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Katharine Howard Foundation
The Katharine Howard Foundation was started in 1979 by Katharine Howard. Katharine spent all of her adult life in the Gorey area of north Co. Wexford, and was involved in many local community activities throughout her life. As she had no dependants and was the last of the family line, Katharine decided in 1979 to devote some of her wealth to a modest charitable trust. This was added to during the following years. Upon her death in 1990, she left the residue of her estate to this trust, together with the funds of a family trust established by her American grandmother, over which she had power of appointment.
The then trustees were in a position to chart a serious programme which would give effect to the founder’s objectives which were, specifically, the assistance of disadvantaged children and the elderly and the establishment of worthwhile community initiatives.
Careful management of the fund and its investments by the trustees over the years helped its capital grow to a stage where further reassessment was undertaken in 1998. Since then the Foundation has enlarged its board of trustees, appointed a development director and an office manager. These appointments have allowed the foundation to add a strategic role to its grant making programmes through working in partnership with other Foundations and statutory and voluntary agencies.
