In 2024/25, the Yellowknife Community Fund issued a grant to the Shop Skills Development Initiative, a project of Makerspace YK, implemented over that summer.As an organization, Makerspace is all about reducing barriers. They offer shared workspaces, knowledge, and tools that many of us do not have access to on our...
2025 Grantees
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...
Impact Report – Dene Nahjo – Hide Tanning Mentorship Camps
In 2024/2025, the Yellowknife Community Foundation supported Dene Nahjo with a grant from the Sharon Morrison Memorial Indigenous Education Fund. The funding went towards Dene Nahjo's Hide Tanning Mentorship Program: a ten day camp for Indigenous people to gather on the land to teach and learn traditional hide tanning skills.Previously, the...