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GENEINRSAOPTNEIIROYEIANNRSOGN: This month will mark the We’re excited by how things are progressing. first anniversary of the To date, we’ve raised €342 million and marked up public launch of our 144,000 hours in volunteering - and, just as philanthropic campaign, importantly, the giving has been characterised by Inspiring Generations. It’s enthusiasm, personal investment in projects and been an e xtraordinary instances of outstanding generosity. year for the campaignyeaanrd normally we’d be celebrating with a campus event. Unfortunately, that’s not possible with current regulations and social distancing but the anniversary is a good time to thank our generous supporters and update you all on progress. Certain projects have really resonated. One such is the portrait of our former chancellor, Mary Robinson, for the Dining Hall – the first new portrait on its walls in over 150 years and the first ever portrait of a woman to hang there. We feared that the technique of painting With Inspiring Generations, we’re seeking to enhance the large, full-length portraits had been lost, so we were college’s long tradition of philanthropy, and to involve delighted to find the artist, Mark Shields, who did a our global community of alumni, friends and businesses in magnificent job. The commission was made possible supporting students to access world-class education, and by the generosity of fifty alumni, with donations researchers to do work of global impact. Deeply coordinated by Trinity Association & Trust, A&T. engaging our wider community is raising ambition across the college and enabling visionary projects which might not otherwise happen. When it comes to volunteering, people have been markedly generous with their time and expertise – providing vital career mentoring to In the simplest terms: we want Trinity to excel and we students, advising and coaching clubs and societies, want to harness the goodwill of friends and alumni and organising events abroad that help raise Trinity’s who share that aim. The campaign puts figures on global profile. It’s the collective response from our our ambition - €400 million in donations and 150,000 worldwide community that has made the first year of hours of volunteering – but our intention goes deeper: Inspiring Generations such a success and has to embed philanthropy into the DNA of the college allowed us to advance key projects, including the E3 community and to make giving easy. We want to find - Engineering, Environment & Emerging Technologies more and better ways for people to support the projects project, Trinity St James’s Cancer Institute, they want, in the way that they want. redeveloping the Old Library and endowing scholarships and research fellowships. 14
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The strength of support for our mission in education and research would always be a cause for celebration; as things have turned out, it’s proving absolutely vital. At times of crisis, people turn to universities for research and leadership. Right now, Trinity is playing an essential role for Ireland, providing guidance and research and maintaining education through lockdown. We couldn’t do this without the support of our global community. Alumni responded immediately to our call for support for the Student Hardship Fund, with €300,000 raised in a matter of weeks. AIB donated €2.4 million to establish a research hub to help the global fight against COVID-19. It means everything that the instinct of our graduates and friends is to stay in touch through crisis and to support us to make a difference. Like so many organisations around the world, Trinity is being changed by this pandemic. It is testing our resilience, adaptiveness and creativity. In its long history, Trinity has been tested many times; we have always come through thanks to the strength of our community. The Benefactors Frieze in the Dining Hall pays eloquent testimony to this. On the first anniversary of Inspiring Generations, my thanks to colleagues across the university and to my great team in Trinity Development & Alumni. To our donors and volunteers: you are supporting Trinity on its path of excellence, which means supporting Ireland and supporting global education and research, and that’s never been more important. My warmest thanks. Your belief in us is, indeed, inspirational. Kate Bond Director of Advancement The Campaign at a Glance Regions where funds raised Ireland 39% U.S.A.5% U.K. 19% ROW 32% Europe 5% Funds raised by donors €342m of €400m goal Number of volunteer hours 144,000 of the 150,000 goal Alumni Volunteers in the last 12 month 1,133 Alumni in the Trinity Global Network 126,191 Number of countries where we have alumni 161 15
