# Cork culture attracts sponsors

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2005/06/06/cork-culture-attracts-sponsors/
- Published: 2005-06-06T23:00:00+01:00
- Author: Howard Lake

Cork’s tenure as European Capital of Culture has attracted major sponsorship from
the business community.
Organisers of Cork 2005 have raised ‚€6.4 million in sponsorship
to date, with major support from AIB, Musgrave, Thomas Crosbie Holdings and Heineken.

 

 

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Private sector contributions are running at 38 percent of the budget for the year
compared with 13 percent for other cities that had taken on European Capital of 
Culture.

 

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