On September 18th, 2025, YKCF held its annual appreciation BBQ for fund holders, sponsors, volunteers, and community partners. This year, a new element was added to the event: a ceremony celebrating our newly-awarded grant recipients. Through the evening, the room hummed with chatter, as everyone felt a mutual admiration for...
Student Award Spotlight – Callum MacLean
The Randy McBride Hockey Project Fund is for youth pursuing advanced levels of hockey not available in the Northwest Territories. Last year’s student award recipient was Callum MacLean, who spent most of his junior high as well as high school career playing for OHA Edmonton’s Prep teams in the CSSHL....
Establishment of Bella’s Veterinary Student Award Fund
We’re excited to share that the Yellowknife Community Foundation has launched Bella’s Veterinary Student Award Fund, established by Amanda Mallon to help grow and support the veterinary sector in the NWT. For so many Northerners, pets are family, and this fund is about making sure all Northern pets have access...