Irish charity income increase not uniform
Howard Lake | 26 September 2011 | News
A new survey on fundraising in Irish charities shows that there has been an increase in income over the last year (2009-2010) but that the increase has not been uniform across the sector.
Based on the accounts of 171 charities, the ‘Second Annual Report on Fundraising in Ireland’ by 2into3 consultancy reports that there was a 24 per cent increase in the amount raised in 2010, compared to the previous year but this falls to 9 percent when the income of two large international aid and some health charities are taken into account.
The first Annual Report on Fundraising (2008-2009) reported a 12.9 percent drop in fundraising income. There are around 9000 charities in Ireland.
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The report shows that organisations spent an average of 15.4 cent in fundraising costs for every euro raised. When the two large international development groups are excluded, this figure almost doubles to 29.9 cent per €1 raised.
Of the money raised 17.5 per cent goes in salaries but this rises to nearly a third when the two large international aid groups are excluded. International aid charities accounted for nearly 65 percent of the survey.
In the survey, government income accounted for 34 per cent of total income. The amount of government income varies greatly with some charities in the social care area receiving a significantly larger percentage of total income from government.
The survey includes the disclaimer that the figures in the study should not be taken as representative of the reality in the sector but rather are indicative of the underlying trends.
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