Affiliated entities and support given to affiliated entities

An entity affiliated with a political party is a corporation or a foundation or a fund of a corporation or a foundation that a political party has, with the consent of the corporation or foundation in question, reported to the National Audit Office of Finland (NAOF) as an entity affiliated with it.

There is no upper limit to how much support an affiliated entity may give to a political party and a party association, which means that an affiliated entity may support a political party or a party association by more than 30,000 euros during a calendar year.

A political party should report an entity as an affiliated entity in writing using the form approved by the NAOF. The report may be submitted at any time. The affiliated entity’s obligation to submit the disclosures referred to in the Act on Political Parties to the NAOF begins on the date of signature of the consent. The report of an affiliated entity is public.

An affiliated entity's status as an affiliated entity of a political party ceases when the NAOF receives a written report on the matter. The disclosure obligations of an affiliated entity end at the end of the year in which its status as an affiliated entity has been terminated.

Affiliated entities reported to NAOF

The parties have reported a total of 13 affiliated entities to the NAOF.

The National Coalition Party (Kansallinen kokoomus r.p.)

  • Kansallisen Kokoomuspuolueen Säätiö sr
  • Kansallisen Kokoomuksen Kainuun Säätiö sr
  • Kansallissäätiö sr
  • Lillträskin Kurssikeskussäätiö sr
  • Pirkanmaan Kansallissäätiö sr
  • Pohjois-Pohjanmaan Kansallissäätiö sr
  • Snellman-Säätiö sr
  • Varsinais-Suomen Kansallissäätiö sr

The Finnish Social Democratic Party (Suomen Sosialidemokraattinen Puolue r.p.)

  • Tikkurila Säätiö sr
  • Turun Työväensäätiö sr
  • Työväenlehdistön Kannatusyhdistys ry
  • Suomen Keskusta r.p.
  • Maaseudun Kukkasrahasto Säätiö sr

Swedish People's Party of Finland (Svenska folkpartiet i Finland r.p.)

  • Fonden för intressebevakning av det svenska i Finland

Support to an entity affiliated to a political party

Support to an affiliated entity refers to contributions provided to the affiliated entity in the form of money, goods or service or any other similar form.

However, this is not considered to include

  • ordinary voluntary work and ordinary free services
  • fair-value contributions that relate to the ordinary organisational activities or asset management of an affiliated entity
  • contributions that affiliated entities of the same party receive from each other
  • income from permanent business activities of an affiliated entity
  • income from investment activities of an affiliated entity
  • a contribution based on the law or the state or municipal budget to an affiliated entity.

Investment income of a trust that has been reported as an affiliated entity is also considered to refer to such appreciations or index adjustments transferred to the trust that are based on the proportional share of the trust of the total invested capital of the entity or foundation managing the trust.