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Revealed - how
charities spend
your donations
Survey shows half of monies go on salaries
while half of CEOs have wages above €100k
JOYCEFEGAN
and LOUISE HOGAN
IRELAND'S
leading
Most were frank and open
charities received more with their financial affairs,
than €lbn in funding
with the CRC and Rehab
last year, with more Group failing to co-operate in
than €460m of this the survey.
spent on staff salaries, a
The charities have a total
income pot of €1.09bn, collected
Sunday Independent investigation
reveals.
from funding from the
An in-depth
analysis
Health Services Executive
reveals for the first time exactly (HSE) and Irish Aid, Lottery
how your donations and grants, fundraising
events,
taxes in the form of government
generous bequests and hardsought
grants are being spent by
public donations.
our best-known charities.
More than €472m came
Charities last week claimed from donations. Yet in some
that donations had plummeted instances, this also included
by up to 40 per cent in the bequests and money from
wake of the Central Remedial shops and fundraising events.
Clinic (CRC) 'top-up' scandal. Just over half of all income
The fallout prompted many was spent on salaries, administration,
leading figures in the charitable
governance and
sector to demand government
fundraising
work.
Some
action to deliver greater €101m is being spent on
transparency in the accounts administration which includes
of the diverse myriad of charitiescosts like generating funds,
making up the multi-million rent, IT and general office
euro fundraising industry, operations.
as they felt they were being
Charities were adamant the
"tarred with the same brush". vast majority of funds went to
The Sunday Independent frontline work, and stringent
contacted 40 of some of the efforts were made to cut costs.
better known of Ireland's
Barnardos pointed out that of
thousands-strong
charity
every €1 spent last year, 88c
sector to try paint a picture for was spent directly on work
donors of precisely where the with children and families.
A crunching of the bare
money goes.
numbers shows €461.5m was
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CRISISBdhif tiFFild h
CRISIS: Barnardos chief executive Fergus Finlay warned 'huge reputational damage' had been
done to the sector as a result of the CRCrevelations. Photo: Dave Meehan
spent on paying salaries. This must be drawn from state donations so far this Christmas,
includes administration staff funds, with some organisations
and warned it wouldn't
but also frontline
workers
receiving little grant
be able to continue to meet rising
such as Down Syndrome Ireland's
funding. Several of the charities
demands for help.
team of vital speech and
admitted to generally
Emphasising the diversity
language therapists and Trocaire's
lumping all funds raised into of the industry,
Mr Finlay
aid staff getting to the "one pot". However, in the pointed out that in the case of
frontline in struggling regions. cases of specific appeals such Barnardos,
they had an
In the case of the Brothers as the Philippines typhoon
income of around €23m —
of Charity Services, the charity appeal or Christmas drives, with €17m spent on salaries.
pointed out the €149.8m the money donated goes "That money is spent on people
spent on salaries and PRSI specifically to that cause.
who work day-in day-out
came from government funding
Barnardos chief executive with vulnerable children," Mr
and was used to provide
Fergus Finlay told the Sunday Finlay said.
services to more than 4,000
"It is a bit like saying 'I
Independent that where
people with intellectual disabilities,
possible, there should be separation
want to contribute
to the
and also to aid a further
of monies.
school but I don't want the
1,925.
Mr Finlay warned "huge teachers to be paid.' If you
Rehab claimed the survey reputational
damage" had look at the budget of a hospital,
would not deal with the been done to the sector as a
70 per cent of the budget
"unique nature" of the group, result of the revelations
is on the wages paid to nurses,"
as most of its income came emerging from the CRC.
he added.
from commercial activities.
Fundraising Ireland's Anne
Paddy Connolly, chief executive
Just over half of the chief Hanniffy pointed out it was at
of Inclusion Ireland, said
executives surveyed had pay "crisis" point, with some charitiesthe revelations had highlighted
packets that top the €100,000
revealing their donations
the country's over-reliance
mark, with some having access were down 40pc in the last on the charity model, as those
to a company car, healthcare two weeks. One of the bestknown
with disabilities did not need
and pension contributions.
charities in the country, charity but did need supports
One chief executive, whose
St Vincent
de Paul, to live independently.
salary was below €100,000,
revealed donations were now
Mr Finlay called for the
received a €17,000 bonus, but down 8. per cent, and it naming of a charity regulator
many of the charities stressed believes the CRC controversy
or "watchdog' before Christmas
they gave no bonuses or 'topups'was a contributory factor.
— as they try to limit
whatsoever to staff.
Aid agency Concern has damage.
Many of the charities were been inundated with calls —
Earlier this year, Justice
adamant they followed bestpractices
with its Director of Public
Minister Alan Shatter said he
for the charity sector Affairs, Richard Dixon, saying was hopeful of having a regulator
set in the UK, regardless of the
it was "only natural" the
in place early next year.
Irish Government's broken
revelations had raised concerns
More than four years after
promises stretching back over
for people.
legislation was brought in, Mr
a decade to install a charity
Focus Ireland warned the Shatter was unable to say
"watchdog' to govern the sector.serious issues at the CRC were when exactly the appointment
hitting donations across the would be made, but insisted
There is no requirement in board. The homeless charity is he was "progressing"
it as
law that'says charity salaries facing a drop of 30 per cent in rapidly as possible.
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6973,752 WHERE
MONEY
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(Kevin
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funds:
6438,000
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activity 11%
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(Dee
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6300,167
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6570,000
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(Mary
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22.2%
admin
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funds:
634m660,000
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funds:
66.7m
77.8%
charitableDonations:
625.4m WHERE
MONEY
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670.1m activity
activity
Salaries:
610.3m
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(Kieran ISPCA
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6115125k Total
Income:
(Eamon
Meehan):
6125k
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MONEY
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charitable
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61.47m
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Income:
62.1m
(Noel
Griffin):
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620.8m
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funds:
6450,000
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6100k
Salaries:
61.29m
Donations:
61.65m
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GOAL
Total
Income:
62.86m WHERE
MONEY
GOES: CEO
(John
McCormack):
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Income:
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6165k
21.2%
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657.7m
WHERE
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Salaries:
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78.8%
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63.8m
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Clarke):
681k
Salaries:
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WHERE
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62.3m 22%
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funds:
6348k
78%
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3.2%
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Salaries:
6185m
96.8%
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6143.4m
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funds:
693.8m
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Freeman) RNLI
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funds:
6163,715 Total
Income:
6717,225 CEO
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MacSorley):
(Irish)
6102,915
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funds:
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WHERE
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6189m
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66.96m Salaries:
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(Paul
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(Sean
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(6159,600),
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(Peter
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funds:
6873k
including
benefits
7.2%
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618.10m
MONEY
GOES: 92.8%
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64.93m WHERE
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65.48m
Salaries:
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639.76m Salaries:
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CEO
(Ashley
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66.4m
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638.6m CEO
(Joyce
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funds:
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WHERE
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(Fionnuala
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activity State
funds:
64.1m
Salaries:
63.6m
6145,679
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Donations:
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(Philomena
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Income:
69.46m CEO
(Rosamund
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618.3m
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donors: £59,160
approximate 20%
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61.98m including
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644.9m Salaries:
64m
Salaries:
61.87m
WHERE
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funds:
643.7m CEO
(Jim
darken):
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(Raymond
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&fundraisingFoundation
Donations:61.2m 6100k
699,220
91%
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& Total
Income:
65.32m Salaries:
N/A
WHERE
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WHERE
MONEY
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funds:
65k
(Colette
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admin
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9%admin
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Donations:
64.9m
6121,600 81%
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91%
charitable
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Salaries:
61.75m
MONEY
(Sharon
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Total
Income:
65.04m Foley):
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Income:
623.4m State
funds:
6384k
695,776
fundraising
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Income:
6175.8m
State
funds:
615m
(Forco-funded
Health plus
80%
charitable
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funds:
6163.9m
Donations:
68.3m
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bonus
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Donations:
6450,850
Salaries:
616.1m
Donations:
64.6m
(617,780)
Salaries:
6149.8m
CEO
(Fergus
Finlay)
6111,711
Salaries:
61.84m
WHERE
CEO
(Johanna
Cooney):
DSPCA
WHERE
MONEY
GOES: CEO
(Barry
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6130kMONEY
GOES:
Total
Income:
63.3m 6112-6128k
12%
admin
&fundraisingWHERE
MONEY
GOES: 24%
admin
&fundraising State
funds:
6165k
WHERE
MONEY
GOES:
88%
charitable
activity 8%admin
76%
charitable
activity Donations:
61.98m 7%admin
&fundraising
92%
charitable
activity
Salaries:
62.1m
93%
charitable
activity
CEO
(Brian
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690k
Alzheimer
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Amnesty€3.36mWHERE
MONEY
GOES: World
ofIreland
IrishGuide
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Vision
Total
Income:
620.3m fortheBlind
Irish
aid:
677,531 12%
admin
&fundraising
State
funds:
614.35m Total
Income:
63.9m
Donations:
63.28m 88%
charitable
activity Total
Income:
64.32m
Donations:
64.9m
State
funds:
6852k
Salaries:
61.94m
Grants:
638,406
Salaries:
614.9m
Donations:
62.7m
Executive
director
(Colm
Donations:
64.28m
CEO
(Gerry
Martin)
6110k Salaries:
62.1m
O'Gorman)
6110,099
plus Total
Income:
6935,000Salaries:
N/A
plus
pension
CEO
(Padraig
Mallon) pension
State
funds:
685,000 CEO
(Helen
Keogh):
plus
pension
& WHERE
WHERE
MONEY
GOES: 685-100k
MONEY
GOES: Donations:
6718,516 670-90k
10.8%
admin
&
healthcare
29.5%
admin
&
Salaries:
6442,920 WHERE
MONEY
GOES:
fundraising.
WHERE
MONEY
GOES: campaigning
Head
ofNational
Office 14%
admin
&fundraising
89.2%
charitable
activity 28%
admin
&fundraising70.5%
charitable
activity (Patrick
Quinn):
685,000,86%
charitable
activity
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