Holy Family
Lutheran Legacy Fund
About the Holy Family Lutheran Legacy Fund
The purpose of the Holy Family Lutheran Legacy Fund is to support organizations as they work to support addressing homelessness and food insecurity, and to support providing family violence interventions and to help marginalized populations in the Yellowknife area.
The Holy Family Lutheran Legacy Fund is designed to complement and support new and/or existing programming and/or community-based activities.
Each year, organizations conducting activities in the Yellowknife, Dettah and N’dilo areas are welcome to apply for a grant to support their new and/or existing programming and/or community-based activities in one or more of the following interventions: homelessness, food insecurity, and family violence.
Application process
Organizations interested in applying must create an organizational profile on our application portal. Once your profile is created, you can submit an application to the Holy Family Lutheran Legacy Fund.
2024 key dates
31 May 12.01am
Applications open.
31 July, 11.59pm
Applications close.
September
Funding distributed.
Please note that key dates are subject to change in future years
Frequently Asked Questions
The Holy Family Lutheran Legacy Fund was established December 2022 when the Holy Family Lutheran Church donated $101,000.00 with the goal that its ministry in Yellowknife would continue even after the congregation closes officially on December 31, 2022.
Read more about the Fund here.
The Holy Family Lutheran Legacy Fund is eligible for charitable organizations (organizations with a registered charitable number) conducting activities in the Yellowknife, Dettah and N’Dilo areas.
If you do not have a registered charitable number, please call or email our office to discuss further: +1-867-446-4527, information@ykcf.ca.
Grants from the Holy Family Lutheran Legacy Fund are designed to complement new and/or established programming and/or community-based activities in one or more of the following interventions:
- Homelessness
- Food insecurity
- Family violence
- Helping marginalized populations
Applications can be submitted to the Holy Family Lutheran Legacy Fund when the application portal opens, on an annual basis. In 2024, the application portal opens May 31st. Please use the link on our website to apply.
Please note that application dates may vary in future years.
Funding requests for the Holy Family Lutheran Legacy Fund are set at $10,000 annually.
Applications are reviewed by our Grants Committee.
31 July 2024 at 11.59pm MST: All applications due via grant portal found on the Yellowknife Community Foundation website.
August 2024: Yellowknife Community Foundation staff and Grants Committee members conduct due diligence checks on all applications and undertake a review process. As a normal part of our review process, you may hear from us with questions about your application. We appreciate your time in providing clarity.
September 2024: Applicants are notified. Every applicant will receive notification regardless of funding decision.
- All successful applicants 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!”.
- 2023 Food Rescue Yellowknife (Operations Relocation)
For more information
If you require assistance or have questions about the Holy Family Lutheran Legacy Fund, please do hesitate to contact the Yellowknife Community Foundation office at information@ykcf.ca or by phone at +1-867 446 4527.