The Winston-Salem Foundation announced this week 20 community grants awarded in June totaling $571,379. The grants were awarded to human services, health, educational, and public interest organizations.
The grants are the following:
- CHANGE — $35,000 to support a new fellow position and to expand the office manager position for a second year.
- Consumer Credit Counseling Service of Forsyth County — $30,000 to support the foreclosure program for a third year.
- Crisis Control Ministry — $15,000 to conduct a facility analysis.
- Downtown Winston-Salem Partnership — $5,000 to support a development position for a second year.
- Forsyth Humane Society — $40,000 for additional staff.
- HandsOn Northwest North Carolina — $62,500 to increase volunteerism and support capacity building for nonprofits.
- Horizons Residential Care Center — $65,000 for a major repair to the Atrium building.
- iCan House — $30,000 to support a fundraising professional.
- Leadership Winston-Salem — $18,000 to help support a part-time development professional for a second year.
- Neighbors for Better Neighborhoods — $10,379 to provide funds for neighborhood projects and programs.
- Old Hickory Council, Boy Scouts of America — $70,000 to support the capital campaign.
- Piedmont Land Conservancy — $6,000 to preserve historic fruit orchards in Bethania.
- Salvation Army — $25,000 to support the Academy of Music and Arts.
- Second Harvest Food Bank of Northwest N.C. — $15,000 for website design.
- Southside United Health Center — $40,000 to fund a family medicine clinic on the Southside.
- Wake Forest School of Medicine — $1,000 to support the Pediatric Enhanced Care Program.
- Winston-Salem Tiny Vikings — $1,000 to support the reading enhancement program.
- Winston-Salem Urban League — $30,000 to help support the coordinator position for the Digital Inclusion Initiative.
- Yadkin Riverkeeper — $22,500 to support a director of operations and programs position for a second year.
- YWCA of Winston-Salem/Forsyth County — $50,000 to support the Gateways to Responsibility campaign.
The Winston-Salem Foundation is a community foundation that supports charitable programs in the greater Forsyth County area. Founded in 1919 by Colonel Francis Fries with a $1,000 gift, it now administers more than 1,300 funds, and had total custodial assets of more than $270 million at the end of 2010. In 2010, the foundation granted more than $18 million to charitable causes, of which more than $2.6 million was through the Community Grants program.
- YWCA of Winston-Salem/Forsyth County — $50,000 to support the Gateways to Responsibility campaign.
- Yadkin Riverkeeper — $22,500 to support a director of operations and programs position for a second year.
- Winston-Salem Urban League — $30,000 to help support the coordinator position for the Digital Inclusion Initiative.
- Winston-Salem Tiny Vikings — $1,000 to support the reading enhancement program.
- Wake Forest School of Medicine — $1,000 to support the Pediatric Enhanced Care Program.
- Southside United Health Center — $40,000 to fund a family medicine clinic on the Southside.
- Second Harvest Food Bank of Northwest N.C. — $15,000 for website design.
- Salvation Army — $25,000 to support the Academy of Music and Arts.
- Piedmont Land Conservancy — $6,000 to preserve historic fruit orchards in Bethania.
- Old Hickory Council, Boy Scouts of America — $70,000 to support the capital campaign.
- Neighbors for Better Neighborhoods — $10,379 to provide funds for neighborhood projects and programs.
- Leadership Winston-Salem — $18,000 to help support a part-time development professional for a second year.
- iCan House — $30,000 to support a fundraising professional.
- Horizons Residential Care Center — $65,000 for a major repair to the Atrium building.
- HandsOn Northwest North Carolina — $62,500 to increase volunteerism and support capacity building for nonprofits.
- Forsyth Humane Society — $40,000 for additional staff.
- Downtown Winston-Salem Partnership — $5,000 to support a development position for a second year.
- Crisis Control Ministry — $15,000 to conduct a facility analysis.
- Consumer Credit Counseling Service of Forsyth County — $30,000 to support the foreclosure program for a third year.
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