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2025 Annual Report
Our 2025 Annual Report is now live! Look back on all the major highlights of an active and impactful year: To look through previous years, check out our archive here: https://www.ykcf.ca/annual-reports/
Thank You: Final Year of the Doug Bothamley Memorial Fund
2026 will be the final year of the Doug Bothamley Memorial Fund. In celebration of the Fund and Doug’s legacy, this last award will be raised to $4,000 for 1 student. Doug Bothamley was known for his love of softball, curling, and golf, as well as his inexhaustible dedication to
Impact Story – Connecting On the Land in Denendeh
The Maureen Tonge ‘Living Your Legacy’ Fund supports mental health and wellness initiatives for youth in the Northwest Territories. Last year, the fund issued a grant to Northern Youth Leadership and their forum, Connecting on the Land in Denendeh (COLD). From February 9th-16th, 2025, the camp gave Indigenous youth a
Impact Story – Makerspace YK – Shop Skills Development Initiative
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
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 Story – 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,