Good causes
Parade of funding requests moves through city hall
NNSL (Nov 28/97) - Following is a list of requests city council will be considering when determining what funding it will assign community groups next year.
The amounts assigned each are tentative, and remain so until council approves the budget. Final approval is scheduled to take place Dec. 15.
Organizations with no dollar figure listed in the request column, receive ongoing annual grants by decision of council.
Community service wish list:
Organization |
Requested |
Assigned |
Northern Arts and Cultural Centre |
30,000 |
20,000 |
Yk Assoc. of Concerned Citizens for Seniors |
50,000 |
50,000 |
Youth Volunteer Corp |
5,000 |
|
Yellowknife Special Olympics |
3,000 |
|
Northern Frontier Visitors Assoc. |
53,000 |
38,000 |
NWT Chamber of Commerce |
10,000 |
10,000 |
J.H. Sissons school |
25,000 |
|
Yellowknife Curling Club |
15,700 |
11,000 |
First Night Society |
2,000 |
|
Folk on the Rocks |
7,500 |
|
Caribou Carnival '98 |
|
17,000 |
Festival of the Midnight Sun |
|
5,000 |
Northern Seaplane Fly-in |
|
10,000 |
Arctic Winter Games Committee |
|
50,000 |
Cleanup grants |
|
38,000 |
Charitable/heritage organizations* |
|
10,000 |
Total |
|
266,500 |
*Tax relief grants for properties declared heritage sites |
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