Confederation Centre of the Arts Foundation is a publicly registered Canadian charitable whose purpose is to provide stable annual income to Confederation Centre of the Arts.

The Foundation was formed in 2010 to hold all endowment gifts to the Centre to build a secure, sustainable future. The Foundation’s mandate is to accumulate, administer, and invest capital assets in perpetuity to support the operation of the Centre and its vital arts and heritage programming for generations to come.

Endowment funds have been part of Confederation Centre’s financial portfolio since the first endowment fund was created in 1973 by Bayliss Lee as a memorial to his wife, artist Ann Dow Lee. As of 2024, there are 34 named funds within the Foundation, each created with its own unique, donor-directed purpose.

Your gift to Confederation Centre of the Arts Foundation has added impact. All donations to the 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.

Areas of priority include:
Performing Arts: Funds support the development of new Canadian theatrical works, classical music performance and education, and the orchestral integrity of Anne of Green Gables-The Musical™ (4 funds);
Art Gallery: Current funds allow acquisition, exhibition, conservation, research, publications, education, collection management, as well as gallery events and publications (8 funds);
Heritage Programming: Funds assist the annual Symons Medal Presentation & Lecture and the Centre’s important heritage programming (3 funds);
Youth Education: Funds provide for training programs, scholarships, spaces and supplies, instructor fees, choral music resources, and your choir travel (9 funds);
General Operations: Funds are disbursed to strengthen the areas of greatest need to meet current mandate priorities (10 funds).

The Foundation welcomes donations at all levels to any of its existing endowed funds, and also offers donors the opportunity to create a permanent legacy through a new named endowed fund (with a minimum starting balance of $10,000), which can be tailored to support any specified area of interest.

Learn more about the Foundation