The Arts Promotion Centre Finland (Taike) is distributing 13.6 million euros in operational subsidies to art communities in 2024. Altogether 196 art communities operating throughout Finland are receiving an operational subsidy, almost a third of which are multi-year subsidies. The total amount being distributed is approximately 300,000 euros less than last year, representing a decrease of 2.3 percent. In addition, Taike awarded almost 1.2 million euros to 26 communities whose applications were transferred by the Ministry of Education and Culture for processing by Taike.