Funding of sport in Santa Catarina: the case of FUNDESPORTE in the years 2011 and 2012

In the state of Santa Catarina sports policy is linked to the State Department of Sport, Culture and Leisure, which through FUNDESPORTE, promotes the development of Santa Catarina sport. This research has a quantitative, descriptive and exploratory nature, and aimed to investigate the distribution of resources from FUNDESPORTE in 2011 and 2012. In the years analyzed, FUNDESPORTE registered a total of 1,233 projects, but from these, only 317 actually received public transfer. In 2012 the FUNDESPORTE received a public transfer 175% lower than the year of 2011, and from the total sum of that period, 5.6% of the funds were allocated to individuals and 94.4% to legal entities. Both collective and individual modalities were covered by the fund. FUNDESPORTE passes a large portion of its budget to projects aimed at high performance sport and also to major sporting events hosted in the state. This does not meet the specifications established by Brazil's 1988 constitution to promote sports as a social right and to prioritize the educational sports