Eligible Recipients: Organizations
Area: Yellowknife, Dettah, and N’Dilo areas
Activities: Open to a broad range of community initiatives. Organizations may apply for a grant that complements their new or ongoing programs and initiatives.
Activities that the grant supports must occur in the Yellowknife, Dettah or N’dilo areas or be of direct benefit to residents in these areas.
Amount Available: $1,000 – $25,000 (Please note that amounts may vary year by year.)
Eligible Costs:
Area: Yellowknife, Dettah, and N’Dilo areas
Activities: Open to a broad range of community initiatives. Organizations may apply for a grant that complements their new or ongoing programs and initiatives.
Activities that the grant supports must occur in the Yellowknife, Dettah or N’dilo areas or be of direct benefit to residents in these areas.
Amount Available: $1,000 – $25,000 (Please note that amounts may vary year by year.)
Eligible Costs:
- Capital projects including renovations
- Wages
- Purchase of equipment or materials
- Administration costs up to 15% of the total proposed budget
Application Process
To apply, you must create a profile on our grant application portal. If your organization already exists in our portal, but you do not have a user account, contact grants@ykcf.ca. We will create an account for you and link it to your organization. Once you are logged in, click Apply in the navigation bar to access each grant application.
2025 Key Dates
30 May 12:01AM
Applications open.
31 July 11:59PM
Applications close.
September
Funding distributed.
Please note that key dates are subject to change.
The Resilient Communities Fund accepts applications on a rolling basis as funds are available.
The Yellowknife Community Fund was established in 1994 to assist the Foundation in addressing a wide range of needs in the Yellowknife area.
Organizations in Yellowknife, Dettah, and N’Dilo areas implementing a broad range of community initiatives. Organizations may apply for a grant that complements their new or on-going programs and initiatives.
Activities that the grant supports must occur in the Yellowknife, Dettah or N’dilo areas or be of direct benefit to residents in these areas.
Grantees are eligible to re-apply for grants in successive years; however previous receipt does not guarantee future awards.
Activities that the grant supports must occur in the Yellowknife, Dettah or N’dilo areas or be of direct benefit to residents in these areas.
Grantees are eligible to re-apply for grants in successive years; however previous receipt does not guarantee future awards.
2025: $1,000 – $25,000
Please note that amounts may vary year by year.
Please note that amounts may vary year by year.
To apply, you must create a profile on our grant application portal. If your organization already exists in our portal, but you do not have a user account, contact grants@ykcf.ca. We will create an account for you and link it to your organization. Once you are logged in, click Apply in the navigation bar to access each grant application.
30 May 12:01AM: Applications open.
31 July 11:59PM: Applications due.
Please note that key dates vary year by year.
30 May 12:01AM: Applications open.
31 July 11:59PM: Applications due.
Please note that key dates vary year by year.
Applications are reviewed by our Grants Committee and Fund Advisors.
31 July 11:59PM: All applications due via grant portal.
August: Yellowknife Community Foundation staff conduct due diligence checks, and Grants Committee members undertake a review process. As a normal part of the review process, you may be contacted for further clarifying information.
September: Applicants are notified. Every applicant will receive notification regardless of funding decision.
August: Yellowknife Community Foundation staff conduct due diligence checks, and Grants Committee members undertake a review process. As a normal part of the review process, you may be contacted for further clarifying information.
September: Applicants are notified. Every applicant will receive notification regardless of funding decision.
- All successful grantees will be required to submit a final report through our online portal.
- We want to hear from you during the lifecycle of your grant! Please reach out anytime with an impact story, picture or video, or just to say “Hi!”.
- 2024: Dechinta Initiatives (Dechinta Means Bush: Collaborations with the Land Exhibition and Workshop Series), Habitat for Humanity Northwest Territories (Building Strength, Stability and Self-Reliance through Affordable Home Ownership), Makerspace YK (Shop Skills Development Initiative)
- 2023: YWCA NWT (Safe & Affordable Family Transitional Housing Program), Food Rescue Yellowknife (Site relocation and main tent replacement), MakeWay Charitable Society – Northern Birthwork Collective (Indigenous Birthwork Program), Qmunity Camp NWT