Corporate donations are growing in importance as a source of civil society funding. More than 10 Croatian companies now issue annual calls for proposals for civil society projects, predominantly in the fields of children, youth, culture and sport. However, overall, funding from the business sector is still at a relatively low level. In 2005, when the last comprehensive research on civil society in Croatia was carried out (Bežovan et al. 2005), 33.8% of CSOs surveyed reported receiving funds from the business sector, but this support did not exceed 18.2% of the average of their annual budgets. The report also calculated that corporate finance represented only 6.5% of the total of civil society finance available in Croatia.
Individual givings (in relation to legal stimulation of 2% tax)
Individual, citizens’ givings to CSOs in Croatia are still small and insufficient to be considered as significant contribution and support. According to research of Institute for social sciences ”Ivo Pilar”, from 2005., less than one quarter of citizens give donations to some particular CSOs. Some smaller researches later were stating even lower percentage of citizens that use to give voluntary contributions to CSOs.