Benefits
In 2010, the collective rights management organisations allocated more than CHF 17.6 million for cultural and social purposes. The following examples of subsidies and benefit payments by the collective rights management organisations illustrate the entire scope.
ProLitteris: CHF 1.35 million
In 2010, the cultural fund decided to provide special support for the Solothurn Literary Festival and other cultural events in the area of literature and visual arts.
Its social foundation paid out almost CHF 1.12 million for pensions and CHF 173,000 in aid and support payments.
SSA: CHF 1.36 million
Among other things, the cultural fund awarded four grants each of CHF 25,000 for the preparation of feature film screenplays (cinema) during the Locarno Film Festival. It also paid CHF 100,000 to the Teleproduction fund established by SUISSIMAGE, SWISSPERFORM and SSA.
In 2010, the SSA aid fund (provident care foundation) was subsidised with a payment of almost CHF 486,000 and the solidarity funds provided urgently needed financial aid.
SUISA: CHF 6.8 million
The SUISA Foundation for Music (cultural foundation) which disburses more than CHF 2 million a year supported internationally and nationally Swiss Authors as well as film music and the foundation prize.
The foundation for the benefit of authors and publishers (provident care foundation) paid out pensions amounting to CHF 3.5 million to authors and disbursements amounting to CHF 1.1 million to publishers’ provident care foundations.
SUISSIMAGE: CHF 4.3 million
Among the projects supported by the cultural foundation in 2010 were 23 feature film productions and the development of 17 treatments. It provided significant sums to support the Teleproduction fund and the FilmPlus foundation in Italian-speaking Switzerland. Prizes were also awarded at festivals and other selective support measures rendered.
In 2010, the solidarity foundation paid out CHF 540,000 in the form of pensions and CHF 350,000 to the provident care institutions for employees of production companies. Financial support to individual needy persons amounted to more than CHF 100,000.
SWISSPERFORM: CHF 4 million
In 2010, the 10% allocated to cultural and social purposes was paid to the following institutions:
Phono area: CHF 2.214 million, of which
35% = CHF 775'000 to the Schweizerische Interpretenstiftung SIS (Swiss performing artists‘ foundation)
35% = CHF 775'000 to the Phonoproduzentenfonds (Phonographic producers’ fund foundation)
30% = CHF 664'000 to the Stiftung für Radio und Kultur Schweiz (Swiss Foundation for Radio and Culture)
Audiovisual area: CHF 1.848 million, of which
80% = CHF 1.478 million to the Schweizerische Kulturstiftung für Audiovision (Swiss cultural foundation for audiovision)
20% = CHF 370'000 for provident care and aid purposes was distributed to:
Schweizerische Interpretengesellschaft (Swiss performing artists society, SIG), Suisseculture Sociale, Artes et Comoedia Foundation, CAST provident care foundation, Film and Audiovision provident care foundation (VFA).
