# Ireland Funds’ grant giving up tenfold

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2012/05/14/ireland-funds039-grant-giving-tenfold/
- Published: 2012-05-14T11:51:43+01:00
- Author: Howard Lake

**The Ireland Funds increased its grant giving by nearly tenfold in 2010 to almost
$41 million, according to its latest returns to the US Internal Revenue authorities.**

Grants totalling $40,737,313 were given to a variety of charitable causes, mostly
in the area of community development. Of the total distributed, just over $39 million
went to ‘Europe, Iceland and Greenland,’ with causes in Ireland the main recipients.
$1.5 million was given to organisations in the United States.

At the recent New York Gala of the [Worldwide Ireland Funds](http://www.irlfunds.org)’
President and CEO, Kieran McLoughlin, announced that the Promising Ireland campaign–
a philanthropic initiative to raise $100 million for charities from among the Funds’
global network in 12 countries by the end of 2013 – had not only reached its goal
19 months ahead of schedule but had also exceeded its target. Mr. McLoughlin revealed
that the campaign total now stands at over $120 million.

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The New York Gala at the beginning of the month was the biggest fundraising dinner
in the history of the [Ireland Funds](http://www.theirelandfunds.org) raising $4.3
million. The accounts show that the Funds’ raise substantial income from major galas
in a number of US cities.

The returns to the Inland Revenue also provided details of the Funds’ expenses, 
with the current President and CEO earning $478,000 while the former CEO, Kingsley
Aiken, earned $451,000 in salary and fees.

 * **[$1 million gift announced at Ireland Funds NYC dinner](https://fundraising.co.uk/2016/05/08/1-million-gift-announced-ireland-funds-dinner/)(
   8 May 2016)**
 * **[The Ireland Funds open a 2019 grant round](https://fundraising.co.uk/2019/07/25/the-ireland-funds-opens-2019-grant-round/)(
   25 July 2019)**
 * **[Ireland Funds open 2017 grant round](https://fundraising.co.uk/2017/02/23/ireland-funds-open-2017-grant-rounds/)(
   23 February 2017)**