Other sources of funding

Arts Promotion Centre Finland (Taike) promotes and supports Finnish art by distributing approximately 34 million euros a year in scholarships to professional artist and arts organisations. In addition to music, visual arts and literature, Taike supports film, photo, stage art, circus, dance, media, multimedia art, illustration, performance art, light art, sound art, and environmental art, as well as cartoons, architecture and art journalism.

Arts Promotion Centre Finland


The Council of Finnish Foundations is the only support organisation for foundations in Finland. It maintains the Aurora database, through which applicants can search for grants and set reminders for application deadlines. The advisory board currently has 191 members. All member foundations and a large number of other foundations are assembled on the Säätiöt verkossa (Foundations online) service.

Säätiöpalvelu