The article is devoted to measures of state and banking stimulation of the digital transformation of cultural organizations during the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as the need for legal understanding of such concepts of Russian legislation as financial support, methods of financial support. The authors of the study propose regulatory changes to improve the financial and legal mechanism of interaction between participants in tax and public banking legal relations, including government bodies, as well as representatives of the banking sector to provide financial support to cultural organizations. It has been concluded that the state is the main subject of financial support for cultural organizations in Russia during the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic. At the same time, at the institutional level, the financial and legal regulation of the provision of such financial assistance has yet to be built.