# Focus Ireland income jumps by over 30%

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2017/12/19/focus-ireland-income-jumps-30/
- Published: 2017-12-19T13:27:07+00:00
- Author: Howard Lake

**In the midst of its most important fundraising period of the year, homelessness
charity Focus Ireland accounts for last year show a big increase in fundraising 
income.**

Voluntary income increased from **€7.4 million** in 2015 in to **€10.7 million**
last year. Total income, which includes funding from the government, also grew from**
€22 million to €26.4 million**.

All Focus’s charitable income categories grew last year. Public fundraising increased
from €4.8 million to €5.4 million in 2016, ‘partnership and philanthropy’ was up
from €1.5 million to €2.2 million, corporate and campaigns from €586,000 to €700,000,
capital donations from €320,000 to €1.9 million and shops raised €384,000.

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Large grants of note were €213,000 from Bord Gas Energy, €91,000 from Human Dignity
Foundation and €77,000 from the Joseph Rowntree Trust.

Two Christmas campaigns which were particularly successful for Focus this time last
year were the Shine a Light Night which raised €500,000 and involved over 100 CEOs
and 450 employees from 54 companies and Christmas FM which brought in €360,000.

[Focus Ireland](http://www.focusireland.ie) said a total of 782 companies supported
the charity through corporate partnerships, donations, employee giving and payroll
giving. 15,000 also people helped Focus through regular giving, donations and fundraising
events.

Focus **spent €2.3 million on fundraising** last year, up from **€1.8 million** 
the year before which represented 22% and 24% of funds raised respectively.
 

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