Our Framework for Community Impact
Guided by community priorities and informed by local data, the Winston-Salem Foundation is committed to keeping pace with the most pressing challenges and opportunities facing our community today, ensuring a brighter future for all who call Forsyth County home.
As a community foundation, we link resources to strategies that expand opportunity, foster connection, and repair harms of our past.
We use many approaches to make an impact:
- funding community solutions through charitable grants and impact investments
- supporting local research and convening partners on topics of importance
- advocating for long-term change
Across all of our work, we prioritize four key areas. Learn more about our priorities and how to get involved below.
OUR prioritY areas
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Our goal is to be a strategic and intentional partner for community members like you, who want to make a difference.
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
I want to learn more about the issues Winston-Salem faces today. Where do I start?
You're in the right place! We believe knowing our history can help us work together on real and lasting solutions. Below you'll find links to research projects funded by the Foundation over the last few years.
- Explore local data on economic mobility, read stories of impact, and connect with organizations driving change.
- Learn more about gender and racial disparities through the Black Philanthropy Initiative’s Intersectionality of Black Life and Being report and The Women’s Fund of Winston-Salem's Through A Gender Lens report.
- Learn more about our past exhibit, Undesign the Redline, which highlights federal discriminatory redlining practices starting in the 1930’s.
- Explore local history of school integration through the interactive website, Rooted in Race, curated by Triad Cultural Arts.
How can I support the Foundation's work?
To partner with the Foundation and help us invest in organizations that are moving the needle, we invite you to make a gift or contact our donor team for more opportunities to engage.
I'd like to learn more about funding opportunities. How can I do that?
Through our community partnerships, the Foundation makes proactive grants, responsive grants, and local impact investments to help move important work forward in Forsyth County, North Carolina.
To explore funding opportunities or connect about your work, email us to start the conversation.
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