The state of philanthropy in Ireland was a “really scary thing” as donations from Atlantic Philanthropies were disappearing, Caitriona Fottrell, vice president and director at The Ireland Funds has warned. Of that €105 million, €62 million came from Irish philanthropies which in 2016 overtook donations from international philanthropic sources (€41 million) for the first time that year. The Benefacts report disclosed that fewer than 1 per cent (less than 750) of the people working in Ireland’s independent non-profits sector earned more than €70,000 a year. Institutional philanthropy was “very low in Ireland”, she said, but pointed out that “a huge source of philanthropy are the churches. However, though sport was mainly voluntary and “a huge thing in Ireland” it was “outside the definition of a charity,” she said.

Source: The Irish Times April 19, 2018 16:41 UTC