The survey of 4,824 big companies showed that just 40 percent were patrons of the arts in 2007, mostly with cash donations. The average gift was about HUF 2 million, although three-quarters of all gifts came from one-tenth of the companies.
Companies spent about HUF 3.1 billion to support the arts in 2008, HUF 1 billion less than in 2007. One-third of companies wanted to support the arts in 2008, but just half of this proportion said they could do so in 2009.
Source: Hungarian News Agency (MTI)