As a charity, Community Finance Ireland provides loans exclusively to other Third Sector organisations such as community groups, charities, sports clubs, churches and social enterprises throughout the island of Ireland. Since 2001, CFI has committed more than €100 million to hundreds of organisations.
As a registered charity, all profits generated by Community Finance Ireland are retained and recycled for reinvestment into the Third Sector.
Following on from the work carried out in 2021 and 2022, CFI engaged independent external researchers and Social Value experts Rose Regeneration in 2023 to provide a Social Value Analysis on our work and the support we provide to a wide range of groups throughout the island of Ireland.
The analysis included our Social Finance provision from January to December 2023, as well as support we provided via the Northern Ireland Small Business Loan Fund (NISBLF).
We have used the Social Value Engine, an online tool accredited by Social Value International, which enabled us to identify a monetary value to represent the social impact created in assisting local organisations achieve key Sustainable Development Goals. Read the results in the full report below.
