Eligible Recipients: Organizations
Area: the Northwest Territories
Activities: Indigenous language revitalization, cultural revitalization, and reclamation activities
Amount Available: $1,000 (Please note that amounts may vary year by year.)
Application Process
To apply, you must create a profile on our grant application portal. If your organization already exists in our portal, but you do not have a user account, contact grants@ykcf.ca. We will create an account for you and link it to your organization. Once you are logged in, click Apply in the navigation bar to access each grant application.
2025 Key Dates
31 May 12:01AM
Applications open.
31 July 11:59PM
Applications close.
September
Funding distributed.
Please note that key dates are subject to change.
Quote from Lance Morrision, son of Sharon – “When we moved to Yellowknife 1981, we moved here with no family, no support, and little money. We lived in social housing and for many years, on social assistance. My parents were both high school drop-outs and not a lot of opportunities were available. In 1985, mom decided to make changes. Aurora College was launching a Homecare/Long-Term Care program, and Mom saw her chance to break the cycle of poverty we had always known. After graduating the program, Mom did a placement at Mary Murphy Home, than started at Stanton Regional Hospital’s Extended Care Unit, and after 35 years, she retired from Stanton in 2021. She spent those years teaching generations of nurses that came after her, and inspired many to be the best in compassionate care.
“In her later years, she was also passionate about nêhiyawêwin, our ancestral language, and was always excited about Indigenous language and cultural revitalization programs happening in the North. Mom’s traditional name was Red Butterfly Woman and when we look at the lifecycle of the butterfly – from caterpillar to cocoon to butterfly – it represents a life of amazing transformation. Therefore, I wanted to ensure those bursaries and grants would also be transformation to their recipients. Mom would be glad her legacy can live on in these recipients for years to come. I have been overwhelmed by the amazing community support that has come from friends and loved-ones over the past few months since the fund was launched. Truly, I am grateful. kinanâskomitin.”
“In her later years, she was also passionate about nêhiyawêwin, our ancestral language, and was always excited about Indigenous language and cultural revitalization programs happening in the North. Mom’s traditional name was Red Butterfly Woman and when we look at the lifecycle of the butterfly – from caterpillar to cocoon to butterfly – it represents a life of amazing transformation. Therefore, I wanted to ensure those bursaries and grants would also be transformation to their recipients. Mom would be glad her legacy can live on in these recipients for years to come. I have been overwhelmed by the amazing community support that has come from friends and loved-ones over the past few months since the fund was launched. Truly, I am grateful. kinanâskomitin.”
Organizations in the Northwest Territories engaged in Indigenous language revitalization, cultural revitalization, and reclamation activities.
Grantees are eligible to re-apply for grants in successive years; however previous receipt does not guarantee future awards.
2025: $1,000
Please note that amounts may vary year by year.
To apply, you must create a profile on our grant application portal. If your organization already exists in our portal, but you do not have a user account, contact grants@ykcf.ca. We will create an account for you and link it to your organization. Once you are logged in, click Apply in the navigation bar to access each grant application.
30 May 12:01AM: Applications open.
31 July 11:59PM: Applications due.
Please note that key dates vary year by year.
Applications are reviewed by our Grants Committee and Fund Advisors.
31 July 11:59PM: All applications due via grant portal.
August: Yellowknife Community Foundation staff conduct due diligence checks, and Grants Committee members undertake a review process. As a normal part of the review process, you may be contacted for further clarifying information.
September: Applicants are notified. Every applicant will receive notification regardless of funding decision.
- All successful grantees will be required to submit a final report through our online portal.
- We want to hear from you during the lifecycle of your grant! Please reach out anytime with an impact story, picture or video, or just to say “Hi!”.
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