable and much-needed projects to promote cohesion and equality across our communities”.
“It is heartening to see the number of organisations working tirelessly in communities around the country to tackle racism and bring people together. This work makes Ireland a better place to live for all and it is more important now than ever before,” he said.
The Ireland Against Racism Fund is a result of the National Action Plan Against Racism (NAPAR) which the Department says was “informed by the experiences of people who have been directly affected by racism”.
€1,539,234 has been assigned this year to anti-racism projects, through grant funding of €40,000 – €100,000 per successful Scheme A project and €5,000 – €10,000 per successful Scheme B project.
Some of the projects to be financed under Scheme A include Akina Dada Wa Africa’s (AkiDwA) ‘Empower to Employ’ project (to receive €98,300); GORM Media’s Wideshot Programme and ‘GORM Gathering 2026’ (to receive €100,000); the Immigrant Council of Ireland’s ‘Show Racism the Red Card’ project (to receive €100,000); and the Irish Congress of Trade Unions’ ‘Stronger Together Anti Racist Trade Unions & Workplaces Project’ (to receive €96,451).
The Jewish Representative Council of Ireland is set to receive €98,948 for a project listed as: “Trusted Flagger Establishment under the DSA: Building a sustainable mechanism to report online racism”.
Meanwhile, projects to be financed under Scheme B include ‘Ethnic Policy Forum CLG’ for a project titled Building Bridges, Local Anti-Racism Action (to receive €10,000); Community Radio Castlebar’s ‘Amplify: Giving Voice Against Racism’ (to receive €9,455); and Maynooth Post Primary School’s ‘Being Together as an Anti-Racist Campus: implementing the anti-bias approach’ (to receive €9,850).
The full list of projects receiving funding as part of the Ireland Against Racism Fund for 2025 can be found here.