Updates
New Year – New Look! The Foundation’s Visual Identity Revamped
The Alfred Kordelin Foundation enters the new year with a renewed website — welcome to explore! The site now presents information about our grants, prizes, and the Foundation’s activities in a clearer and more accessible format.
Season’s greetings!
The Alfred Kordelin Foundation wishes you a peaceful Christmas season and a Happy New Year! The Foundation’s office will be closed during Christmas week, 22–26 December, and on New Year’s Day, 1 January 2026.
Foundations establish a new company: Support for child and youth work and culture through impact first funding
The Solutions Fund Effekt (Ratkaisurahasto Effekt Oy) is a newly established company that supports and finances social projects with measurable, long-term results. Its initial focus is on children and youth, as well as cultural and educational initiatives.
Alfred Kordelin Prizes awarded to Tuomas Sandholm, Outi Tarkiainen and Timo Miettinen
The €50,000 Alfred Kordelin Prize is one of the most significant annual awards presented in Finland. The prizes are awarded for socially impactful and topical contributions to science, the arts and public education.
Kordelin Foundation and Office of the President of the Republic of Finland to partner with WAM Turku City Art Museum
Since 2011, the Alfred Kordelin Foundation and the Office of the President of the Republic of Finland have organised summer sculpture exhibitions in the Kultaranta garden. Beginning next summer, the exhibitions will be presented in cooperation with WAM Turku City Art Museum.
Office on Summer Break – Closed in July
The Alfred Kordelin Foundation’s office will be closed for the month of July. We will be available again starting August 1, 2025. We wish you a peaceful and enjoyable summer. The Foundation’s grants for science, arts and public education will […]
Unique sculpture exhibition arises in Kultaranta – garden features works by seven artists
The Office of the President of the Republic of Finland and the Alfred Kordelin Foundation are organising a sculpture exhibition at Kultaranta’s park in Naantali, Finland, from 30 May to 31 August 2025. The theme of the exhibition is ‘Layers’ […]
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The Alfred Kordelin Foundation’s newsletter is published 4–6 times a year – the first issue will be released in May. The newsletter includes updates on our current activities, available grants, and news from Major cultural projects. You can subscribe to […]
Office Christmas and New Year Opening Hours
The Foundation’s office will have exceptions to its regular opening hours in December and January. We will be available Monday to Friday, 9 AM–4 PM, by phone and email, except on the following days: Independence Day, 6 December 2024: The […]
The Listening Eye 24.5-15.9.2024
Association of Finnish Fine Arts Foundations’ exhibition at Chappe and Gallery Elverket in Ekenäs 24.5–15.9.2024 The exhibition The Listening Eye brings together a varied selection of works from the Finnish Fine Arts Foundations. The exhibition is spread across Tammisaari’s culture […]