Encouraging giving for arts and heritage causes

Question

Mr Kok Heng Leun: To ask the Minister for Culture, Community and Youth (a) since its inception, what is the respective amount of funds that has been disbursed from the Cultural Matching Fund to (i) national companies and museums (ii) major grant and seed grant companies (iii) other cultural and arts organisations not covered in (i) and (ii); (b) what is the number of receiving entities within each of these categories; and (c) what is the amount that has been respectively disbursed to the (i) visual arts (ii) performing arts (iii) literary arts (iv) traditional arts and (v) heritage sectors.

Response

Parliamentary Secretary Baey Yam Keng: Since its inception 3 years ago, the Cultural Matching Fund (CMF) has matched about $152mil of corporate and private giving. Among the arts and heritage charities that qualified for CMF, about 6 out of 10 have applied for and received funding from CMF. The amount matched by CMF comprised $65mil for 12 national companies and museums; $33mil for 36 Major Grant and Seed Grant companies; and $54mil for 37 other charities supporting arts and heritage causes.

1. The breakdown by sector is as follows: $23mil for visual arts; $40mil for performing arts; $0.6mil for literary arts; $24mil for traditional arts; $20mil for heritage and $44mil for the remaining groups.