February 2019

Kicking off the Foundation's Centennial Year!

WE HAVE MUCH TO CELEBRATE as we kick off our Centennial, beginning with our new branding and a redesigned website at wsfoundation.org ! Please explore the new site which offers a historical timeline, stories of impact, scholarship and grant seeker information, and so much more. Over the past 100 years, so many generous partners have joined with us in our mission to strengthen this community. Together, we hope to honor the legacy of philanthropy that started back with Col. Francis Fries ’ gift establishing the Foundation on October 14, 1919 .   We look forward to celebrating the Centennial with you throughout 2019, and we thank you for your many contributions to our community and to The Winston-Salem Foundation!

VISIT OUR NEW WEBSITE

Endowing Our Next Century

AS WE LOOK AHEAD to our next century of impact, we are delighted to announce that a generous local couple has extended a $500,000 matching gift challenge for our Centennial year. Dollars contributed to the Next Century Fund will be matched dollar for dollar up to $50,000 per individual. This matching gift challenge will double the impact of new unrestricted gifts, creating even more funding for the Foundation’s Community Grantmaking investments back into Forsyth County. We hope you will join us in our Centennial fundraising efforts and encourage others to participate as well!

Save the Date for our May 1 Community Luncheon

Mark your calendar for Wednesday, May 1 for the Foundation's Centennial Community Luncheon , always a wonderful gathering of community members. We look forward to celebrating and sharing our past accomplishments, present direction, and future aspirations for this community – and we anticipate record attendance this year! We hope you will join us at this once-in-a-century community celebration – registration information will be available on our website i n March . Over the years, we have honored many local community builders through The Winston-Salem Foundation Award and the ECHO Awards . As a reminder, we are postponing these in 2019 so we can celebrate the community as a whole. We look forward to welcoming these awards back in 2020!

January Community Grants: $113,002 to Nonprofits

IN JANUARY, FIVE NONPROFITS received  $113,002  in  Community Grants  from the Foundation. This vital flexible grantmaking support is made possible by donors to unrestricted and field of interest funds and by contributions to our Next Century Fund. Congratulations to all of our January  Community Grant recipients !

Community Grants: Transportation Grant Round

Our Community Investment team is examining how our Community Grant dollars can more deeply impact equity in education and help build an inclusive economy for Winston-Salem.  This spring, the Foundation will provide funding for creative solutions for transportation challenges. In order to do so, the Foundation has formed a Community Committee made up primarily of members who have faced transportation challenges as well as members who work in the transportation field. In the coming months, the Committee will be designing a request for proposals to address local transportation challenges that will be released on our website early this spring. Read more about our new focus areas .

Applications are Open for Community Grants NONPROFITS seeking capacity-building and capital campaign grants should apply now . Spread the word – the deadline to apply for these Community Grants is March 1 .

Students: Apply Now for One-Stop Scholarships LOCAL STUDENTS who need help paying for college should apply now for scholarships . Last year we awarded over $1,000,000 – the deadline for most merit-based scholarships is April 1 .

Welcoming New Foundation Committee Members

Join us in welcoming Evelyn Acree , Jeff Lindsay , and Peggy Reingold to the Foundation’s primary governing body. We are most appreciative of the leadership o f Stan Kelly, Davida Martin, Nolo Martinez, and Vernon Winters who rotated off the Foundation Committee in December. Read about our new Committee Members .

Broadening Philanthropy in Our Community

Black Philanthropy Initiative WE WELCOME Leslie R. Sadler and Carrie Woods to BPI's 2019 Advisory Committee! BPI is excited to re-open its grant cycle for 2019 – a r equest for proposals will be released on April 15 .

The Women's Fund of Winston-Salem DID YOU ATTEND the 13th annual Women's Fund luncheon this November? Watch the powerful keynote from Silvia Ramos . We also welcome Elizabeth Dam-Regier and Jamie Hunt to The Women's Fund's 2019 Board of Directors!

Youth Grantmakers in Action YGA HAD A GREAT RESPONSE in numbers of applications to their January grant deadline. Save the date for their annual grant awards celebration on April 24 – more details to come!

More Foundation News

View our latest Report to the Community

– Watch the latest FOX8 Community Foundation segments featuring greeNest and ARCA . – Read more about our new focus areas for Community Grantmaking. – Meeting space is available for local nonprofits at the Burress Family Center for Philanthropy.

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