The Community Foundation for Ireland

Lobbying Organisation The Community Foundation for Ireland

Date published 20 Jan, 2023

Relevant Matter Public policy or programme

Public Policy Area Community

Period 1 Sep, 2022 to 31 Dec, 2022

Specific Details Circulation of Impact Report showing 25M Euro Plus in grant-making for 2022 to inform new National Policy on Philanthropy

Intended results Promote Placed Based Giving, increased legacy giving and match funding as initiatives which can have impact in new policy.

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Denise Charlton

Did any Designated Public Official(DPO) or former Designated Public Official(DPO) carry out lobbying activities on your behalf in relation to this return? You must include yourself, and answer Yes, if you are a current DPO or a DPO at any time in the past. (What is a Designated Public Official?) Yes

Current or Former Designated Public Official(s)

Jerry O'Connor (Former DPO) Special Advisor (Department of Children and Youth Affairs)

Did you manage or direct a grassroots campaign? No

Was this lobbying done on behalf of a client? No

Lobbying activity

The following activities occurred for this specific Subject Matter Area.

Email (1)

Circulation of 2022 Impact Report from Community Foundation Ireland highlighting 25M Euro in grants for the year, bringing total grant-making since 2000 to 110M Euro. Report highlights some trends including power of placed based giving, legacy giving and match funding by Government.

Designated public officials lobbied

The following DPOs were lobbied during this return period on this specific Subject Matter Area. These DPOs were involved in at least one of the Lobbying Activities listed above, but not necessarily all of them. As returns are specific to a Subject Matter Area the above Lobbying Activities may be associated with multiple returns.

Joe O'Brien Minister of State (Department of Rural and Community Development)

Leo Varadkar Taoiseach (Department of the Taoiseach)

Denis Naughten TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Padráig Mac Lochlainn TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Ivana Bacik TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Elizabeth Canavan Assistant Secretary (Department of the Taoiseach)

Bríd Murphy Special Adviser (Department of the Taoiseach)