# Irish Charity Regulator research reports £350 million in household donations

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2018/08/15/irish-charity-regulator-research-reports-350-million-in-household-donations/
- Published: 2018-08-15T11:51:00+01:00
- Author: Howard Lake

**Research commissioned by the Irish Charity Regulator reports that £350 million
came from  household charitable donations in 2017.**

Reported donations to larger charities amounted to €389 million when donations from
corporations and other sources are included. Overall income of charities registered
with the Regulator was €14.5 billion and could be as high as €16 billion if account
is taken of charitable organisations who did not report their financial data.

Organisations who reported income of over €10 million accounted for the majority
of the income of registered charities. Over half of registered charities examined
had income of less than €250,000 and the majority of this group had income of less
than €50,000. In tandem with this, the research provides evidence that a significant
number of these charities have no employees and exist because of the participation
of volunteers.

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Households with retired persons had the highest average weekly expenditure on charitable
donations (€7.08). They had the highest estimated value of donations (€131.14 million),
with households with employees having the second highest (€129.79 million).

## Public funding

Public funding for charitable organisations which in Ireland includes large institutions
such as hospitals and universities, is by far the biggest source of income and shows
that public funding of €7.69 billion was provided to the registered charities. Of
the reported income, income from philanthropy and donations made up 7% of the total.

Indecon was appointed by the Charities Regulatory Authority to complete independent
research into the Register of Irish Charities with a particular emphasis on the 
economic and social impact of regulated charities. The full report is available 
on the [Regulator’s website](http://www.charitiesregulator.ie).

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