Evolution of thought
Facts and Figures
The J-O Culture Foundation is committed to a practice of support and promotion of the arts and culture in, and for, Switzerland that is independent and complementary, innovative as well as preserving, prioritizing as well as balanced and, above all, professional, goal-oriented and sustainable. Each year the J-O Culture Foundation processes something between 500 and 600 grant proposals, of which 15 to 20% are approved and awarded grants totaling between 1 and 1.5 million Swiss francs | Below is an extract from the Foundation’s annual report on its grant-making activities:
| Sector | Number of grants | Total sum of grants in CHF | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Visual Arts | 43 | 855 000 | |||||||||
| Literature | 24 | 292 000 | |||||||||
| Total | 67 | 1 147 000 | |||||||||
| Regions | Number of grants | Total sum of grants in CHF | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| German-speaking Switzerland | 40 | 663 000 | |||
| French-speaking Switzerland | 15 | 284 000 | |||
| Ticino and Grisons | 7 | 100 000 | |||
| Foreign Country | 5 | 200 000 | |||
| Total | 67 | 1 147 000 | |||
| Year | Number of grants120 | Total sum of grants in CHF | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 94 | 1 448 000 | |||||||
| 2021 | 99 | 1 324 500 | |||||||
| 2020 | 75 | 1 113 000 | |||||||
| 2019 | 80 | 1 184 500 | |||||||
| 2018 | 89 | 1 230 700 | |||||||
| Total | 437 | 6 300 700 | |||||||
For further information please consult the full version of the J-O Culture Foundation’s annual report.