The mission of the One North End Community Economic Development Society is to work closely with key stakeholders; community members and organizations, community leaders, not-for-profit organizations and charities, industry, non-governmental organizations (NGOs), other government departments (OGDs), other levels of government, and academia to identify, address, and seek solutions to issues affecting visible minority groups and other potentially vulnerable or disenfranchised groups, and conduct work as determined by the Board of Directors and Executive, which stand to benefit the greater North End Halifax community. The EDGE program is funded by DCS, and is a joint program between The YMCA and The One North End Community Economic Development Society.