# JP McManus increases giving to over €2 million

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2018/10/15/jp-mcmanus-increases-giving-e2-million/
- Published: 2018-10-15T10:48:43+01:00
- Author: Howard Lake

**One of Ireland’s richest men, JP McManus, increased his charitable giving to €
2.2 million last year, up from €1.7 million the year before, according to the charity’s
latest accounts.**

The directors say in the accounts that they expect the present level of activity
to continue for the foreseeable future. Mr McManus [last month donated](https://www.independent.ie/sport/gaelic-games/hurling/jp-mcmanus-donates-100000-to-every-county-board-in-ireland-to-help-local-gaa-clubs-37348942.html)
€100,000, (bringing it to €3.2 million in total), to every Gaelic Athletic Association
county board in Ireland, to be divided equally among their local clubs.

According to a report in the Irish Times, the Fund’s objectives are:

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 * providing relief for poverty
 * treatment for the disabled
 * care for the terminally ill
 * drug abuse prevention
 * human rights
 * and job creation.

On the charity’s website giving is listed under the headings of:

 * education
 * healthcare
 * communit
 * and local infrastructure.

The charity is run by Mr McManus’s wife, Noreen McManus, and his daughter, Sue-Ann
Foley. The other directors are listed as Declan Moylan, P Gerard Boland, and Mark
Power.

The company, which is exempt from income tax, corporation tax, capital gains tax
and deposit interest retention tax, had total funds of €51.3 million at the end 
of the year, an increase from €47.8 million the year before. Despite Mr McManus’s
charitable giving he has come in for criticism in the media because he a resident
of Switzerland for tax reasons.

The Fund is managed as a sole entity, independent of any existing programmes sponsored
by Mr McManus

Some estimates put horse-racing magnate Mr McManus’s personal wealth at over €2 
billion. Five years ago he donated €1 million to Daughters of Charity for a new 
centre to help people with intellectual disability and his high profile charity 
golf events have raised €100 million over the years.

The [JP McManus Benevolent Fund](http://www.jpmcmanusfund.ie)’s website states it
is now open on a ‘temporary basis and accepting submissions’.

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