Recipients of the Anti-Poverty Fund

The annual Anti-Poverty Fund distributes $1,750,000 to help eligible organizations and community and Indigenous governments to support their poverty reduction initiatives.

2023-2024 Funding Recipients

REGION

ORGANIZATION

PROJECT

FUNDING

NWT WIDE Alternative North Next Steps Towards an NWT BIG $30,000.00
Arctic Energy Alliance Designated Income Homeowner Energy Efficiency Project $30,000.00
Ecology North Ecology North School Garden Program $30,000.00
Food First Foundation Supporting Food Programs in NWT Schools $50,000.00
Foster Family Coalition Camp Connections $20,000.00
Qmunity Camp NWT Qmunity Camp NWT 2023 $25,000.00
Supporting Wellbeing - Makeway Supporting Wellbeing Trainings $45,000.00
BEAUFORT DELTA Aklavik Community Corp Beluga Harvesting Program $8,000.00
Aklavik Indian Band Drop-In Program $30,000.00
Hamlet of Paulatuk Paulatuk Food Security Program $25,000.00
Hamlet of Ulukhaktok Ulukhaktok Food Bank $40,000.00
Inuvialuit Regional Corp. (ICEDO) Oven-Ready Suppers for Struggling Families $30,000.00
Inuvik Native Band INB Indigent Food Supports $30,000.00
Inuvik Youth Centre ITC Drop-in Service $30,000.00
Teetl'it Gwich'in Band Council Healthy People, Healthy Community $40,000.00
Tetlit Gwich'in Council - DGO Tetlit Zheh Anti-Poverty Program $30,000.00
The Tahiuqtiit Women’s Society Weekly Cooking and Sewing Classes $30,000.00
Tsiigehtchic Charter Community Reducing Barriers for Food Security $30,000.00
Tuktoyaktuk Community Corporation JJYC Youth Programming $30,000.00
DEHCHO Deh Cho Friendship Centre DCFC 23-24 Anti-Poverty $20,000.00 (multi-year)
Deh Gah Go'tie Dene Band Feeding Our Souls $25,000.00
Dene Nahjo Hide Tanning Mentorship Program in the Dehcho $20,000.00
Liidlii Kue First Nation Soup Kitchen and Homelessness Support $30,000.00
Jean Marie River First Nation Sustainability in Local Traditional Foods $30,000.00
Nahanni Butte Dene Band Safe Housing - Addressing critical health and safety hazards $30,000.00
Pehdzeh Ki First Nation Helping Members Needs $30,000.00
SAHTU Children First Society Reaching Out - Young Children and their Families $30,000.00
Deline Got'ine Government Traditional Food Security Program $35,000.00
Fort Norman Métis Community Building Safe Housing, Skills, and Well-being in Tulita - Yr.2 $35,000.00
Incorporated Hamlet of Tulita Tulita Community Garden Final Phase First Expansion $20,000.00
K'asho Got'ine Chartered Community Council Better Me $22,000.00
Norman Wells Land Corporation Elders’ Meal Assistance in Norman Wells $35,000.00 (multi-year)
Town of Norman Wells Youth & Elder Centre - After School Program $11,000.00
Town of Norman Wells Norman Wells Food Pantry $12,000.00
SOUTH SLAVE Family Support Centre Transitional Extended Stay Program $25,000.00
  Fort Smith Métis Council Subsidy Program $20,000.00
  Hay River Committee for Persons with Disabilities LEAP to Transitional Housing $55,000.00 (multi-year)
  Hay River Soup Kitchen Healthy Nutrition for Families/Food Bank $30,000.00
  Salt River First Nation Giving Back $35,000.00
  Soaring Eagle Friendship Centre SEFC Programs $35,000.00
  West Point First Nation “From All Directions” - WPFN Anti-Poverty Initiative $25,000.00
TŁĮCHǪ Behchokǫ̀ Presence Office Behchokǫ̀'s Home Exterior Painting Project $30,000.00
  Community Government of Behchoko Ko Gocho Kitchen & Cafe $50,000.00
  Tłı̨chǫ Government Behchokǫ̀ On-the-Land Healing Program $40,000.00
  Tłı̨chǫ Government Gamètì On-the-Land Healing Program $40,000.00
  Tłı̨chǫ Government Whatì Youth On-the-Land Healing Program $40,000.00
  Tłı̨chǫ Government Wekweètì On-the-Land Healing Program $40,000.00
YELLOWKNIFE Conseil de Development Economique des Territories de Nord-Quest Dress to Impress $15,000.00
Food Rescue Operations & Maintenance of Food Rescue Yellowknife $35,000.00
Habitat for Humanity Northwest Territories A Hand Up Through Affordable Home Ownership $30,000.00
Homebase Yellowknife Cultural Programming $30,000.00
North Slave Métis Alliance NSMA Community Garden $20,000.00
The Salvation Army Room Revitalization Project $26,000.00
Tree of Peace Friendship Centre Hazhǫ Ełexè Łets’eèzhe $45,000.00
Yellowknife Farmers Market Pay it Forward $12,000.00
Yellowknife United Church Mildred Hall Intergenerational Garden Enhancement $24,000.00
Yellowknives Dene First Nation Food Sustainability for the Yellowknives Dene First Nation People $50,000.00 (multi-year)
YWCA NWT Fresh Start for Families in Transitional Housing $30,000.00

TOTAL

$1,750,000

2022-2023 Funding Recipients

REGION

ORGANIZATION

PROJECT

PURPOSE

FUNDING

NWT WIDE

Habitat for Humanity Northwest Territories

Poverty Reduction through Affordable Home Ownership

Employment & Skills

Homeless & Housing

$50,000.00

FOXY

SMASHing Poverty in the Age of COVID-19

Family Violence

Mental Wellness

Addictions

Child/Youth

$25,000.00

Alternatives North

Basic Income Guarantee Feasibility Study

Employment & Skills

$35,000.00

Foster Family Coalition of the NWT

Crisis management and Supporting At-risk Children and Youth Staff Training Program

Family Violence

Mental Wellness

Employment & Skills

Child/Youth

$18,000.00

NWT Recreation & Parks Association

Supporting Wellbeing

Addictions

Mental Wellness

On-the-Land

Employment & Skills

 $50,000.00

MakeWay Charitable Society  - Northern Youth Leadership

Leadership on the Land

Traditional Knowledge

On-the-Land Employment & Skills Child/Youth

$20,000.00 (multi-year)

Northern Mosaic Network

Qmunity Camp NWT

On-the-Land

Child/Youth

2SLQBTQIPA+

$25,000.00

Food First Foundation

Supporting Food Program in  NWT School

Charitable Food

Nutrition Education

Cooking

Early Childhood

Development

Child/Youth

$50,000.00

Arctic Energy Alliance

Designated Income Homeowner Energy Efficiency Project

Employment & Skills

Homeless & Housing

$30,000.00(multi-year)

Arctic Energy Alliance

Community Wood Stove Project

Employment & Skills

Homeless & Housing

$30,000.00

YELLOWKNIFE

Conseil de Development Economique des Territories de Nord-Quest (CDETNO)

Dress to Impress

Employment & Skills

 

$15,000.00 (multi-year)

YWCA NWT

Reducing Housing Barriers for women in poverty who have experienced domestic violence

Family Violence

Mental Wellness Homeless & Housing

Women

$30,000.00

Home Base Yellowknife

Cultural Support - Home Base Youth Dorms

Traditional Knowledge

On-the-Land Employment & Skills Child/Youth

Homeless & Housing

$30,000.00

Yellowknives Dene First Nation

Food Sustainability for the Yellowknives Dene First Nation People

Charitable Food

Harvesting

Traditional Knowledge

On-the-Land

Employment & Skills Child/Youth

Elders

$50,000.00

Food Rescue

Operations & Maintenance of Food Rescue Yellowknife

Charitable Food

 

$35,000.00 (multi-year)

Yellowknife Farmers Market

Pay It Forward

Charitable Food

Commercial Agriculture

$12,000.00

Ecology North

Ecology North School Garden Program

Nutritional Education

Gardens

Employment & Skills

Child/Youth

$35,000.00

The Salvation Army

Clothing Recovery

Homeless & Housing

$26,000.00

Yellowknife Women's Society

Rapid Rehousing Program

Addictions

Mental Wellness

Employment & Skills

Homeless & Housing

$40,000.00

TLICHO

Community Government of Behchoko

Kǫ̀ Gocho Kitchen and Cafe

Charitable Food

Nutritional Education

Child/Youth

$50,000.00

Tłįchǫ Łeagia Ts’įįlį Kǫ (TLTK)

Strengthening Our Tł̨ıchǫ Elder Abuse Response Program

Family Violence

Mental Wellness

Elders

$60,000.00

SOUTH SLAVE

West Point First Nation

"From All Directions" - A WPFN Anti-Poverty Initiative

Charitable Food

Harvesting

Traditional Knowledge

On-the-Land

Gardens

Child/Youth

Elders

$20,000.00

Family Support Centre

Transitional Extended Stay Program

Family Violence

Homeless & Housing

Child/Youth

Women

$25,000.00 (multi-year)

Hay River Metis Council

Educating Youth on Traditional Hunting and Fishing Skills-Ensure Sustenance.

Harvesting

Traditional Knowledge

On-the-Land

Employment & Skills

Child/Youth

$20,000.00

Soaring Eagle Friendship Centre

Soaring Eagle Programs

Charitable Food

Cooking

Traditional Knowledge

Child/Youth

Elders

$35,000.00 (multi-year)

Hay River Soup Kitchen

Healthy Nutrition for Families/Food Bank

Charitable Food

 

$30,000.00 (multi-year)

Deninu Kue First Nation

Deninu Kue First Nation Traditional Food Program

Charitable Food Harvesting

Traditional Knowledge

Elders

$20,000.00

Denesoline Corporation

Lutsel k'e Daycare

Early Childhood Development

Childcare

Child/Youth

Employment & Skills

$30,000.00

Ka'a'gee Tu First Nation

Building Safe Housing, Skills, and Well-Being in Kakisa (Year 2)

Employment & Skills

Homeless & Housing

$30,000.00

Salt River First Nation

Giving Back

Addictions

Mental Wellness

Traditional Knowledge

$30,000.00

Town of Fort Smith

Mary Kaeser Library - Overcoming the Digital Divide/Community Access

Employment & Skills

Child/Youth

$25,000.00

Fort Smith Ecumenical Group
Soup Kitchen & Food Bank

Healthy Food for Families in Fort Smith

Charitable Food

 

$25,000.00

BEAUFORT DELTA

Inuvialuit Regional Corp

Country Food Processing for Community Distribution

Charitable Food

Harvesting

Employment & Skills

$20,000.00

Children First Society

Reaching Out - Young Children and their Families

Charitable Food

Nutrition Education

Cooking

Early Childhood

Development

Child/Youth

$30,000.00 (multi-year)

Community Garden Society of Inuvik

Inuvik Community Greenhouse

Charitable Food

Nutrition Education

Gardens

Employment & Skills

$35,000.00

Great Northern Art Festival

Youth and Adult Creative Outreach

Traditional Knowledge Employment & Skills

Homeless & Housing

Child/Youth

$20,000.00

Inuvik Native Band

Indigent Members Food Support

Charitable Food

 

$20,000.00

Hamlet of Paulatuk

Paulatuk Anti-Poverty Program 22-23

Charitable Food

Harvesting

Traditional Knowledge

On-the-Land

Gardens

Child/Youth

Elders

$25,000.00

Incorporated Hamlet of Tuktoyaktuk

Lunch Program - Recreation Department

Charitable Food

Child/Youth

$10,000.00

Tuktoyaktuk Community Corporation

JJYC Youth Programming

Mental Wellness

Traditional Knowledge

On-the-Land

Employment & Skills

Child/Youth

$25,000.00

Olokhaktomiut Hunters & Trappers Committee

Feeding Our Members

Charitable Food

Harvesting

Traditional Knowledge

On-the-Land

Child/Youth

$12,000.00

Tahiuqtiit Women's Society

Weekly Cooking and Sewing Classes

Nutrition Education

Cooking

Traditional Knowledge

Women

Elders

$30,000.00

Hamlet of Aklavik

Community Wellness

Cooking

Traditional Knowledge

Women

$20,000.00

Aklavik Hunters and Trappers Committee

Community Harvest

Charitable Food

Harvesting

Traditional Knowledge

On-the-Land

Child/Youth

 $20,000.00

Aklavik Community Corporation

Breakfast Program

Charitable Food

Cooking

$5,000.00

Aklavik Community Corporation

Beluga Harvesting

Charitable Food

Harvesting

Traditional Knowledge

On-the-Land

Child/Youth

$8,000.00

Hamlet of Sachs Harbour

Food for People in Poverty

Charitable Food

 

$15,000.00

DEHCHO

Liidlii Kue First Nation

Soup Kitchen and Homelessness Support

Charitable Food

Homeless & Housing

 

$30,000.00 (multi-year)

Dehcho First Nation

Dehcho 30-Day Healing Program

Addictions

Mental Wellness

Traditional Knowledge

On-the-Land

Elders

$40,000.00

Deh Cho Friendship Centre

22-23 DCFC Anti-Pov

Charitable Food

Traditional Knowledge

Employment & Skills

Child/Youth

Women

$18,000.00

MakeWay Charitable Society – Dene Nahjo

Hide Tanning Mentorship Program in the Dehcho

Harvesting

Traditional Knowledge

On-the-Land

Employment & Skills

Child/Youth

Elders

Women

$20,000.00

Sambaa K'e First Nation

Building Safe Housing, Skills, and Well-being in Sambaa K'e

Employment & Skills

Homeless & Housing

$30,000.00

Nahanni Butte Dene Band

Safe Housing - Addressing foundation repair, electrical and plumbing issues

Employment & Skills

Homeless & Housing

$30,000.00


Deh Gáh Got’ie First Nation

Dáóndı́h Dene k’éé Gots’endı́h: How to Live the Dene Way

Pre and Post Natal

Early Childhood Development

Family Violence

Addictions

Mental Wellness

Harvesting

Traditional Knowledge

On-the-Land

Employment & Skills

Child/Youth

Elders

$20,000.00

Pehdzeh Ki First Nation

PKFN Food Security Project

Charitable Food

 

$20,000.00

Jean Marie River First Nation

Blazing Pathways to Food Security in Jean Marie River

Harvesting

Traditional Knowledge

On-the-Land

Child/Youth

Elders

$45,000.00

SAHTU

Norman Wells Land Corporation

Elders' Meals Assistance in Norman Wells

Charitable Food

Elders

$30,000.00

Town of Norman Wells

Norman Wells Food Pantry

Charitable Food

 

$7,000.00

Town of Norman Wells

Norman wells Youth & Elder Centre - After School Program

Charitable Food

Childcare

Employment & Skills

Child/Youth

$9,000.00

Incorporated Hamlet of Tulita

Expanding Food Security (Second Phrase)

Charitable Food

Nutrition Education

Cooking

Gardens

Commercial Agriculture

Employment & Skills

$20,000.00

Fort Norman Metis Land Corp

Building Safe Housing, Skills, and Well-Being in Tulita

Employment & Skills

Homeless & Housing

$30,000.00

Tulita Dene Band

Tulita's Anti-Poverty

Traditional Knowledge

On-the-Land

Employment & Skills

Child/Youth

Elders

 $20,000.00

Deline Got'ine Government

Traditional Food Program

Harvesting

Traditional Knowledge

On-the-Land

Employment & Skills

Child/Youth

 $60,000.00

K'asho Got'ine Charter Community

K'asho Got'ine Anti-Poverty Initiative

Charitable Food

Nutrition Education

Cooking

Child/Youth

$20,000.00

TOTAL

$1,750,000

2021-2022 Funding Recipients

Region

Organization

Project

Funding

NWT Wide

NWT Seniors Society/Alternative North Living Wage Calculation 2021 $ 12,000
Arctic Energy Alliance

Low Income Home Winterization Project

$ 42,000

Food First Foundation Support for School Food Programs Across the NWT $ 60,000
MakeWay Charitable Society - Northern Youth Leadership Leadership on the Land $ 40,000
NWT Recreation and Parks Association

Supporting Wellbeing

$ 40,000
FOXY SMASH: Reducing Poverty & Improving Social Outcomes Through Education $ 30,000

Yellowknife

CDETNO Dress to Impress $ 20,000
MakeWay Charitable Society - Dene Nahjo Dene Nahjo's 5th Annual Urban Hide Camp $ 40,000
Ecology North Ecology North School Garden Program $ 15,000
Food Rescue Yellowknife Operations and Maintenance of Food Rescue Yellowknife

$ 10,000

Rainbow Coalition Qmunity Camp NWT $ 25,000
The SideDoor Ministries Key Worker- Youth in Transition, Transitional Housing $ 40,000
Yellowknife Farmer's Market "Pay It Forward" Program $ 11,500
Yellowknife Women's Society Rapid Rehousing Program  $ 40,000
Yellowknives Dene First Nation Food Sustainability for the YKDFN People $ 47,700
YWCA Rapid Rehousing Program for Families at Risk of Homelessness

$ 40,000

North Slave

Habitat for Humanity Northwest Territories 

Poverty Reduction through Affordable Home Ownership

$ 50,000
Tłı̨chǫ Government Home Exterior Painting Project $ 50,000
Tłı̨chǫ Government Behchokǫ̀  Healing Families On-The-Lands Program $60,000
Tłı̨chǫ Łeàgı̨a Ts’ı̨ı̨lı̨ Kǫ (TLTK)

First Responders Curriculum Development and Training for Elder's Health and Wellness

$40,000
Tłı̨chǫ Government Annual Whatı̀ Trip Around the Lake

$40,000

Community Government of Whatı̀ Art and Craft Evenings for Youth $5,600
Tłı̨chǫ Government

Gamètì Healing Families On-The-Lands

$30,000
Tłı̨chǫ Government Wekweètı̀ Healing Families On-The-Lands $25,000

South Slave

Family Support Centre Transitional Extended Stay Program $26,000
Hay River Soup Kitchen Healthy Nutrition for families/Food Bank $50,000
Hay River Committee for Persons with Disabilities LEAP - Life Skills, Employment Action Program $50,000
Soaring Eagle Friendship Centre 2021-2022 Soaring Eagle Friendship Centre - Programs $50,000
West Point First Nation "From All Directions" - A WPFN Anti-Poverty Initiative $21,500
Ka-a-gee Tu First Nation Building Safe Housing, Skills, and Well-being in Kakisa $34,000

Beaufort Delta

Children First Society Supporting Young Children and Their Families $30,000
Great Northern Arts Festival Youth and Adult Creative Arts Outreach $34,000
Gwich'in Tribal Council Parent-to-Parent Relationships on the Land: A Foundation for Community-led Aftercare

$60,000

Inuvik Community Greenhouse Year Round Veggie Box $35,000
Inuvik Youth Centre Inuvik Youth Centre Drop-in Services $35,000
Aklavik Community Corporation Supporting Families in Need $5,000
Incorporated Hamlet of Sachs Harbour Food for People in Poverty $15,000
Incorporated Hamlet of Tuktoyaktuk Keeping Families Healthy $34,340

Dehcho

Deh Cho Friendship Centre Deh Cho Friendship Centre Programs $15,960
Liidlii Kue First Nation Soup Kitchen and Homelessness Support $30,000

Acho Dene Koe First Nation

Brown Bag Lunch Kitchen $45,000
Jean Marie River First Nation Blazing Pathways to Food Security in Jean Marie River $67,200
Pehdzeh Ki First Nation PKFN Anti-Poverty $20,000

Sahtu

Deline Got'ine Government Dene Bere (Traditional Foods) Program $60,000
Fort Good Hope Renewable Resources Council Monthly Farmers Market in Fort Good Hope $40,000
K'asho Got'ine Housing Society Kádúyı́le Men’s Group Home and Supported Living $50,000
Norman Wells Land Corp Elders' Meals Assistance in Norman Wells $40,000
Town of Norman Wells

After School Program

$8,400
Town of Norman Wells Norman Wells Food Pantry $4,800
Incorporated Hamlet of Tulita Developing Food Security $15,000
Other NWT Literacy Council Canada Learning Bond $45,000
TBD How-to Video $15,000

TOTAL

$1,750,000.00

2020-2021 Funding Recipients

Region

Organization

Project

Funding

NWT Wide

Northern Youth Leadership

Northern Youth Leadership Land Camps

$40,000
Food First Foundation Food First Foundation $75,000

Arctic Energy Alliance

Low Income Home Winterization and Efficiency $42,000

Yellowknife

Yellowknife Women's Society & Centre for Northern Families Rapid Rehousing Program $62,000
SideDoor HOME4U - Homelessness Prevention and Rapid Rehousing $50,000
YWCA Preventing Poverty and Homelessness for Families through Integrated Case Management $61,600

CDETNO

Dress to Impress

$4,900
Food Rescue Food Rescue $17,500

North Slave

Tłı̨chǫ Government

Preserving and Revitalizing the Tłı̨chǫ Traditional Culture $60,000
Tłįchǫ Łeagia Ts’įįlį Kǫ Behchokǫ̀ Youth Needs Assessment and Poverty Prevention Strategy $30,000
Łutsel K’e Dene First Nation Denechanie: Multi-site Development for On the Land Programming $40,000

South Slave

The Family Support Centre Transitional Extended Stay Program $24,000
Soaring Eagle Friendship Centre Soaring Eagle Friendship Centre $40,000
Hay River Committee for Persons with Disabilities Life Skills, Employment Action Program $60,000
Hay River Métis Government Council Reconnecting with the Land – Traditional Foods $30,000
Kátł’odeeche First Nation Reducing poverty in our community $26,000

Beaufort Delta

Gwichya Gwich'in Council Gwichya Gwich'in Keep Positive $30,000
Inuvik Youth Centre Inuvik Youth Centre $35,000
Inuvik Native Band Soup kitchen $15,000
Children First Society Supporting Young Children and Their Families $30,000
Aklavik Community Corp Breakfast & Snack Program $5,000
Aklavik Hunter and Trappers Committee Community Harvest and Teaching Traditional Knowledge $19,000
Hamlet of Fort McPherson Fort McPherson Food Bank $25,000
Tetlit Gwich'in Council Tetlit Zheh Transient Project $40,000
Hamlet of Tuktoyaktuk Community Bonding $40,000

Dehcho

Łı́ı́dlı̨́ı̨́ Kų́ę́ First Nation Soup Kitchen and Homelessness Support $30,000
Dehcho Friendship Centre Dehcho Friendship Centre $18,000

Sahtu

Norman Wells Land Corporation Elders Meal Assistance $50,000

TOTAL

$1,000,000.00

2019-2020 Funding Recipients

Region

Organization

Project

Purpose

Funding

NWT Wide

FOXY

SMASH Sexual & Mental Health
Education Workshops

Mental Wellness
Youth

$25,000.00

Tides Canada
Northern Youth Leadership

Land to Life: A Northern Youth
Wellness Initiative

Mental Wellness
Youth
On-the-Land
TK

$20,000.00

Foster Family Coalition
of the NWT

Sleeping Cabins Rebuild
at Camp Connections

Youth
On-the-Land

$20,000.00

Dene Nahjo

Rites of Passage Project
Envisioning Gathering

Wellness
On-the-Land
TK

$35,000.00

Ecology North

School Garden Program

Food Security
Children & youth

$10,000.00

Dene Nation

Sustainable Communities: Sustainable Culture
from Elders to Youth

Wellness
On-the-Land
TK

$20,000.00

Food First Foundation

Taste Maker Cooking and
Nutrition Education Program

Nutrition education
Youth

$20,000.00

Native Women's Association

Conquering Poverty through
Compassion and Deliberate Action

Education

$30,000.00

Arctic Energy Alliance

Low Income Home Winterization Project

Housing & homelessness

$41,900.00

Yellowknife

YWCA

Food Security and Family Meals

Food Security

$30,000.00

Food Rescue
Yellowknife

Driver and Site Manager Costs
1YR

Food Security

$20,000.00

Yellowknife Women's
Society

Rapid Rehousing Project

Housing & homelessness
Integrated Continuum of Services

$40,000.00

NWT Disabilities Council

Balanced Breakfast Program

Food Security

$15,000.00

Food Rescue
Yellowknife

History and How to Guide

Food Security

$10,000.00

Yellowknives Dene
First Nation

Community Support Program

Wellness
Elders

$30,000.00

CDETNO

Dress to Impress

Employment

$8,000.00

Yellowknife Farmers
Market

YKFM Pay It Forward Program

Food Security
Social Inclusion

$10,000.00

North Slave

Tłı̨chǫ Government

Preserving and Revitalize
the Tłı̨chǫ Culture

Wellness
On-the-Land
TK

$50,000.00

Community Government
of Whatì

Community Breakfast Program

Food Security

$7,000.00

South Slave

Fort Smith Daycare Society

Fort Smtih Daycare

Early Childhood Development

$5,000.00

Hay River Metis
Government Council

Reconnecting With the
Land-Tradition Food

Food Security
On-the-land
TK

$30,000.00

The Soup Kitchen

Healthy Nutrition For All

Food Security

$25,000.00

Hay River Committee for
Persons with Disabilities

LEAP- Life Skills,
Employment Action Program

Training & employment
Housing
Food Security
Social Inclusion
Integrated Continuum of Services

$50,000.00

Dene Wellness Centre
KFN

Connecting and Supporting
Part 1

Wellness

$25,000.00

Northern Farm
Training Institute

From-the-Land Cooking Classes
and Pop-up Cafes

Food Security
Training & employment

$15,000.00

Beaufort Delta

Aklavik Community
Corporation

Traditional Activities

Food Security
On-the-Land
TK

$20,000.00

Aklavik Community
Corporation

Breakfast and Snack Program

Food Security

$10,000.00

Ehdiitat Gwich'in
Council

Aklavik Anti-Poverty Initiative

Food Security

$15,000.00

Tetlit Gwich'in
Council

Tetlit Zheh Anti-Poverty Project

Food Security

$30,000.00

Tuk Comm Corp. Aimayunga
Women & Emergency
Foster Care Shelter

Healthy Food Drive

Food Security

$7,500.00

Inuvik Community Corp

Family Traditional Skills
Land Program

Food Security
On-the-Land
TK

$10,000.00

Ulukhaktok Community Corp

Sealing Camp

Food Security
On-the-Land
TK
Youth

$10,000.00

Hamlet of Aklavik

Community Wellness

Food Security

$10,000.00

Inuvik Emergency
Warming Centre

Inuvik Emergency Warming Centre

Housing & homelessness
Integrated Continuum of Services

$50,000.00

Hamlet of Sachs Harbour

Food for People in Poverty

Food Security

$10,000.00

Children First Society

Supporting Young Children
and Their Families

Early Childhood Development

$30,000.00

Community Garden
Society of Inuvik

Food Fit Program 2019

Wellness
Food Security

$20,000.00

Gwich'in Tribal Council

Healthy Community Project

Food Security
On-the-Land
TK

$15,000.00

RC Church

Food Bank

Food Security

$10,600.00

Dehcho

Acho Dene Koe
First Nation

Lunch Kitchen

Food Security

$20,000.00

Pehdzeh Ki
First Nation

Poverty is Real - Even in
Small Communities

On-the-Land
TK
Food Security
Housing & homelessness
Training & employment

$20,000.00

Sambaa K'e
First Nation

Wellness for Men:
Reaching our Potential

Wellness

$20,000.00

Nahanni Butte
Dene Band

2019/20 Anti Poverty

Food Security

$10,000.00

Sahtu

Norman Wells
Land Corp

Elder's Meal Assistance
in Norman Wells

Food Security
Elders

$20,000.00

K'asho Got'ine
Housing Society

Supporting Men's Wellness
in Fort Good
Hope through Integrated Case Management

Wellness
On-the-Land & TK
Integrated Continuum of Services
Housing & Homelessness

$25,000.00

Deline Gotine
Government

Out on the Land

On-the-Land
TK
Food Security

$25,000.00

Behdzi Ah'da
First Nation

Youth Supporting Elders

Housing & Homelessness
Elders
Youth

$20,000.00

TOTAL

$1,000,000.00

2018-2019 Funding Recipients

Organization

Project

Funding

Behchokǫ̀ RCMP/Behchokǫ̀ Community Government

Behchokǫ̀ Emergency Warming Society

$20,000.00

Aklavik Community Corporation

Aklavik Traditional Activities

$10,000.00

Inuvik Community Corporation

Family Traditional Activities

$10,000.00

Inuvialuit Regional Corporation

Project Jewel

$20,000.00

Aklavik Community Corporation

Breakfast and Snack Program

$6,000.00

Community Government of Gamètı̀

Growing Gamètı̀ Wellness (food Supplies)

$25,000.00

Inuvik Emergency Warming Centre Society

Inuvik Emergency Warming Shelter

$50,000.00

Norman Wells Lands Corporation

Elders' Meal Assistance in Norman Wells

$25,000.00

YWCA NWT

Housing, Food, and Families First Project

$25,000.00

FOXY

SMASH School-based Workshops

$25,000.00

Food First Foundation

School Snack and Breakfast Program and Support and Improvement

$25,000.00

Hamlet of Aklavik

Community Wellness

$20,000.00

Hamlet of Tulita

Developing Food Security

$10,000.00

Hamlet of Ulukhaktok

Day shelter

$20,000.00

Nihtat Gwich'in Council

Nihtat Gwich'in Anti-Poverty Project

$20,000.00

Sambaa K'e First Nation

Soup Kitchen

$10,000.00

Tetlit Gwich'in Council

Tetlit Zheh Anti-Poverty Project

$10,000.00

Yellowknife Women's Society

Rapid Rehousing Project

$40,000.00

Aimayunga Women's Shelter

Healthy Foods Drive

$7,500.00

Aklavik Indian Band

Aklavik Food Bank

$10,000.00

CDETNO

Dress to Impress

$10,000.00

City of Yellowknife

Housing First

$50,000.00

Deh Cho Friendship Centre

DCFC Community Helper Program

$10,000.00

Délı̨ne Got'ine Government

Community Wellness Project

$25,000.00

Family Support Centre

Transitional Extended Stay Program

$60,000.00

Food Rescue Yellowknife

Driver and Site Manager

$20,000.00

Gwich'in Tribal Council

Community Hunts and Luncheons

$20,000.00

Hay River Committee for Persons with Disabilities

Life-Skills, Employment Action Program

$60,000.00

Hay River Soup Kitchen/Food Bank Providing More Nutritious Items in Meals and Hampers $25,000.00
Inuvik Native Band Family Support and food development $7,000.00
Ingamo Hall Friendship Centre On the Land Traditional Skills and Healthy Living Activities $15,000.00
Inuvik Youth Centre Society Inuvik Youth Centre Drop-in $35,000.00
Katlodeeche First Nation Reducing Poverty in our community $20,000.00
Northern Farm Training Institute Raising Chickens and From-the-land Cooking Classes $15,000.00
Pedhzeh Ki First Nation Fighting Poverty $10,000.00
The Salvation Army Healthy Eating $20,000.00
The Salvation Army Welcome Kits - Affordable Housing $5,000.00
SideDoor Home for Youth: Homelessness (Eviction) Prevention - A Housing $50,000.00
Soaring Eagle Friendship Centre FOCUS Project $15,000.00
Tides Canada Initiatives Society Northern Youth Leadership Land Camps $25,000.00
Tłı̨chǫ Government Dene Warriors Program $30,000.00
Uncle Gabe's Friendship Centre Intergenerational Empowerment Project $52,000.00
Yellowknife Farmers' Market Yellowknife Community Supported Agriculture Supper Clubs $7,500.00
Yellowknives Dene First Nation Dettah Community Greenhouse Project Phase II $25,000.00

TOTAL

$1,000,000.00

Interested in applying for the Anti-Poverty Fund?

For ideas and information on what others are doing, please email Anti-Poverty@gov.nt.ca .