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

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,

Our 2024 Annual Report is now live! Click below to read about the year’s key events, the impact of our grantees, and the generosity of our donors. To look through previous years, check out our archive here: https://www.ykcf.ca/annual-reports/

The Yellowknife Community Foundation and the Yellowknife Seniors’ Society are excited to announce the establishment of the Yellowknife Seniors’ Society Fund, a new endowment fund at the Yellowknife Community Foundation that will provide a grant every single year to the Yellowknife Seniors’ Society. Starting in 2026, the fund will grant

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