This support is made possible by donors to the Foundation’s unrestricted funds and other flexible funds.Grants were awarded to organizations in the following program areas: arts and culture, education, environment, health, human services, public interest, and recreation.
- Big Brothers Big Sisters Services - $31,500 for a full-time marketing, communications, and outreach coordinator for a second year
- Center for Smart Financial Choices - $5,000 for a part-time youth program educator for a third year
- Exchange SCAN - $44,000 for a director of community outreach
- Family Services - $85,000 for the capital campaign
- Goodwill Industries of Northwest NC - $40,000 to transition Youth In Transition to
- Crossnore School and Children's Home
- Junior Achievement of the Triad - $11,760 for a programs manager for a third year
- Leadership Winston-Salem - $12,000 for a part-time program coordinator and a part-time alumni coordinator for a third year
- Lutheran Services Carolinas - $35,000 for a full-time family recruiter
- Novant Health Foundation-Forsyth - $35,000 for a pediatric behavioral health therapist
- Old Hickory Council, Boy Scouts of America - $14,700 for a full-time marketing director for a third year
- Piedmont Women in Agriculture - $500 to provide educational materials at local gathering
- RiverRun International Film Festival - $10,500 for a development coordinator for a third year
- SECU Commons - $24,500 for an operations director and workforce development staff
- The Forsyth Promise - $50,000 to support the Forsyth County Cradle to Career partnership for a fourth year
- Triad Restorative Justice - $1,000 for the Circle Keepers Network initiative
- Trinity Center - $5,500 for a strategic plan
- Winston-Salem Symphony - $75,000 for the capital campaign
- YWCA of Winston-Salem/Forsyth County - $21,000 for a vice president of advancement for a second year
The Winston-Salem Foundation is a community foundation that supports charitable
programs in the greater Forsyth County area. Founded in 1919 with a $1,000 gift, it now administers over 1,300 funds and had total custodial assets of $453 million at the end of 2016. In 2016, the Foundation granted $38.4 million to charitable causes, $2.8 million of which was through the Community Grants program. Learn more at www.wsfoundation.org.