Welcome From Chairman
of Dunvegan Foundation
The Dunvegan
Foundation Mission
In fulfilling its mission, the Dunvegan Foundation supports projects on both sides of the Atlantic. In 1976, on the death of Dame Flora MacLeod of MacLeod, the Dunvegan Foundation assisted in the restoration of the Village Hall at Dunvegan in memory of this remarkable chief. Since then funding has been provided for the erection of historic markers on Skye, presentation of an organ to the Duirinish parish church, restoration of historic gravesites, and a substantial endowment for the Iona Community, also in the name of Dame Flora.
Other member societies of the Associated
Clan MacLeod Societies (ACMS) have established
analogous organizations with similar goals. The Clan MacLeod Heritage Trust is a
Scottish Charity established by the ACMS. By virtue of its location in Scotland,
the Dunvegan Foundation has frequently used it as a conduit for funding projects
in the UK. To do this the Foundation has obtained permission from the IRS to
make such transfers. All such transfers must be carried out under strict
controls to assure contributors that donations go to the proper, charitable
causes. The
Canadian Societies have the Clan MacLeod Foundation of Canada and the
New Zealand Society has the Dame Flora Scholarship Fund. The different tax
codes of the countries involved make their operations very different, but all
support the same general goals.
Overseas Efforts
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Duirnish Parish Church Music Fund Duirnish Parish Church, located in the village of Dunvegan,on the Isle of Skye, Scotland is the longest running effort of the Foundation. The late Dame Flora MacLeod of MacLeod played the organ there for many years. The Dunvegan Foundation provided a new organ for the church and continues to fund the music program there in her memory.
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MacLeod Center Iona |
Iona Community - Dame Flora Scholarship The Foundation funds a scholarship in memory of Dame Flora MacLeod of MacLeod at the religious community at Iona. The Iona community run 3 residential Centers on the Isle of Iona and on Mull in Scotland. Additional information is available at www.iona.org.uk. |
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Historic Assynt Organization - Ardvreck Castle Preservation Project Historic Assynt is an organization dedicated to preservation of historic sites in Assynt, Sutherland, an area with long associations with the Clan MacLeod. Through their efforts, preservation of Ardvreck Castle, seat of the MacLeods of Assynt, has begun, and plans are underway for the restoration of the Old Parish Church at Inchnadamph, with the nearby burial vault of the MacLeods of Assynt. In 2003 the Dunvegan Foundation made a grant to Historic Assynt in memory of Col. Bill MacLeod.
Additional information is available at
www.assynt.co.uk/AssyntGuide/History/histind.html |
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Ardvreck Castle during preservation |
