Homburg Charitable Foundation

Homburg donation largest in Confederation Centre of the Arts history

Richard Homburg, Chairman & CEO of Homburg Invest Inc., on July 16th, 2009, announced a $2 million dollar donation to the Confederation Centre of the Arts.

The Confederation Centre of the Arts is the only national memorial to the Fathers of Confederation. The Centre opened in 1964, the centennial year of the Charlottetown Conference where our founders gathered in Charlottetown to discuss a union. Located in the heart of historic Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, the Confederation Centre of the Arts covers an entire city block and consists of theatres, galleries, a public library, restaurant and gift shop. With a mandate to inspire Canadians to celebrate, through heritage and the arts, the origins and evolution of Canada as a nation, the Centre is alive today with the best of Canadian theatre, music, dance, literature, design and visual arts.

Speaking at a special reception before the National Board of Trustees of the Fathers of Confederation Buildings Trust, Mr. Homburg said, “The Confederation Centre of the Arts is the economic and cultural cornerstone of Prince Edward Island. I am a big believer in P.E.I. as a destination, and the Confederation Centre as a multidisciplinary cultural centre of Atlantic Canada. I want to help make it the cultural centre of Canada.”

The donation contains two components: 1$ million for the completion of the underground pedway between the Centre and the Shops of Confederation Court Mall; and a $1 million gift to the Centre for the refurbishing Mainstage theatre. With this donation, the Mainstage will be renamed Homburg Theatre.