MDDA's spending focus over the medium term will shift from taking on new projects to concentrating on existing ones by maintaining their current level of funding in order to ensure their viability. Spending increased significantly between 2009/10 and 2012/13 in order to meet the agencies grant making objective of promoting and strengthening the small commercial print and community media sectors. In 2012/13, 74,6 per cent of the agency's R52,2 million budget was spent on these approved grant applications. The number of projects supported in any given year depends on the quality and quantity of the applications received.