Matching Funds from Canadian Heritage

All donations to Confederation Centre of the Arts Foundation are eligible for up to dollar for dollar matching through the Endowment incentives component of the Department of Canadian Heritage’s Canada Cultural Investment Fund. The Canada Cultural Investment Fund encourages private sector investment, partnership, and sound business practices to help arts and heritage organizations be better rooted and recognized in their communities.

The Endowment Incentives component encourages arts organizations to build new revenue streams. Canadians are encouraged to support the arts by providing donations to professional arts organization’s endowment fund. The government provides a funding incentive for these donations.

Since its inception in 2001, and including recommendations for 2022-2023, the Endowment Incentives component has provided a total of $347 million in matching grants, leveraging private sector donations of $482 million, for a total of $829 million invested in 107 public charitable foundations and benefitting the long-term financial health of 300 professional arts organizations across Canada.

Historical Matching Data

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