Grants were awarded to organizations in the following program areas: arts and culture, community and economic development, health, human services, public interest, and recreation.
• Associated Artists of Winston-Salem - $9,000 for technology upgrades
• CareNet - $19,232 to provide eye movement desensitization and reprocessing training
• Catholic Charities Diocese of Charlotte - $29,400 for a translation and interpretation network project director for a third year
• Crisis Control Ministry - $9,310 to support the Poverty Simulation Initiative for a third year
• Financial Pathways of the Piedmont - $46,000 to expand the Representative Payee Program
• Forsyth County - $25,000 for the Stepping Up Process to End Recidivism project for a second year
• Habitat for Humanity of Forsyth County - $22,500 for a marketing and volunteer engagement manager for a second year
• Hispanic League - $31,716 for a full-time development director for a second year
• Hoops4L.Y.F.E. - $500 for a youth basketball program
• Neighbors for Better Neighborhoods - $2,418 to purchase outcome tracking software for three years
• Neighbors for Better Neighborhoods - $15,000 to provide funds for neighborhood projects and programs
• Olio - $5,000 to expand the Youth Apprentice Program
• Sawtooth School for Visual Art - $30,000 for a director of data and information services
• Shepherd’s Center of Greater Winston-Salem - $9,800 for a part-time outreach and volunteer coordinator for a third year
• Shepherd’s Center of Kernersville - $30,000 for a volunteer service coordinator
• Twin City Youth Soccer Association - $30,000 for a director of development
• Ujima Community Development Corporation - $40,000 to support economic development activities in the City View neighborhood for a third year
• Wake Forest University Health Sciences - $29,000 for a dementia education coordinator
• Wheels4Hope - $20,000 to establish a part-time office in Winston-Salem
• Winston-Salem Delta Fine Arts - $10,000 for a full-time executive director for a second year
• Winston-Salem Theatre Alliance - $15,000 for a capital campaign feasibility study
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 1,450 funds and had total custodial assets of more than $603 million at the end of 2017. In 2017, the Foundation granted $46.3 million to charitable causes, almost $2.9 million of which was through its Community Grants program. Learn more at www.wsfoundation.org.