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In 2025, the Yellowknife Community Foundation disbursed over $200,000 in 33 grants from 19 funds, as follows:

2025 Grants
Fund Grantee Website Project Amount
100 Knifers Flow-Through Fund MakeWay Charitable Society - Northern Journalism Training Initiative https://www.njti.ca/ Journalism training opportunities for Indigenous and northern people $6,700.00
100 Knifers Flow-Through Fund YWCA NWT https://www.ywcanwt.ca/ GirlSpace and Dudes Club Summer Programming $6,450.00
100 Knifers Flow-Through Fund Western Arctic Moving Pictures https://wamp.ca/ YKids Year-Round Programming $5,800.00
100 Knifers Flow-Through Fund Yellowknife Day Care Association https://www.yellowknifedaycare.com/ Food Program Expansions $8,800.00
Albert and Hilya Hall Seniors Enhancement Fund Avens - A Community for Seniors http://www.AvensSeniors.com Revitalizing school visits to AVENS $3,000.00
Barb Bromley Fund for Seniors and Elders Western Arctic Moving Pictures http://www.wamp.ca Senior Filmmaking Workshop & Screening Event $3,200.00
Barb Bromley Fund for Seniors and Elders Avens - A Community for Seniors http://www.AvensSeniors.com Let's Sing with Kerry Wheler $4,800.00
Chris Argue Memorial Fund NWT Literacy Council https://www.nwtliteracy.ca/ Canoe Lessons for Newcomers $1,500.00
Community Enrichment - Yellowknife Community Fund Yellowknife Seniors Society https://yksenior.ca/ Lunch with a Bunch and Special Events $8,000.00
Community Enrichment - Yellowknife Community Fund MakeWay Charitable Society - Northern Youth Leadership https://www.northernyouth.ca/ Wages and administrative funding $11,500.00
Community Enrichment - Yellowknife Community Fund Yellowknife Education District #1 (École Sir John Franklin High School) https://www.yk1.nt.ca/sjf Fiddle and Rock Band Program $17,000.00
Community Enrichment - Yellowknife Community Fund Yellowknife Curling Club https://yellowknifecurling.com/ Introductory programs for marginalized communities $3,500.00
Community Enrichment - Yellowknife Community Fund We Always Remember (WAR): Circle for Northern Residential School Survivors (A Project of Makeway) https://makeway.org/where-we-work/the-north/ Overseeing the construction of a Residential School Survivor Monument $25,000.00
Community Enrichment - Yellowknife Community Fund Territorial Agrifood Association https://www.nwtagrifood.ca/ Tents for Year 4 of the NWT Culinary Festival $6,825.00
Community Enrichment - Yellowknife Community Fund Food Rescue Yellowknife https://foodrescueyellowknife.ca/ New freezers to expand operations $5,000.00
Community Enrichment - Yellowknife Community Fund NWT Literacy Council https://www.nwtliteracy.ca/ Building Upgrades $9,675.00
Elliot Michael Brown Fund Kristielyn Jones https://sweetgrasshealing.net/ Sweetgrass Healing Centre Inc. $5,000.00
Eva Henderson Memorial Fund Alzheimer Society of Alberta and Northwest Territories https://alzheimer.ca/ab/en Support Sessions for Persons Living With Dementia (PLWD) and their Caregivers $1,500.00
Gary Robinson Memorial Fund Yellowknife Search and Rescue https://www.yksar.ca/ Searcher Training, Wilderness First Aid Training $11,000.00
Gladys and Albert Eggenberger Agricultural Fund The Tahiuqtiit Women's Society The Tahiuqtiit Women's Society (Facebook Page) Traditional Cooking Classes and Food Hampers $14,000.00
Helen and John Parker Community Fund Tin Can Collective https://www.tincancollective.ca/ Stage adaptation of graphic novel "Degrees of Separation" by local artist Alison McCreesh $17,500.00
Holy Family Lutheran Legacy Fund Yellowknife Women's Society https://www.ykws.ca/ Spruce Bough Resident Decision-Making Initiative $10,000.00
Luke Charpentier Memorial Fund Old Town Community Association Old Town Ramble and Ride Equipment for Ramble & Ride $3,500.00
Mary Beth Miller Memorial Fund Special Olympics NWT sonwt.ca 2025-26 Speed Skating Season $1,000.00
NWT Mining Heritage Trust Fund Yellowknife Historical Society https://www.yellowknifehistory.com/ 2025 Grant from the NWT Mining Heritage Trust Fund $1,000.00
Organizational Capacity - Yellowknife Community Fund MakeWay Charitable Society - Northern Journalism Training Initiative https://www.njti.ca/ First Aid, group facilitation, and curriculum design certifications $5,000.00
Organizational Capacity - Yellowknife Community Fund Yellowknife Women's Society https://www.ykws.ca/ Nonprofit management course for new Executive Director of standalone daycare agency $3,375.00
Organizational Capacity - Yellowknife Community Fund Food Rescue Yellowknife https://foodrescueyellowknife.ca/ Governance and management courses for board members and coordinator $2,000.00
Organizational Capacity - Yellowknife Community Fund Yellowknife Ski Club https://skiyellowknife.com/ Train the Trainer and coaching certifications $4,625.00
Resilient Communities Fund Community Government of Whatì https://www.tlicho.ca/community/whati Whatì Resilience and Preparedness Initiative $15,000.00
Sharon Morrison Memorial Indigenous Education Fund We Always Remember (WAR): Circle for Northern Residential School Survivors (A Project of Makeway) https://makeway.org/where-we-work/the-north/ Healing Workshop and Sharing Circle for Residential School Survivors in Fort Providence $2,000.00
Women's Leadership Fund Equal Voice Foundation / Fondation À voix égales https://www.equalvoice.ca/ Workshops on how to run for election $5,000.00
Walter Gibbins Memorial Fund Yellowknife Historical Society https://www.yellowknifehistory.com/ Maintenance of the Walter Gibbins Mineral Collection at the Yellowknife Historical Museum $1,500.00
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