Eligible Recipients: Organizations
Area: Yellowknife
Activities: Working in search and rescue/recovery, emergency response, and outdoor/on-the-land skills training
Amount Available: $1,000 – $8,000 (Please note that amounts may vary year by year.)
Area: Yellowknife
Activities: Working in search and rescue/recovery, emergency response, and outdoor/on-the-land skills training
Amount Available: $1,000 – $8,000 (Please note that amounts may vary year by year.)
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
31 May, 12.01am
Applications open.
31 July, 11.59pm
Applications close.
September
Funding distributed.
Please note that key dates vary year by year.
The Mary Beth Miller Memorial Fund and Chris Argue Memorial Fund have different key dates.
The Resilient Communities Fund accepts applications on a rolling basis as funds are available.
Check out their pages to learn more!
The Gary Robinson Memorial Fund was established in 2005 to support search and rescue/recovery, emergency response activities and outdoor skills and/or survival training in the Yellowknife area.
Through this Fund, it is his family’s hope that Gary will continue to protect and help the people of this place that he loved so much.
Organizations in Yellowknife working in search and rescue/recovery, emergency response, and outdoor/on-the-land skills training.
Grantees are eligible to re-apply for grants in successive years; however previous receipt does not guarantee future awards.
Grantees are eligible to re-apply for grants in successive years; however previous receipt does not guarantee future awards.
2025: $1,000 – $8,000
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: Makeway Charitable Society – Supporting Wellbeing
- 2020: Canadian Coast Guard Auxiliary
- 2019: Army Cadet League of Canada
- 2018: Canadian Coast Guard Auxiliary
- 2018: City of Yellowknife
- 2017: City of Yellowknife
- 2016: Canadian Coast Guard Auxiliary
- 2015: Tides Canada Initiatives
- 2015: City of Yellowknife
- 2014: City of Yellowknife
- 2014: The Army Cadet League of Canada
- 2014: Tides Canada Initiatives
- 2013: City of Yellowknife