This grant funds active after-school activities on or near Yukon schools.
Positive role models lead the activities which are:
- free;
- inclusive;
- barrier-reducing;
- fun; and
- held outdoors.
Grants available up to $2,000 per school community. Grants can support expenses including:
- Staffing and leader fees, such as a contract for community part-time program staff;
- Honorariums;
- Equipment and supplies;
- Healthy food;
- Registration fees;
- Training and capacity building;
- Youth support wages;
- Transportation; and
- Other expenses needed to deliver the proposed project.
School staff wages, overhead or day-to-day operating costs are not eligible.
- Registered organizations in good standing under the Societies Act;
- Yukon-based not-for-profit corporations incorporated under the federal Not-for-Profit Corporations Act;
- Charitable organizations;
- Schools and school councils;
- First Nations governments; and
- Municipal governments.
Priority is given to programs and activities:
- at rural Yukon schools;
- Whitehorse-area schools subject to funding availability;
- that take place at or near the school that serve students that attend that school;
- for children from low-income families, First Nations, and newcomers to Canada;
- those disengaged in physical activity;
- which support regular programming, including special events or activities for a regular program;
- that are free, inclusive and barrier-reducing;
- which start right after the school day ends; and
- for elementary school-aged children.
Application deadline
Applications will be due March 7, 2025, for activities from April to June 2025.
Applications will be due in September 2025, for the 2025-2026 school year.
How to apply
Timeline for funding decisions
We'll decide within 5 business days from the date of the submission.
Each recipient needs to submit a final report using the online form, which should include a short narrative around:
- impact;
- supporting documents for expenses; and
- participation numbers.
Reporting is due 3 weeks after project activities have finished, or by the latest March 31, 2025.
If you have questions about the Active Yukon After School Grant, email jenyfer.neumann@yukon.ca, or phone 867-332-5903, toll free in Yukon 1-800-661-0408, extension 5903.