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 €110 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 2022 and 2023 Social Value Reports, CFI engagedonce again independent external researchers and Social Value experts Rose Regeneration in 2024to 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 2024 and covers our core loan portfolio for both the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland.
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.
