Ireland community foundation giving continues to grow
Howard Lake | 19 July 2017 | News
The Community Foundation for Ireland increased its grant giving last year to €5.7 million, up from €5 million the year before, according to its latest accounts.
The Foundation has over 70 Donor Advised Funds, an increase of eight on the year before. The Donor Advised Funds represent grant giving from a wide range of corporate sources and individuals.
Examples of Donor Advised Funds include:
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• The Horizon Fund which provided grants of €410,000 to social welfare, developing world and cultural charities for projects and general support.
• The Kellogg Ireland Breakfast Club Fund which provided grants of €2000 to schools.
• SAP provided over €1 million for social welfare causes in Ireland and overseas, including two grants of over €200,000.
• The Xilinx Community Fund gave nearly €100,000 to health and education charities
During 2016 the Foundation also administered a special fund to mark the 1916 celebrations.
In addition to donor advised funds, the Foundation provided grants from its own endowment of over €1 million to older people, social welfare charities and youth causes .
The Community Foundation for Ireland’s endowment now stands at €41 million, slightly up on the year before.
- Local Charities Day 2017 to take place in December (19 September 2017)
- NI community foundation distributed £5 million last year (13 December 2017)
- NI Philanthropy event details announced (4 May 2018)
About Howard Lake
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.