# Irish philanthropy awards open

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2017/10/24/irish-philanthropy-2018-awards-open/
- Published: 2017-10-24T15:53:34+01:00
- Author: Howard Lake

**The nominations are now open for the 2018 Corporate Philanthropist of the Year
Award run by the [Community Foundation for Ireland](http://www.foundation.ie).**

Individuals, charities, community organisations and employee’s can nominate a corporate
whose philanthropy is focused on local, regional or national projects in Ireland
or overseas projects, or a mix of some or all of these. This is the 10th year of
the annual Philanthropist of the Year Awards.

**SEE ALSO: [Irish Philanthropy Awards winner calls on others to go public with their giving](https://fundraising.co.uk/2017/02/10/irish-philanthropist-of-the-year-calls-for-others-to-go-public-with-their-giving/)**

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Last year’s winners were Maurice Healy as National Philanthropist of the Year for
his significant support for a number of charities including Social Entrepreneurs
Ireland (SEI), An Cosan and Anam Cara, Applegreen as Corporate Philanthropist of
the Year as they have generated over €1million in support for a number of children’s
charities including Barnardos, ISPCC and Debra and SAP as International Philanthropist
of the Year for their African Coding Week initiative which to date has supported
over 400,000 young people in Africa.

To nominate a corporate for The Corporate Philanthropist of the Year award applicants
must complete the nomination form and return by 5pm Friday 24th November 2017 to
[hh***@********on.ie](https://fundraising.co.uk/2017/10/24/irish-philanthropy-2018-awards-open/hh***@********on.ie).

> Do you know a corporate who deserves to wine Corporate Philanthropist of the Year?
> nominate them here [https://t.co/4YuI9Zk5aX](https://t.co/4YuI9Zk5aX)
> — Community Foundation Ireland (@CommunityFound) [October 22, 2017](https://twitter.com/CommunityFound/status/922063743017775104?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

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