Sport is also regulated by the Ministry of Culture of Estonia. The main task of the Ministry of Culture is to co-ordinate the creation of conditions for sports development and government sports policy. One of the tasks of the Ministry is to divide governmental support between sports organisations, projects and facilities. The tasks of the Ministry in the public organisation of sports are outlined in the Sports Act and in the Statute of the Ministry in detail.

Sports are organized and promoted by sports organisations, local government bodies and the state.

Sports are financed from the state budget through the Ministries and Estonian Cultural Endowment of Estonia and from gambling tax, but also from the budgets of local governments, donations and the financial resources derived from the statutory activities of sports organizations.
The conditions and procedure for awarding national sports scholarships and prizes for outstanding achievements in sports and for stimulating top results in sports are established by the Government of Republic.

• Estonian Strategic Development Sport for All Programme 2006 - 2010