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: animal welfare, arts and culture, community and economic development, education, environment, health, human services, public interest, and recreation.
A/perture Cinema - $25,000 for a full-time donor relations and marketing/outreach
associate
Addiction Recovery Care Association (ARCA) - $20,000 to conduct a feasibility study for a new dormitory/medical facility
Authoring Action - $11,900 to support part-time marketing and administrative support
positions for a third year
Center for Creative Economy -$23,511 for a part-time operations manager and a part-time marketing manager for a second year
Community Care Center for Forsyth County - $45,000 for a full-time director of
development
Crosby Scholars Community Partnership - $28,000 for a full-time advisor coordinator
position for a second year
Experiment in Self-Reliance - $40,246 to support the Building Blocks program
Family Services - $18,200 for the Family Violence Prevention Initiative for a second year
Forsyth County - $11,000 for the NCIDA micro-enterprise match-savings program
Forsyth Education Partnership - $13,000 for the expansion of the program manager
position
Girl Scouts Carolinas Peaks to Piedmont - $24,500 for an outreach program manager for a third year
Goler Community Development Corporation - $62,500 for community development
projects in areas around Goler Memorial AME Zion Church and east Winston-Salem for a third year
GreeNest - $5,000 for QuickBooks training and accounting infrastructure assistance
Humane Solution Spay/Neuter Program - $1,000 for a strategic planning consultant
Love Out Loud - $16,000 for the Pathways project
NC Cooperative Extension Service, Forsyth County - $4,000 to build social capital by
expanding community gardens in Forsyth County
NC Cooperative Extension Service, Forsyth County - $5,400 to continue funding the
restoration of the Arboretum at Tanglewood
Piedmont Wind Symphony - $12,000 to expand the executive director role to full-time
ReadWS - $15,000 for a part-time marketing and development staff member
Riverwood Therapeutic Riding Center - $14,401 to help support an executive transition
SECCA Foundation - $23,100 for a volunteer coordinator/museum preparator for a second year
Strong@Home - $38,874 for a family advocate in the Boston-Thurmond neighborhood for a second year
United Way of Forsyth County - $10,000 for a strategic plan for the Winston-Salem/
Forsyth County Continuum of Care
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.