Heritage Loto: more than 28 million donated to the Heritage Foundation

An endowment of 28.4 million euros will be allocated to the Heritage Foundation at the end of the 6th edition of the Heritage Loto, the foundation announced Tuesday in a press release. Each year, the State transfers to the foundation the taxes levied on heritage games for the benefit of the general State budget to finance the restoration of historic monuments located in mainland France and overseas.

Of this sum, 6.8 million euros have already been granted to the 18 emblematic sites of the regions during the European Heritage Days. Global aid of 20 million euros is additionally granted to the 100 departmental sites selected in 2023, specifies the foundation.

The sums granted by the Heritage Mission for the protection of heritage in danger, led by Stéphane Bern, supplement public aid and self-financing to reach the entire financing requirement, within the limit of 300,000 euros per site.

Since 2018, the first edition of the Heritage Loto, all the resources mobilized by the Heritage Mission represent more than 275 million euros, including more than 155 million euros from the Heritage Loto, 88 million euros in credits unfrozen funds from the Ministry of Culture for projects protected under historic monuments and 34 million euros in donations, corporate sponsorship and own resources from the Heritage Foundation.

Over the same period, more than 850 sites were helped with their restoration work, including more than 100 emblematic regional heritage projects and more than 750 departmental sites (one site per metropolitan department and overseas community). “Today, more than 65% (550) are already saved or about to be saved, 285 are completed and 265 projects are in progress,” according to the press release.

Applications from departmental sites for the 2024 edition must be submitted on the Heritage Mission website before February 29.