# Philanthropist donates €40 million to Irish midwest

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2014/03/07/philanthropist-donates-40-million-irish-midwest/
- Published: 2014-03-07T12:35:46+00:00
- Author: Howard Lake

One of Ireland’s top businessmen, JP McManus, is to donate €40 million to community
initiatives in the midwest region of Ireland, [according to a report in the Irish Times](http://www.irishtimes.com/news/ireland/irish-news/midwest-to-get-40m-mcmanus-donation-1.1715478).

 

Between 2007 and 2012 Mr McManus donated €33 million to charities in Ireland
through the JP McManus Charitable Trust. He has also organised a series of charity
golf events which have raised around €100 million since the 1980s.

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The distribution of the 40 million fund will be managed by Mr McManus’s daughter,
Sue Foley.

 

“We are hoping to support vital community efforts to provide better economic and
social futures at grassroots level and upwards,” said Ms Foley, who lives in County
Limerick.

 

The new fund is a one-off initiative and will be managed as a sole entity independent
of any existing programmes sponsored by Mr McManus, according to the Irish Times.

 

The principal activities of the JP McManus Charitable Trust are to provide relief
from poverty, provide care and comfort to those who are terminally ill, alleviate
distress in the areas of drug addiction, human rights and sexual and physical abuse
and to support the provision of education and training.

 

Mr McManus doesn’t sit on the board of the foundation, but his wife, Noreen and 
his daughter, Sue-Ann Foley are directors.

 

According to the accounts up to 2013, the Limerick based foundation had €27
million in cash.

 

 

 

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