They grow. Public participation in Italian sportsEspecially for those disciplines that achieved record breaking success in 2024. Like every year, the Ministry of Economy’s in-house company Sports and Health has allocated the general resources allocated for 2025 to all federations, and as usual there are cheerleaders and complainers. A total of 343 million euros have been allocated for the coming year, distributed among all institutions based on the results achieved in the season and various indicators of the algorithmic model, however, with the new feature, that the federations will pay their bill and You will have to pay the rent yourself.
Quality of sport and health financing
Thanks also to the approval of the Sport and Health Board of Directors, the public contribution to the Italian sports system will increase by 9% compared to the total funding of 2024. 32% tax revenue Generated and reinvested through movement: thus funding for national sports federations increases from around 290 million (+9 million) to more than 3.2 million for related sports such as chess or bridge. For the sectors, an increase of 15 percent, while so-called “off-scale” federations (such as timekeepers and sports doctors) are down to about 9 million.
Tomorrow is approx. 343.7 millionIt also includes sports promotion organizations and military groups, of which 15 million is intended to finance projects for sports practice and 1.5 million is intended to encourage administrative performance projects.
Allocation of resources following the principles of merit, transparency and sustainability and makingContribution of algorithmic models), which also considers the number of active members and affiliated companies as one of the indicators, including qualified technicians in return for investment in training that year.
In the evaluation of the just-concluded season, the ESG index for resource use, greater investment and sport was given more importance, which takes into account factors such as gender equality at all levels, from governance to players, social and for the promotion of the school and the propagation of the right way of life.
Among the innovations introduced in 2025 that will have a significant impact on the coffers of the federations, there is also “Sestante”, a project that aims to rationalize the costs and expenses of the 131 properties owned by Sport and Health in 105 Italian cities. To make. This means that the federations will have to start from next year. Pay rent and bills. They have always occupied the offices for free.
Richest federations
gave increase The largest share of public funding went to the federations that recorded the biggest achievements in the 2024 results, such as tennis, which saw ATP No. 1 Jenk Sinner’s victories and Italy’s victories in the Davis Cup and Billiards. Recorded an unprecedented year together. King Cup.
But also consider developments in the field. The mediaLike gymnastics which, apart from historic medals at the Paris 2024 Games, has landed on a non-pay TV channel like La7, increasing interest in the discipline.
Also supported the Olympics. FederatedThanks to the additional gold medals from Thomas Ceccon and Nicolò Martinenghi in Tokyo, the contribution from 14.8 to 16.8 million euros, for an increase of +13.9%, down from the +15% recorded, was the most practiced. Among the sports going, of course is Federer’s Tennis, FGI and Sailing.
Below are the top 10 locations. Ranking of the richest sports federations In Italy, with first data on general contributions allocated to 2025, followed by percentage change in resources and brackets for 2024:
- FIGC Italian Football Federation: 35,235,956; 35,852,942 (-1.72%)
- FIPAV Italian Volleyball Federation: 17,080,283; 16,518,286 (3.40%)
- FIN Italian Swimming Federation: 16,839,489; 14,782,883 (13.91%)
- FIDAL Italian Athletics Federation: 14,890,298; 15,151,029 (-1.72%)
- FITP Italian Tennis and Paddle Federation: 14,026,305; 12,196,787 (15.00%)
- FISI Italian Winter Sports Federation: 12,548,319; 12,665,350 (-0.92%)
- FIP Italian Basketball Federation: 10,384,752; 10,197,818 (1.83%)
- FIS Italian Fencing Federation: 10.128.052; 9,309,294 (8.80%)
- FGI Italian Gymnastics Federation: 10,082,146; 8,767,083 (15.00%)
- FCI Italian Cycling Federation: 9,650,303; 9,819,281 (-1.72%)
