Chemainus Theatre Foundation exists to support the Chemainus Theatre Festival Society and its activities. It helps to fund, create, develop, facilitate, promote, and carry on programs, materials and quality artistic productions including a selection of classics, plays of international and Canadian distinction, adaptations from classical literature, and also plays produced specifically for young audiences. It also seeks to fund, develop, and facilitate the creation, management, and production of public forums and facilities in which to carry out and produce the foregoing productions, materials, and programs in an environment which is conducive to family and community participation.