Ireland Funds raise target to $200 million

Howard Lake | 6 October 2013 | News

The Worldwide Ireland Funds has announced that it is doubling the original target for its Promising Ireland Campaign from $100 million to $200 million. Just four months ago the Ireland Funds said it was increasing its target to $150 million.
The Campaign, which was due to close at the end of this year, has raised $150 million already and will be extended to the end of 2015 to reach this new goal.  The new target will require the Funds to raise on average $2 million a month, twice its current level.
Over the last five years the Ireland Funds have supported over 350 charities and not for profit organizations across the island of Ireland, North and South, and Irish causes abroad.  All of the monies raised have come from private philanthropists and organizations across the twelve countries in which the Funds have a presence.
Commenting, CEO of The Worldwide Ireland Funds Kieran McLoughlin said: “We are inundated by an unprecedented level of demand from Irish charities struggling to meet the demand upon them.  We are looking at a series of initiatives, in addition to our fundraising, through which we can support the sector.”
The Worldwide Ireland Funds are an international philanthropic network operating in 12 countries that has raised over $450 million since 1976  for charities in Ireland and Irish causes around the world.
 

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