Irish community foundation grant giving increases

Howard Lake | 15 September 2015 | News

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Grant giving by the Community Foundation for Ireland increased from €3.5 million in 2013 to €3.8 million in 2014, according to the latest annual report.

Of the total figure of €3.8 million distributed in 2014, €1.1 million came from the Foundation’s own funds while €2.8 came from donor funds.

The Community Foundation for Ireland distributes funds on behalf of a wide number of family, business and county donors. One of the biggest county funds is the Tony Ryan Fund for Tipperary which provided €420,000 to education and community organisations.

One of the largest company donor funds is provided the business services company, SAP. In 2014 SAP supported causes to the tune of €822,000. The funding was provided through three separate funds. The Ebay Foundation provided €28,000 to health and welfare charities.

The LFG Family Fund gave €215,000 to a range of charities, including the Hope Foundation (€50,000), National Concert Hall (€30,000) and Dublin Simon Community (€20,000).

The Foundation spent €291,000 on fundraising last year, against €208,000 in 2013. The Foundation’s total funds increased from €39 million to €42 million.

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Howard Lake is consultant editor of UK Fundraising. He founded the site in 1994 and successfully sold it in 2022. As director of Giving X Ltd he is exploring growing giving on a massive scale. He is the founder of Fundraising Camp and co-founder of GoodJobs.