Everyone understands that houses of culture are financed from the local budget. Often these funds are not enough for a cultural institution to have a decent look and be able to attract as many visitors as possible. The question naturally arises: how can the House of Culture work?
Rent of assembly, sports, concert and other halls
The most common type of income for the House of Culture is renting premises. Having a concert venue, the House of Culture can lease it to visiting theaters, circus, pop performers, receiving a percentage of sold tickets. The percentage is negotiated individually with each tenant.
In addition, within the walls of the House of Culture, it is possible to hold corporate events, conferences, seminars.
Rental of musical instruments, costumes, sound and light equipment, props, decorations
You can lease not only the premises, but also equipment, props, decorations, musical instruments. Moreover, the lease can be complex. For example, a visiting theater can rent from the House of Culture and premises, and scenery, and equipment.
Provision of services for musical design
These services include recording of phonograms, arrangement of musical works. It is possible both a one-time execution of an order, and the conclusion of a contract for permanent cooperation with a team or organization.
Organization and holding of fairs, lotteries, auctions, exhibitions and sales
It can be both independent mass events, and the so-called "event in the event". That is, a fair or a lottery within the framework of a festival, seminar, conference, etc. Independent events can be both short-term (1-7 days) and long-term (from 1 month or more). Only an employee of the House of Culture can participate in such an event, or you can invite craftsmen from all over the village, then the invited craftsmen will pay rent for the space provided.
Copy services
These include photocopying, scanning, printing documents and photographs. Such services are especially relevant in regional houses of culture, where there are no copy centers, but there are educational institutions. This type of service requires special equipment.
Ticket distribution services
The cooperation of the House of Culture with local cultural institutions, such as the Philharmonic, museums, theaters, exhibition halls and others, will be beneficial.
Carrying out cultural and leisure activities for legal entities and individuals
Such events include organizing cooperatives, anniversaries, holidays, weddings and other events.
Of course, this is not the whole list of possible types of activities with the help of which the House of Culture can earn money.
The choice of a suitable type of activity for each House of Culture is individual, it is necessary to take into account the resource base of the institution.
Resource base of a cultural institution
1. Regulatory and legal resource - activities should not contradict the current legislation of the Russian Federation, as well as regulatory legal acts and the Charter of the institution;
2. Human resources - for the implementation of activities in the staff of the house of culture there must be specialists corresponding to this activity;
3. Financial resource - financing can be carried out by means of sponsors, etc.;
4. Material and technical resource - special equipment, inventory necessary for the implementation of this activity;
5. Socio-demographic resource - the presence of an audience for which this activity is carried out;
6. Moral and ethical resource - the form and content of the activities carried out must correspond to the moral and ethical standards of behavior.
