Many charities missed out on revenue generating opportunities due to Covid - report
Over 400 concerns about charities or people purporting to represent one were expressed to to the Charities Regulator last year according to its annual report for 2020.These involved Cabhrú Housing Association Services, ChildFund Ireland and Bóthar.
Of those received, 177 concerns related to the legitimacy of a charity, mainly concerning bogus clothing collections. An additional 912 organisations were added to the Register of Charities in 2020, bringing the total number in Ireland to 11,426.Over half of all charities were committed to benefiting the community in some way. A third of the total related to education. 7.5 percent aimed to relieve poverty or economic hardship, and 6.6 percent aimed to promote a religion.
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