Grants for communities

Taike grants are intended for professional activities. Grants are awarded either as general grants for ongoing operations or as project grants for specific projects.

Taideyhteisö pitää kokousta pöydän ympärillä.

The Arts Promotion Centre Finland (Taike) and the National Audiovisual Institute (KAVI) will merge to form the Finnish Arts and Culture Agency as of 1 January 2026. Taike is the statutory government grant authority until 31 December 2025. Decisions on grants to be awarded in 2026 will be made by the Finnish Arts and Culture Agency.

Taike grants are intended for legal communities such as associations, cooperatives and companies. Organisations run by municipalities and foundations may also apply. Unregistered communities, private traders and private persons, including working groups formed by them, are not eligible for grants intended for communities.

Applications and the operations of applicants are evaluated by Taike’s experts. As of 1 January 2026, decisions on grants will be made by the Finnish Arts and Culture Agency.

Each year, Taike awards approximately 8 million euros in general grants to around 200 communities, as well as approximately 5 million euros in project grants.

Organisers of art competitions can apply for tax-exempt status for their awards from Taike.

Application periods

Guidelines for grant applicants (communities)

Online services

Decision making process

Taike's subsidies

Information about project grants for children's and youth culture

These grants are intended for projects related to children’s and youth culture that employ professional artists.

Information about special subsidies for communities

These subsidies are intended to support the development projects of communities.

Information about general grants for cultural magazines and online publications

These grants are intended for cultural magazines published in Finland and online publications in any language that maintain a diverse social discussion about culture, science, the arts or different worldviews. These grants can also be awarded to promoters of the circulation of cultural magazines.

Information about general grants for festivals

These grants are intended to support art and culture festivals of national or regional importance.

Information about subsidies for promoting inclusion and cultural wellbeing

These subsidies are intended for communities to promote the accessibility and wellbeing effects of art and culture, as well as participation and inclusion in art and culture.

Information about special subsidies for cultural activities in sparsely populated rural areas

These subsidies support cultural activities in sparsely populated rural areas. They were intended for registered communities, such as municipalities, foundations, associations, cooperatives and companies.

Information about operational subsidies for specific artforms

These subsidies are intended for communities in specific fields of the arts, such as associations, cooperatives and companies, to support their ongoing operations. The application period for operational subsidies is in autumn. Operational subsidies may be awarded to support the operations of a community or a specific part of their operations.

Information about subsidies for promoting cultural diversity and combating racism

These subsidies are intended for communities to support inclusion and participation in culture, as well as intercultural dialogue.

Information about project grants for "Percent for Art" projects

The grants are intended for the direct costs of procuring works of art and development projects in connection with the “Percent for Art” principle.