Guidelines for applying for grants

All applications for Tartu City Government’s Department of Culture support measures must be submitted in Estonian. Detailed information and contacts concerning each support measure can be found on the website’s Estonian version. 

Support for legal person that provide a year-round (at least 10 months a year) cultural programme, that is either in Tartu or which is in another way connected with Tartu and is aimed at the public.   

Major cultural programme grant €10,001 to €50,000 (application deadline October 1^st) 

Small cultural programme grant up to €10,000 (application deadline October 1^st) 

All applications for Tartu City Government’s Department of Culture support measures must be submitted in Estonian. Detailed information and contacts concerning each support measure can be found on the website’s Estonian version. 

Enlivening the activity, strengthening communal identity, and supporting the events of the active district associations of Tartu. 

A non-profit organization operating in the city of Tartu, whose goal is to promote the living environment of a certain district, introduce its uniqueness and strengthen the residents' regional identity, can apply for support. The support is given to the district association, which was established no later than the year preceding the request for support. 

City district association grant is up to €3500 (application deadline November 1^st). Support is divided into operational support and support for organizing an event. The amount of applicable activity support is up to €1000. 

Supporting an active national minority association in Tartu by maintaining, developing and presenting its cultural distinctiveness, involving the local citizens, increasing cooperation and thereby enriching the cultural life of Tartu. 

One national minority association can submit one application (application deadline October 1^st). 

The national minority association support is divided into: 

• individual event grant €500 to €5000;
• grant for a series of events €1000 to €12,000.

For private associations that offer hobby education in the city of Tartu to 7-19-year-olds or 60-year-olds and older, whose address in the Estonian population register is the city of Tartu. 

The hobby education operational support application deadline is on September 1^st. List of participants, exact location and time of the activity, and additionally specifying if the group consists of participants consists of participants with special needs must be submitted no later than October 1^st. 

The legal representative of a minor or an adult participating in hobby education must confirm their child's or their own participation in hobby education no later than November 1^st. 

Support for non-profit and non-government organisations and foundations that provide a year-round (at least 10 months a year) cultural programme, that is either in Tartu or which is in another way connected with Tartu and is aimed at the public.

Applicants must have been supported through Tartu City support measures for their cultural activities for at least the prior three years of applying.

The tree-year cultural operation grant is €10,001 to €75,000 euros per year per applicant (application deadline September 1^st).

The representative team grant is support for a legal entity operating in the city of Tartu, which includes a sports team or other association of athletes competing as a team to achieve high-level sports goals. The team must unequivocally call itself a team of the city of Tartu. 

The representative team grant consists of two parts: general support and a reward for the Estonian championship (€5000). The application deadline is on September 1^st. 

All applications for Tartu City Government’s Department of Culture support measures must be submitted in Estonian. Detailed information and contacts concerning each support measure can be found on the website’s Estonian version. 

For activities that significantly support the development of the organization or field of activity, increase the capacity of the organization, enable the provision of new or significantly better services or reach new target groups. A prerequisite for applying is that the organisation has received hobby education activity support or hobby education rewards in at least three previous calendar years. 

The hobby education development support is €1000 to 10,000€ (application deadline March 1^st).