North Savo – Finnish Cultural Foundation

What is the North Savo Regional Fund?

The North Savo Regional Fund comprises a General Fund and donor funds based on private and public donations and bequests. Grants made from the latter are directed towards areas specified by the donor at the time of their bequest. Areas not covered by this procedure are supported from the general funds.

The Fund’s activities and decision-making are impartial and not linked to political parties or other organisations or associations. Grants made by the Fund are decided by an 11-member Administrative Council representing a wide range of expertise and knowledge in the arts, the sciences, society, and business in the region.

North Savo Grants

The grants of the regional fund January application round are divided into working and expenditure grants. In addition to these, grants will be awarded for special purposes.

What kinds of grants do we award and to whom?

Grants can be applied for in all fields of science and art. The fund is interested in financing scientific and artistic projects that promote the vitality and dynamism of the province.

The North Savo Fund also awards a €100,000 Science grant in collaboration with the North Karelia Fund.

Grants are distributed from both the general fund and donor funds.

All the donor funds of the North Savo Fund (in Finnish)

North Savo

January Round and special purpose grants

Special purpose grants in the January round of applications are Vitality and Culture, Local culture grants and Spearhead grants.

January Round and special purpose grants

Special purpose grants in the January round of applications are Vitality and Culture, Local culture grants and Spearhead grants.

The municipalities in the North Savo Fund's region

Iisalmi, Joroinen, Kaavi, Keitele, Kiuruvesi, Kuopio, Lapinlahti, Leppävirta, Pielavesi, Rautalampi, Rautavaara, Siilinjärvi, Sonkajärvi, Suonenjoki, Tervo, Tuusniemi, Varkaus, Vesanto and Vieremä.

The municipalities in the North Savo Fund's region

The administrative committee

Members of the North Savo Fund’s Administrative Committee in autumn 2025. Photo: Petri Jauhiainen

Chair

Marjut Roponen, Professor

Vice Chair

Antti Lahti, Theater manager

Henna Hietainen, Art Specialist
Tatu Kemppainen, MD
Merja Kokki, Professor
Johanna Kuusisto, Professor
Leena Latonen, Research Director
Jari Martikainen, Associate Professor
Antti Niskanen, Association Director
Jyri Paretskoi, Author