public funding by ministries

In 2024, non-governmental organisations received a total of € 350,22 million from ministries. Compared to 2003, this represents an increase of 787,37 % or € 310,75 million, and compared to 2009 an increase of 346,89 % or approximately € 271,85 million.

The largest contribution to the overall increase in funding comes from increased funding from the Ministry of Labour, Family, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities, namely payments to personal assistance providers (under the Personal Assistance Act, which entered into force in 2019), among which non-governmental organisations predominate. In 2023, funding from the Ministry of a Solidarity-Based Future increased significantly, specifically funds for the efficient and rapid provision of basic necessities to those most affected by the floods from 3 to 5 August 2023, as well as for the intervention costs of rescue units, services and other operational units of associations or non-governmental organisations during the implementation of the National Flood Protection and Rescue Plan between 4 and 31 August 2023. In 2024, funding from the Ministry of a Solidarity-Based Future increased again, specifically funds intended for the provision of social care services.

The names of the ministries that disbursed public funds are based on data from the Register of Budget Users, which mostly contains only the current names of budget users. If a specific policy area was in the past covered by different ministries (for example, when ministries were “split” or abolished), payments from previous years are shown under the (current) name of the ministry responsible for that area. Certain bodies within ministries are listed in the register under the names of ministries that no longer existed at the time (for example, funds disbursed by the Ministry of Infrastructure and Spatial Planning included payments from the Surveying and Mapping Authority, even though it was a body within the Ministry of Infrastructure).

Data in both tables are available for the last four years and for the year 2009 as the base year.

THE VOLUME OF PUBLIC FUNDING OF NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANISATIONS BY MINISTRIES IN 2009 AND 2021–2024

 

2009

2021

2022

2023

2024

Ministry of Labour, Family and Social Affairs (2003-2012); Ministry of Labour, Family, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities (2012-)

15.464.162,28

 149.395.962,24 189.480.520,20 209.681.710,35  231.290.428,22

Ministry of Digital Transformation

/

 / / 857.278,01  1.387.519,39

Ministry of Finance

172.460,89

 227.996,01 4.575.381,42 2.058.016,67  2.144.927,95

Ministry of the Economy, Tourism and Sport (2023-)

/

 / / 20.500.987,23  16.609.596,99

Ministry of the Economy (2003-2012); Ministry of Economic Development and Technology (2012-)

969.059,35

 1.700.947,81 5.113.030,53 408.264,05  /

Ministry of Infrastructure and Spatial Planning (2012-2014)

333.774,72

/

/

 /

/

Ministry of Infrastructure (2014-)

41.847,12

 645.454,14 644.636,14 355.756,58  350.521,25

Ministry of Education, Science, Culture and Sport (2012-2013); Ministry of Education, Science and Sport (2013-)

1.260.810,73

 48.994.018,58 45.396.153,47 16.905.945,95  /

Ministry of Public Administration (2004-2012, 2014-)

2.097.820,95

 4.047.039,66 3.598.896,05 7.918.271,95  3.786.032,13

Ministry of Agriculture and the Environment (2012-2014)

117.983,59

 / / / /

Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Food (2003-2012, 2014-)

1.213.929,62

 7.010.093,08 5.544.870,87 8.923.624,26  7.362.905,95

Ministry of Cohesion and Regional Development (2023-)

/

 / / 2.132.011,15  1.124.683,54

Ministry of Culture (2003-2012, 2013-)

8.051.069,46

 9.369.342,43 9.618.361,17 11.590.946,06  9.021.001,07

Ministry of Natural Resources and Spatial Planning (2023-)

/

 / / 873.068,39  1.293.973,30

Ministry of the Interior (2003-2013, 2014-); Ministry of the Interior and Public Administration (2013-2014)

276.983,56

 196.518,41 193.122,39 229.445,18  287.235,31

Ministry of Defence

6.690.008,53

 14.926.046,40 12.413.790,21 30.006.387,91  19.763.600,57

Ministry of the Environment, Spatial Planning and Energy (2003-2004); Ministry of the Environment and Spatial Planning (2004-2012, 2014-)

892.295,18

 1.857.835,26 1.563.026,77 832.596,45  /

Ministry of the Environment, Climate and Energy (2023-)

/

 / / 842.194,23  799.907,30

Ministry of Justice (2003-2012, 2013-), Ministry of Justice and Public Administration (2012-2013)

217.907,22

 165.536,93 180.125,46 239.237,62  189.944,90

Ministry of Solidarity-Based Future (2023-)

/

 / / 2.601.268,79  6.419.510,84

Ministry of Higher Education, Science and Innovation (2023)

6.458.839,59

 / / 331.936,38  1.348.514,63

Ministry of Education (2023-)

/

 / / 15.297.034,92  30.711.588,21

Ministry of Health

664.357,09

 5.967.299,92 5.515.144,96 12.054.798,97  13.113.928,43

Ministry of Foreign Affairs

766.317,21

 983.638,53 1.205.228,07 2.167.030,26  3.209.448,50

total

78.367.362,86

 245.487.729,40 285.042.287,71 346.807.811,36  350.215.268,48

In 2024, the largest share of funds allocated to non-governmental organisations was that contributed by the Ministry of Labour, Family, Social affairs and Equal opportunities, which represented 66,04 % of all funds acquired by non-governmental organisations from ministries. The Ministry allocated € 203,16 million to non-governmental organizations for activities of personal assistance (which is 87,84 % of all funds remitted by this ministry to non-governmental organisations) which represents 58,01 % of all public funds transferred by ministries to non-governmental organisations. This is followed by the Ministry of Education with 8,77 % and the Ministry of Defence with 5,64 % of all funds.

THE NUMBER OF DIFFERENT NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANISATIONS THAT ARE RECIPIENTS OF PUBLIC FUNDS BY MINISTRIES IN 2009 AND 2021–2024

 

2009

2021

2022

2023

2024

Ministry of Labour, Family and Social Affairs (2003-2012); Ministry of Labour, Family, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities (2012-)

274

337

323

 259

261

Ministry of Digital Transformation

/

/

/

 20 20

Ministry of Finance

42

22

20

 23

36
Ministry of the Economy (2003-2012); Ministry of Economic Development and Technology (2012-)

40

54

61

 26

/

Ministry of the Economy, Tourism and Sport (2023-)

/

/

/

 91 116

Ministry of Infrastructure and Spatial Planning (2012-2014)

47

/

/

 50

/

Ministry of Infrastructure (2014-)

11

61

75

 50

47

Ministry of Education, Science, Culture and Sport (2012-2013); Ministry of Education, Science and Sport (2013-)

152

 319 312 210 /

Ministry of Public Administration (2004-2012, 2014-)

48

120

83

 184

131

Ministry of Agriculture and the Environment (2012-2014)

54

/

/

 /

/

Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Food (2003-2012, 2014-)

30

689

739

 638

597

Ministry of Cohesion and Regional Development (2023-)

/

 / / 33 28

Ministry of Culture (2003-2012, 2013-)

356

 324 210 331 318

Ministry of Natural Resources and Spatial Planning (2023-)

/

 / / 33 51

Ministry of the Interior (2003-2013, 2014-); Ministry of the Interior and Public Administration (2013-2014)

104

59

59

 81

66

Ministry of Defence

804

1478

1016

 1189

1145

Ministry of the Environment, Spatial Planning and Energy (2003-2004); Ministry of the Environment and Spatial Planning (2004-2012, 2014-)

52

67

67

 33

/

Ministry of the Environment, Climate and Energy (2023-)

/

/

/

 35 48

Ministry of Justice (2003-2012, 2013-), Ministry of Justice and Public Administration (2012-2013)

79

133

128

 130

132

Ministry of Solidarity-Based Future (2023-)

/

/

/

 13 25

Ministry of Higher Education, Science and Innovation (2023-); Ministry of Higher Education, Science and Technology (2004-2011)

   / / 21 27

Ministry of Education (2023-)

 / / / 238 266

Ministry of Health

65

121

112

 160

156

Ministry of Foreign Affairs

41

30

20

 27

23

The largest number of non-governmental recipients of public funds is to be found with the Ministry of Defence (which financed 1.145 non-governmental organisations), Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Food (597 non-governmental organisations), and Ministry of Culture (318 non-governmental organisations).

In total, last year 3,493 individual non-governmental organisations received public funds from ministries, which represents only 10,42 % of all active non-governmental organisations.

 

Source: KPK, AJPES, MNZ