Notification of small-scale fundraising

The police e-services are the best channel for submitting a notification of small-scale fundraising. You can also do this at a police department.

The notification of small-scale fundraising shall include the following information:

• organiser of the small-scale fundraising, organiser's identification data (business ID or personal identification number of a private person) and contact details. Contact information is of particular importance in cases of fundraising organised by a group of no less than three persons. A notice of approval of the small-scale fundraising notification and a fundraising number are sent separately to each person listed as the organiser of the fundraising
• in cases when the small-scale fundraising is organised by a community or foundation, a list of persons who are members of the organiser’s statutory management or other similar body, or persons exercising effective power of decision whose tasks include making decisions on matters concerning the organisation of the fundraising, and their personal identification numbers
• estimated amount of money to be collected, which can be no more than 10,000 euros
• the intended primary and secondary use of collected funds. These should be defined as precisely as possible. It is obligatory to include two intended uses, as it is not possible to amend the intended use in connection with the small-scale fundraising.
• estimated fundraising costs
• time period for organising the fundraising, which shall not exceed three (3) months
• bank accounts used in the small-scale fundraising and information regarding the right to use the account. In cases of fundraising organised by a group of no less than three persons, the bank account shall not be a private bank account of any of the group members or another private person.

All the information is mandatory.

The police department will inform the organiser of the approval of the small-scale fundraising notification. At the same time, the organiser shall receive a small-scale fundraising number, which shall be declared and presented in connection with the fundraising.

Small-scale fundraising is intended for the collection of funds for a not-for-profit entity. However, it can also be organised for the purposes of supporting an individual or a family.

In addition to a registered community (organisations, foundations, religious communities), small-scale fundraising can be organised by a group of people consisting of no less than three persons. The group members have to be domiciled in Finland. At least one of the members has to be a legally competent individual (aged 18 or over and not under guardianship), and the others also have to be aged 15 or over. A community can organise small-scale fundraising no more than twice in a calendar year. An individual may participate in the organisation of small-scale fundraising no more than twice in a calendar year.

You have to submit a notification of small-scale fundraising to the police at least five working days before the fundraising commences.