News

Days of Caring

June 23, 2018

The Foster Family Coalition needed some pic nic tables and TD Bank was happy to build them! This is in essence how the United Way’s June Days of Caring works. Non-profits across the NWT can reach out to us asking for certain tasks to be done during the month of June. These tasks often range from yard clean up, to packing lunches or… building pic nic tables. We’ll find workplace volunteers who are looking for a unique team building experience and match them with one of our non-profits.

 

Conscious Kindess

May 16, 2018

On May 16th United Way NWT participated in the first annual Conscious Kindness day. This was an initiative that began in Winnipeg for their semi-centennial and has grown across the province of Manitoba and is now spreading across the country.

“It’s about creating the kind of community where everyone cares about each other—the kind of community we all want to live in” says Erica Glasier, Senior Director, Marketing & Communications for UW Winnipeg.
 

Food Rescue Receives Cheque

March 26, 2018

In March of 2018 Food Rescue received their second cheque of three in their multi-year funding. Food Resecue received $15,000 to be used toward their program during the year ahead. This program consists of collecting food that would otherwise be discarded from grocery stores and other food sources. This food is still in their sealed boxes or containers and is brought back to the Food Rescue sorting facility and distributed to other local non-profits to help feed their clients.

United Way NWT funding reaches new communities for the first time

March 13, 2017

The United Way NWT is proud to announce the full list of non-profits who will be receiving a grant from our Community Investment Fund in 2017.

The Community Investment Fund is a fund that is invested annually to non-profits all over the Northwest Territories by the United Way NWT. The amount of funding available relies mostly on the donations made by donors through workplace giving campaigns. This year, $170,000 worth of grants will be provided to non-profit organizations in the Northwest Territories.

Community Investment Fund Applications Open 2016

November 6, 2016

We're so glad to announce that we have opened our Community Investment Fund Applications for 2016!

The deadline is December 5th 2016 at 5:00pm, and we hope to see non-profits from all over the NWT apply.

For more information, you can see our Funding Information page here. You can download the application here.

RBC Foundation donates $6,000 to the United Way NWT 2016 Campaign

November 3, 2016

A big thank you to the RBC Foundation and the Yellowknife Branch for providing us with a $6,000 donation for the 2016 Campaign.

RBC starts their employee giving campaign at the end of November, and we can't wait to see what they have in store!

Thank You BBQ & Annual General Meeting

September 5, 2016

We want to invite everybody to a Donor Thank You BBQ on Saturday, September 24th 2016 at noon at Northern United Place. If you're a donor of the United Way NWT, we invite you to come by for a free hot dog or hamburger and chat with us to learn how your funds were able to support so many incredible non-profits.

Our Annual General Meeting will follow at 1:30pm. We invite all of our donors and recipients to attend and learn more about how to get involved with the United Way NWT.

Press Release: United Way NWT Announces its Annual Funding Recipients for 2016

February 24, 2016

Photo: David Connelly chairs a meeting with the Community Investment Committee who provided recommendatiosn to the board for which organizations were to receive grants.

United Way NWT has approved $155,000 worth of grants to 21 organizations across the Northwest Territories. Because of an increase in support from our donors, we were able to increase the maximum grant amount from $5,000 in 2015 to $7,500 in 2016.

Community Investment Fund Applications Open

October 23, 2015

Our Community Investment Fund provided over $90,000 last year to non-profits all across the NWT.

This year, we're planning to invest $150,000 to non-profits and charities and our applications just opened! The application deadline is December 1st 2015.

To download a copy of our application, click here!

If you have any questions, don't hesitate to contact us at office@nwt.unitedway.ca or (867)-669-7986.

Annual General Meeting

September 23, 2015

The United Way NWT is pleased to invite all of our donors and recipients to our Annual General Meeting.

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