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.
2024-2025 Funding Recipients
|
REGION |
ORGANIZATION |
PROJECT |
FUNDING |
| NWT WIDE | Ecology North | Ecology North School Garden Program | $30,000.00 |
| Food First Foundation | Supporting Food Programs in NWT Schools | $55,000.00 | |
| Foster Family Coalition | Camp Connections | $50,000.00 | |
| FOXY | Trauma Informed Youth Programs | $47,000.00 | |
| MakeWay Society - Supporting Wellbeing | Supporting Wellbeing On the Land | $50,000.00 | |
| Northern Mosaic Network | Confronting 2SLGBTQIPA+ Issues in Healthcare | $25,000.00 | |
| Qmunity Camp NWT | 2024-25 Camp Sessions | $40,000.00 | |
| BEAUFORT DELTA | Aklavik Indian Band | Drop-In | $20,000.00 |
| Community Garden Society of Inuvik | Greenhouse Food Security Skills Project | $28,000.00 | |
| Dinjii Zhuh Solutions | The Grub Box | $25,000.00 | |
| Hamlet of Paulatuk | Food Security Program | $25,000.00 (Multi-year) | |
| Hamlet of Ulukhaktok | Ulukhaktok Food Bank | $40,000.00 (Multi-year) | |
| Incorporated Hamlet of Sachs Harbour | Food for People in Poverty | $15,000.00 (Multi-year) | |
| Inuvik Native Band | INB Indigent Food Supports | $30,000.00 | |
| Inuvik Youth Centre | ITC Drop-in Services | $30,000.00 | |
| The Great Northern Arts Festival Society | Carving Connections: Building resilience through craft | $20,000.00 | |
| The Tahiuqtiit Women's Society | Weekly Cooking and Sewing Classes | $40,000.00 | |
| Tsiigehtchic Charter Community | Reducing Barriers for Food Security | $30,000.00 | |
| Tuk Community Corp | JJYFC Youth Programming | $30,000.00 | |
| DEHCHO | Deh Cho Friendship Centre | DCFC 23-24 Anti-Poverty | $20,000.00 |
| Liidlii Kue First Nation | LKFN Soup Kitchen | $35,000.00 (Multi-year) | |
| Nahanni Butte Dene Band | Safe Housing - Addressing Critical Health & Safety Hazards | $37,000.00 | |
| SAHTU | Deline Got'ine Government Housing Society | Deline Community Food Security Project | $60,000.00 |
| K'asho Got'ine Chartered Community Council | The Wellness Support Project | $65,000.00 | |
| K'asho Got'ine Housing Society | Kádúyı́le Supported Living Program | $30,000.00 | |
| Norman Wells Land Corporation | Elder’s Meal Assistance in Norman Wells | $35,000.00 | |
| Town of Norman Wells | Food Pantry | $18,000.00 | |
| Town of Norman Wells | Youth & Elder Centre - After School Program | $15,000.00 | |
| SOUTH SLAVE | Family Support Centre | Transitional Extended Stay Program | $30,000.00 |
| Fort Smith Food Bank | Healthy Food for Those in Need | $26,000.00 | |
| Fort Smith Metis Council | Subsidy Program | $25,000.00 | |
| Hay River Committee for Persons with Disabilities | LEAP to Transitional Housing | $55,000.00 | |
| Soaring Eagle Friendship Centre | Fruitful NWT | $65,000.00 | |
| West Point First Nation | From All Directions | $24,000.00 | |
| TŁĮCHǪ | Tłı̨chǫ Government | Holistic Community Wellness and Cultural Revival Initiative | $130,000.00 |
| YELLOWKNIFE | CDETNO | Dress to Impress | $26,000.00 |
| Food Rescue | Operations & Maintenance of Food Rescue Yellowknife | $30,000.00 | |
| Habitat NWT | Reducing Poverty through Affordable Home Ownership | $40,000.00 | |
| Homebase Yellowknife | Cultural Programming HomeBase Yellowknife | $40,000.00 | |
| Makerspace YK | Don't Fake It, Make It! Entrepreneurship and Skills Development Program | $20,000.00 | |
| MakeWay Society - Dene Nahjo | Hide Tanning Mentorship Program | $30,000.00 | |
| North Slave Metis Alliance | Expansion of NSMA Community Garden | $20,000.00 | |
| The Salvation Army | Fresh Food for Every Table | $40,000.00 | |
| Tree of Peace Friendship Centre | Hazhǫ Ełexè Łets’eèzhe | $40,000.00 | |
| Yellowknife Farmers Market | Pay it Forward Program | $15,000.00 (Multi-year) | |
| Yellowknife United Church | Mildred Hall Intergenerational Garden Enhancement | $19,000.00 | |
| Yellowknife Women's Society | Rapid Rehousing Program | $40,000.00 | |
| Yellowknives Dene First Nation | Sustainability for the Yellowknives Dene First Nation People | $50,000.00 | |
| YWCA | Safe, Affordable Transitional Housing Program | $40,000.00 | |
|
TOTAL |
$1,750,000 |
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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 |
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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 |
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 |
|
|
|
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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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2019-2020 Funding Recipients
|
Region |
Organization |
Project |
Purpose |
Funding |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
NWT Wide |
FOXY |
SMASH Sexual & Mental Health |
Mental Wellness |
$25,000.00 |
|
Tides Canada |
Land to Life: A Northern Youth |
Mental Wellness |
$20,000.00 |
|
|
Foster Family Coalition |
Sleeping Cabins Rebuild |
Youth |
$20,000.00 |
|
|
Dene Nahjo |
Rites of Passage Project |
Wellness |
$35,000.00 |
|
|
Ecology North |
School Garden Program |
Food Security |
$10,000.00 |
|
|
Dene Nation |
Sustainable Communities: Sustainable Culture |
Wellness |
$20,000.00 |
|
|
Food First Foundation |
Taste Maker Cooking and |
Nutrition education |
$20,000.00 |
|
|
Native Women's Association |
Conquering Poverty through |
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 |
Driver and Site Manager Costs |
Food Security |
$20,000.00 |
|
|
Yellowknife Women's |
Rapid Rehousing Project |
Housing & homelessness |
$40,000.00 |
|
|
NWT Disabilities Council |
Balanced Breakfast Program |
Food Security |
$15,000.00 |
|
|
Food Rescue |
History and How to Guide |
Food Security |
$10,000.00 |
|
|
Yellowknives Dene |
Community Support Program |
Wellness |
$30,000.00 |
|
|
CDETNO |
Dress to Impress |
Employment |
$8,000.00 |
|
|
Yellowknife Farmers |
YKFM Pay It Forward Program |
Food Security |
$10,000.00 |
|
|
North Slave |
Tłı̨chǫ Government |
Preserving and Revitalize |
Wellness |
$50,000.00 |
|
Community Government |
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 |
Reconnecting With the |
Food Security |
$30,000.00 |
|
|
The Soup Kitchen |
Healthy Nutrition For All |
Food Security |
$25,000.00 |
|
|
Hay River Committee for |
LEAP- Life Skills, |
Training & employment |
$50,000.00 |
|
|
Dene Wellness Centre |
Connecting and Supporting |
Wellness |
$25,000.00 |
|
|
Northern Farm |
From-the-Land Cooking Classes |
Food Security |
$15,000.00 |
|
|
Beaufort Delta |
Aklavik Community |
Traditional Activities |
Food Security |
$20,000.00 |
|
Aklavik Community |
Breakfast and Snack Program |
Food Security |
$10,000.00 |
|
|
Ehdiitat Gwich'in |
Aklavik Anti-Poverty Initiative |
Food Security |
$15,000.00 |
|
|
Tetlit Gwich'in |
Tetlit Zheh Anti-Poverty Project |
Food Security |
$30,000.00 |
|
|
Tuk Comm Corp. Aimayunga |
Healthy Food Drive |
Food Security |
$7,500.00 |
|
|
Inuvik Community Corp |
Family Traditional Skills |
Food Security |
$10,000.00 |
|
|
Ulukhaktok Community Corp |
Sealing Camp |
Food Security |
$10,000.00 |
|
|
Hamlet of Aklavik |
Community Wellness |
Food Security |
$10,000.00 |
|
|
Inuvik Emergency |
Inuvik Emergency Warming Centre |
Housing & homelessness |
$50,000.00 |
|
|
Hamlet of Sachs Harbour |
Food for People in Poverty |
Food Security |
$10,000.00 |
|
|
Children First Society |
Supporting Young Children |
Early Childhood Development |
$30,000.00 |
|
|
Community Garden |
Food Fit Program 2019 |
Wellness |
$20,000.00 |
|
|
Gwich'in Tribal Council |
Healthy Community Project |
Food Security |
$15,000.00 |
|
|
RC Church |
Food Bank |
Food Security |
$10,600.00 |
|
|
Dehcho |
Acho Dene Koe |
Lunch Kitchen |
Food Security |
$20,000.00 |
|
Pehdzeh Ki |
Poverty is Real - Even in |
On-the-Land |
$20,000.00 |
|
|
Sambaa K'e |
Wellness for Men: |
Wellness |
$20,000.00 |
|
|
Nahanni Butte |
2019/20 Anti Poverty |
Food Security |
$10,000.00 |
|
|
Sahtu |
Norman Wells |
Elder's Meal Assistance |
Food Security |
$20,000.00 |
|
K'asho Got'ine |
Supporting Men's Wellness |
Wellness |
$25,000.00 |
|
|
Deline Gotine |
Out on the Land |
On-the-Land |
$25,000.00 |
|
|
Behdzi Ah'da |
Youth Supporting Elders |
Housing & Homelessness |
$20,000.00 |
|
|
TOTAL |
$1,000,000.00 |
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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 .