The Winston-Salem Foundation is a 90-year-old community foundation comprised of more than 1,200 funds created by charitable individuals and organizations. Our mission is to make philanthropy and its benefits available to all.

We offer personalized service to make giving easy, flexible and efficient; local expertise with knowledge of current community issues to make your giving as effective as possible; and community leadership in bringing together diverse voices and groups to address issues, foster greater giving and support high-impact opportunities.

We do this by:

• Assisting individuals and organizations with their charitable giving
• Making grants to nonprofit organizations
• Providing financial aid to college students

• We were established in 1919 as the first foundation in the state of North Carolina with a $1,000 gift from Col. Francis Fries.
• We are comprised of over 1,200 funds established by charitable individuals, families, businesses, and community organizations. Grants made from these funds support a wide range of issues in our community and elsewhere in the U.S.
• In 2009, we granted over $17 million. Of this, almost $2 million was in competitive community grants addressing local issues.
• The Foundation provided 451 students with over $805,000 in scholarships and grants, and $153,000 in low-interest loans in the 2008-2009 school year.