KY FOUNDATION

KY Foundation helps students achieve their professional, studyrelated and extracurricular goals at the Aalto University School of Business.

The purpose of the KY Foundation is to support, for example, the leisure activities, culture and sports events, internationality and study success of the business students at Aalto University. By providing financial support and other resources for students and associations, KY Foundation helps Aalto business students grow and aim higher.

Over 600 000 € of grants awarded annually

KY Foundation offers yearly grants and subsidies to clubs and associations providing services or events to the community as well as groups of students with a good idea for a new project. This year, KY Foundation is prepared to give out 600 000 € in association and project grants!

The latest information of current subsidies can be found at KY’s webpages and the grant portfolio is developed according to students’ needs. All application forms, subsidy requirements and news are also posted on the website ky.fi/foundation

Free premises and legal services for business students

KY Foundation provides students and KY’s associations with free space to operate and organize events in. On the Otaniemi campus, the KY Office “Espilä” and the party venue “Saha” stand on opposite sides of Konemiehentie, providing KY members and associations with space for different purposes. Whether organizing larger meetings, parties or chilling with coffee, these buildings provide business students with the space they need. What’s more, a new party space will open this fall on Metallimiehenkuja in Otaniemi. The venue that is yet to be named will replace the former party spaces in the historical KY Building to ensure that the KY students will have excellent facilities for their use also after the pandemic. In addition to free premises, KY Foundation provides Aalto business students with free legal services. The legal advisor Matti Marttunen is on call weekly and provides free counseling to all KY members and associations. The independent Kylteri magazine (kylteri.fi and page 69) is also published by the Foundation.

Decision making and operation at KY Foundation is led by the Executive Board and its Chair Antti Perttula. The board consists of a student majority and specialist members of asset and real estate management, who make sure the Foundation’s possessions are governed in the best possible way. To keep the students’ best interest at heart, the Board is overseen by a Supervisory Council consisting of the KY Association’s representative council members (page 70). Day-to-day operations run through Managing Director Juho Paavola.

Executive Board of the KY Foundation

Student members:

Antti Perttula (Chair) Iiro Halinen Aura Hemminki Rasmus Mäkinen Rasmus Ylinen Niko Ylä-Poikelus (Chair of KY Association)

Specialist members:

Harri Hiltunen (Vice Chair) Petri Ala-Härkönen Johanna Juujärvi Jani Nokkanen Ira van der Pals Kaisa Vikkula