b'and its here to stay in keeping with the principles of philanthropy, from the outset of its journey music generation sought to achieve a long term and lasting outcome for music education in ireland, where the impact of the original 7m donation from u2 (5m) and the ireland funds (2m) would leverage sustained investment beyond the term of the gift. this goal has now been achieved through the ongoing funding commitment from government and local music education partnerships, estimated to reach up to 4.5m annually from 2016. philanthropy has enabled music generation to create a sustainable busi-ness model which secures a brighter musical future for thousands of irelands children and young people. connect2015 | 43'