Follow the money: subsidies, rent, loans and guarantees

Alongside the budget, Parliament receives a set of lists: the subsidies, the buildings the ministries rent, the loans the government owes and the loans it lists as given, its shareholdings, the ministries’ vehicles and its service contracts. They are attached to the numbers book in the Dutch submission.

Here they are, line by line, from the draft 2027 submission. Each figure carries a gold page tag, tap it to see the page it came from.

Subsidies, 2027Cg 107.4M83 recipients

Ministries' rent per yearCg 16.0M36 rented premises

Loans owed, end 2027Cg 1,077.5MStatement E, printed total

Loans guaranteedCg 26.9M3 guarantees, original amounts

Whole guilders in the source · rounded here to Cg million

7 statements attached to the draft budget, open one below

Statement G · Subsidies

Who receives a subsidy

A subsidy is money the government hands to an organisation to do a job: run a school, a sports foundation, a youth programme, an advisory body. The Dutch submission lists every one in Statement G (Staat G), 83 recipients in the 2027 draft.

Education, Culture, Youth & Sport accounts for the largest share: 69% of the list, across 32 recipients.

Subsidies listed, 2027

Cg 107.4M

Printed total of Statement G. In 2026 the printed total was Cg 108.3M.

Ministry · 2027 subsidies

The 10 largest · every ministry · 2027

Foundation for Secondary Education St. MaartenCg 17.2M

Foundation for Catholic Education St. MaartenCg 15.2M

Foundation for Academic and Vocational EducationCg 11.7M

Methodist Agogic CentreCg 8.9M

Joint Court of JusticeCg 6.4M

Foundation for Protestant Christian Education, W.I.Cg 5.6M

Secondary vocational education / NIPACg 4.3M

Coast GuardCg 3.8M

NGO St. Maarten Development FoundationCg 3.6M

Seventh-day Adventist Churches School BoardCg 3.0M

Do the rows add up to the printed total?

We added up every row of Statement G and compared it with the total printed at the bottom of the list.

2027 draft✓ Adds up exactly
Rows add up to
Cg 107,438,419
Printed total
Cg 107,438,419
2026 budgetPrinted total is Cg 246,840 higher
Rows add up to
Cg 108,064,303
Printed total
Cg 108,311,143
2025 estimatePrinted total is Cg 171,696 higher
Rows add up to
Cg 101,618,861
Printed total
Cg 101,790,557

The gaps are explained in the notes below.

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83 recipients

Statement G subsidies by recipient: 2025 estimate, 2026 budget, 2027 draft and the change. Column headers sort the table.
	Ministry
	Education	Cg 18,030,908	Cg 18,049,724	Cg 17,220,800
	Education	Cg 16,372,378	Cg 15,294,059	Cg 15,171,663
	Education	Cg 10,843,545	Cg 11,249,612	Cg 11,664,996
	Education	Cg 9,976,995	Cg 9,683,197	Cg 8,875,510
	Justice	Cg 6,227,155	Cg 6,391,280	Cg 6,391,280
	Education	Cg 5,853,791	Cg 5,719,525	Cg 5,636,876
	Education	Cg 4,196,489	Cg 3,746,267	Cg 4,311,048
	Justice	Cg 0	Cg 3,768,270	Cg 3,768,270
	General Affairs	Cg 3,587,673	Cg 3,587,673	Cg 3,587,673
	Education	Cg 3,215,632	Cg 3,062,270	Cg 3,030,833
	Special Entities	Cg 2,160,639	Cg 2,303,672	Cg 2,298,280
	General Affairs	Cg 901,840	Cg 2,166,797	Cg 2,166,797
	Education	Cg 1,983,892	Cg 2,246,095	Cg 2,124,210
	Education	Cg 1,852,062	Cg 2,000,000	Cg 2,000,000
	Justice	Cg 1,696,711	Cg 1,935,234	Cg 1,935,234
Printed total, Statement G		Cg 101,790,557	Cg 108,311,143	Cg 107,438,419

Foundation for Secondary Education St. Maarten
Cg 17.2M
Education
Exact amounts and purpose
2025 est.
Cg 18,030,908
2026
Cg 18,049,724
2027
Cg 17,220,800
School funding under the education-funding regulation printed as 'LBHAM onderwijs bekosting St Maarten' (recurring). The single largest line in Staat G.
Foundation for Catholic Education St. Maarten
Cg 15.2M
Education
Exact amounts and purpose
2025 est.
Cg 16,372,378
2026
Cg 15,294,059
2027
Cg 15,171,663
School funding under the education-funding regulation printed as 'LBHAM onderwijs bekosting St Maarten' (recurring).
Foundation for Academic and Vocational Education
Cg 11.7M
Education
Exact amounts and purpose
2025 est.
Cg 10,843,545
2026
Cg 11,249,612
2027
Cg 11,664,996
School funding under the education-funding regulation printed as 'LBHAM onderwijs bekosting St Maarten' (recurring).
Methodist Agogic Centre
Cg 8.9M
Education
Exact amounts and purpose
2025 est.
Cg 9,976,995
2026
Cg 9,683,197
2027
Cg 8,875,510
School funding under the education-funding regulation printed as 'LBHAM onderwijs bekosting St Maarten' (recurring).
Joint Court of Justice
Cg 6.4M
Justice
Exact amounts and purpose
2025 est.
Cg 6,227,155
2026
Cg 6,391,280
2027
Cg 6,391,280
Recurring contribution under the Kingdom act on the Joint Court of Justice (Rijkswet, 7 July 2010).
Foundation for Protestant Christian Education, W.I.
Cg 5.6M
Education
Exact amounts and purpose
2025 est.
Cg 5,853,791
2026
Cg 5,719,525
2027
Cg 5,636,876
School funding under the education-funding regulation printed as 'LBHAM onderwijs bekosting St Maarten' (recurring).
Secondary vocational education / NIPA
Cg 4.3M
Education
Exact amounts and purpose
2025 est.
Cg 4,196,489
2026
Cg 3,746,267
2027
Cg 4,311,048
School funding under the education-funding regulation printed as 'LBHAM onderwijs bekosting St Maarten' (recurring). NIPA is the National Institute for Professional Advancement (NL 104).
Coast Guard
Cg 3.8M
Justice
Exact amounts and purpose
2025 est.
Cg 0
2026
Cg 3,768,270
2027
Cg 3,768,270
Recurring contribution under the Kingdom act on the Coast Guard for Aruba, Curaçao and Sint Maarten and for Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba (Rijkswet, 7 July 2010). The 2025 estimate is 0.
NGO St. Maarten Development Foundation
Cg 3.6M
General Affairs
Exact amounts and purpose
2025 est.
Cg 3,587,673
2026
Cg 3,587,673
2027
Cg 3,587,673
Recurring subsidy under the General Subsidy Ordinance (Algemene subsidieverordening) (decisions MR011111 & MR260112; cost centre 3510).
Seventh-day Adventist Churches School Board
Cg 3.0M
Education
Exact amounts and purpose
2025 est.
Cg 3,215,632
2026
Cg 3,062,270
2027
Cg 3,030,833
School funding under the education-funding regulation printed as 'LBHAM onderwijs bekosting St Maarten' (recurring).
Integrity Chamber
Cg 2.3M
Special Entities
Exact amounts and purpose
2025 est.
Cg 2,160,639
2026
Cg 2,303,672
2027
Cg 2,298,280
Listed as a recurring government transfer (reference 'Brf. BZK ... Financiering IK'). In the 2027 ledger the Chamber is no longer funded by a transfer: the same 2,298,280 is budgeted as its own staff (1,489,780) and running costs (808,500). Do not count it twice; see anomaly 'integrity-chamber-double-count'.
Cabinet of the Minister Plenipotentiary
Cg 2.2M
General Affairs
Exact amounts and purpose
2025 est.
Cg 901,840
2026
Cg 2,166,797
2027
Cg 2,166,797
Recurring government transfer to the office (Kabinet) of Sint Maarten's Minister Plenipotentiary (cost centre 3020). The General Affairs ledger shows the same amounts.
Charlotte Brookson Academy
Cg 2.1M
Education
Exact amounts and purpose
2025 est.
Cg 1,983,892
2026
Cg 2,246,095
2027
Cg 2,124,210
Recurring funding under the ordinance on secondary vocational education (Landsverordening Secundair Beroepsonderwijs en Educatie) and the General Subsidy Ordinance.
University of St. Martin
Cg 2M
Education
Exact amounts and purpose
2025 est.
Cg 1,852,062
2026
Cg 2,000,000
2027
Cg 2,000,000
Recurring subsidy under the General Subsidy Ordinance (Algemene subsidieverordening).
Probation Service
Cg 1.9M
Justice
Exact amounts and purpose
2025 est.
Cg 1,696,711
2026
Cg 1,935,234
2027
Cg 1,935,234
Recurring subsidy under the General Subsidy Ordinance (Algemene subsidieverordening).

Note on this list · Large difference

The Integrity Chamber is listed in Staat G, but in 2027 it is funded through its own itemised budget

Staat G lists the Integriteits Kamer (Integrity Chamber) as a recurring government transfer of 2,160,639 (2025), 2,303,672 (2026) and 2,298,280 (2027) (NL 82). In the Special Entities ledger the Chamber's 2025 and 2026 money is a single transfer (2,459,728 and 2,390,569). For 2027 the transfer is removed and the same 2,298,280 is itemised as the Chamber's own staff costs (1,489,780) and running costs (808,500) (NL 13-14; also Staat H, NL 63). Consistent with this, the memorandum's Special Entities category 44 (subsidies, transfers and commission fees) falls from 3 to 1 (Cg million) in 2027 (EN 165). So the 2027 Staat G amount equals the Chamber's total ledger budget, which in 2027 is not booked as a transfer; it is not an additional payment on top of that budget. The earlier years also disagree: Staat G 2,160,639 / 2,303,672 against ledger transfers 2,459,728 / 2,390,569. Separately, the personnel statement shows the Integrity Chamber with no staff and no personnel cost at all (Staat B, NL 67), although the ledger budgets 1,489,780 for its staff in 2027.

What we show: The row is kept because Staat G prints it and includes it in its 107,438,419 total. Treat it as 'not a transfer in the 2027 ledger'. Never combine Staat G with the ledger's staff and running costs (for example in a spending-by-type chart): the Chamber's 2,298,280 would be counted twice. Without it, the 2027 Staat G rows total 105,140,139 (computed).

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Note on this list · Small difference

Staat G's printed 2025 and 2026 totals are higher than the sum of its rows

Printed totals: 101,790,557 (2025) and 108,311,143 (2026). The 83 rows add up to 101,618,861 and 108,064,303, which is 171,696 and 246,840 less. For 2027 the rows equal the printed 107,438,419 exactly (NL 87). Both gaps match the General Affairs advisory-committees budget (cost centre 3350, 489,328 in 2025 and 683,963 in 2026, NL 17) minus the Staat G rows under 3350 (317,632 and 437,123). So the totals include an amount with no row of its own. In 2027 cost centre 3350 falls by exactly 246,840 (NL 17) and a VROMI Rent Committee row of 246,840 appears (NL 87); the memorandum says the Rent Committee was transferred from AZ to VROMI (EN 146). The documents do not say what the 2025 amount of 171,696 was for.

What we show: Use the printed totals for headline figures and the rows for breakdowns. The gap is an unitemised amount, not a recipient that can be named.

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