# Emergency appeals boost Trocaire income

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2015/02/25/emergency-appeals-boost-trocaire-income/
- Published: 2015-02-25T09:22:04+00:00
- Author: Howard Lake

As development organisation [Trocaire launches its key Lenten fundraising campaign](https://www.fundraising.co.uk/2015/02/20/fundraising-lent/),
the latest annual report for the charity shows that its voluntary income increased
to nearly €30 million in 2014.

The increase in income included nearly €8 million of restricted income for a number
of emergency campaigns but when that figure is excluded unrestricted fundraising
income fell from €25 million in 2013 to €22 million in 2014.

General donations and bequests fell from €14.7 million to €13.8 million last year
while the Lenten Campaign income was also down from €8.7 million to €7.4 million.
[Trocaire](http://www.trocaire.org)’s main Christmas fundraising campaign, Trocaire
Gifts, was €1.3 million last year against €1.7 million in 2013.

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Trocaire’s income over the last four years fluctuated between €67 million and €60
million depending on the number and scale of emergency appeals in Syria, Philippines
and East Africa.

The charity put the fall in unrestricted income last year down to ‘the difficult
economic climate in Ireland.’

Overall income increased from €60 million to €61 million last year, with the non-
fundraising income coming from a number of government grants. As in previous periods,
the Irish Government is Trócaire’s single largest donor, contributing 30% of the
total organisational income.

Fundraising and publicity expenses increased in 2014 to €5.2 million from €4.9 million
in 2013.