Financing cultural sector in aspect of implementing state cultural policy: analytical review

The article focuses on the assessment of the financial support of the cultural sector in the Russian Federation in the context of funding sources, as well as of the types of projects and programs. Despite the serious transfor-mations that have taken place in financing the cultural sector in recent years and include the approval and implementation of the national project, federal and regional programs, the cultural sector still largely needs additional funding. The volumes and structure of financing of the cultural sphere and sources of financing are analyzed. The procedure of financing the cultural sphere as an element of the state cultural policy has been studied. It has been inferred that the share of expenses for the maintenance of the studied sphere in GDP is very low; the share of buildings in unsatisfactory condition is significant; The share of federal budget spending on culture remains one of the lowest among all sectors of the economy. Conclusions are drawn that the system of state financing of the cultural sphere in the Russian Federation is not effective enough and needs to be improved. To date, the world has accumulated a significant experience in using various sources and tools to raise funds in the field of culture. It is noted that in the cultural sector of the Russian Federation budget financing still prevails, which does not adequately cover the needs of institutions and organizations. The development of non-budgetary forms of financing activities, one of which is crowdfunding, is becoming relevant. The components of a successful crowdfunding platform are systematized