Most special grant schemes for artists, such as copyright compensation, prizes, travel bursaries, artists' residence programmes, purchase of works of art schemes etc., have been administratively integrated into the system of arts councils. Tables 20 and 21 give a comprehensive overview of the whole landscape of this support. This picture can be complemented by the account of grants from private foundations and funds and from the business sector presented in chapter 7.3.
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If you are not happy with the results below please do another searchThe main legal provision for the direct public support to artistic creativity is the Act on State Artists' Grants. This law was enacted in 1969 and after numerous amendments was substantially altered in 2010. As Table 20 illustrates, this and some minor provisions are implemented by the arts council system, which provides the following forms of direct support: Grants for individual artists: The core scheme in this category is the working grants for artists in all art fields. The grants are for a kind of salaried period lasting from 6 months to five-years; there are also similar but longer-time (up... read more →
The traditional Finnish strategy for the promotion of artistic creativity has been simple and pragmatic: to secure favourable working conditions for individual artists and their associations and provide high level professional education and training. This strategy is reflected in the following opening passage of the 1969 Act on Art Professorships and on the state's grants to artists: "…the grant can be received for securing preconditions for continued artistic work or for studies and continued education in Finland or abroad" At the time the 1969 law was prepared and enacted, no mention was made about the economic or employment contribution of... read more →
Many of the institutions financed by the state and the municipalities are, in their legal form, private companies, foundations or associations and thus we could also speak of private-public partnerships. Even in these cases, funding based on their own earnings (sales of tickets etc.) is rather limited. The ratio of earned income varies between 10% (Radio Symphony Orchestra) and 55% (some private museums). Due to the high level of public subsidies, most of these institutions should be classified as "public", at least according to the criteria defined by the System of National Accounts. Multiple partnerships can be found in capital... read more →
The information filled in Table 19 pertains only to professionally managed public or statutory state-subsidised institutions. For relevant statistics, see chapter 3.1, chapter 7.1, chapter 7.2.2 and chapter 6.2. The issue analyses in chapter 2.4 and chapter 2.9 illustrate the cultural policy role of the national institutions. Table 19: Cultural institutions financed by public authorities, by domain Domain Cultural institutions (subdomains) Number (2010) Trend (++ to --) Cultural heritage Cultural heritage sites (recognised) 28 000 ++ Museums (site organisations) 330 + Archives (of public authorities) n.a - Visual arts Public art galleries / exhibition halls 63 (2007) +- Art academies (or... read more →
The division of financial responsibilities between the two main financiers, that is the state and the municipalities, is clear. The state takes care of the national cultural institutions, including university level arts education; and it supports also the culture industries, mainly cinema. With the financial transfers through its statutory system of subsidies the state also levels disparities throughout the country in the provision of performing arts (theatres, orchestras) and library and museum services; and the regional arts councils mitigate inequalities in the national spread and support for the creative arts. The state subsidy systems help to maintain an extensive system... read more →
The main source of private financing of the arts and culture in Finland is the private grant-giving foundations. According to the COFF – Council of Finnish Foundations, its member organisations provided all in all EUR 451 million to support Finnish art, culture, science and research and different social aims in 2015. Research data on private funding for the arts in Finland is already very dated and new data would be needed to assess the current situation and aims of sponsoring, or public-private partnerships. In 2008 (the year of the latest data) direct business company support to the arts and culture... read more →
Table 16 provides more up to date and longer time series but covers only state financing through the budget of the Ministry of Education and Culture. For the sector breakdown of the grants and subsidies to artists and art communities, see chapter 7.2.2 Table 16: State budget allocations to arts and culture, 2012–2016, in thousand EUR 2012 Balance Sheet 2013 Balance sheet 2014 Balance sheet 2015 Balance sheet 2016 Budget Total state budget: of which 53 446 54 587 53 225 53 337 -- Ministry of Education and Culture: 6 541 000 6 605 000 6 593 000 6 659 000 -- of which Cultural outlays... read more →
The following Table provides an overall breakdown of public cultural expenditure by the level of government in 2009 and provides the possibility to compare the change that has taken place since 2001. Table 15: Public cultural expenditure, by level of government, in thousand EUR, 2001 and 2009 Year 2001 2009 Level of government Expenditure % of total Expenditure % of total Central government total: - direct expenditure - transfers to municipalities - direct transfers to non-profit art institutions and cultural organisations 292 600 87 850 117 918 86 872 47.3 14.2 19.1 14.0 483 499 179 413 177 700 126 386 51.2 19.0 18.8 13.4 Municipalities - all... read more →
According to the narrower EUROSTAT definition of culture, excluding archives and arts education and newspaper subsidies, the annual public cultural expenditure per capita for current net costs in 2009 was 176.6 EUR and the ratio of public cultural expenditure to the total public (state and municipal) expenditure was 0.99%. For statistics, see Table 15.