# Philanthropist makes major donation

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2005/05/09/philanthropist-makes-major-donation/
- Published: 2005-05-09T23:00:00+01:00
- Author: Howard Lake

The biggest single donation to the Irish fundraising effort following the tsunami
was made by JP McManus, one of Ireland’s richest men, according to press reports.

It is not clear if the ‚€500,000 gift was made through the eponymous JP McManus 
Charitable Foundation which supports a range of social welfare, health and education
projects or through one of Mr McManus’s many businesses. He is a major shareholder
in Manchester United and owns a number of very successful race horses.

The foundation was established with a ‚€64 million donation from McManus who favours
projects in his hometown of Llimerick.

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