In 2024, the Yellowknife Community Foundation disbursed over $240,000 in 32 grants from 19 funds, as follows: Fund Grantee Website Project Amount 100 Knifers Flow-Through Fund Ecology North ecologynorth.ca Purchase of a refrigerator for various food-related programs, including the Waste Reduction Week "Zero Waste" pickling event. In 2025, this grant...
Yellowknife Community Foundation delivers $471,250 to nine community service organizations through the Government of Canada’s Community Services Recovery Fund
Today, Yellowknife Community Foundation is pleased to announce $471,250 in funding to support nine projects across the Northwest Territories through the Government of Canada’s Community Services Recovery Fund. The Community Services Recovery Fund is a one-time investment of $400 million to help community service organizations (charities, non-profits, Indigenous governing bodies)...
Resilient Communities Fund to Support Communities Impacted by Wildfires
As Northerners continue to weather a record-breaking wildfire season this summer, the Resilient Communities Fund will help impacted communities with recovery and rebuilding. Facilitated by the Yellowknife Community Foundation, the Fund will support communities across the Northwest Territories in long-term recovery efforts to rebuild after emergency response and environmental crisis....