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## 2024 Report to the Community
We’re pleased to share our 2024 Report, *Building Our Common Good*, reflecting our commitment to uniting across differences to create a stronger, more inclusive community—because there are no limits to what we can achieve together.
## Latest News
[###### December 9, 2024
### Apply Now: Grants for Youth-led Projects
Youth Grantmakers in Action makes grants annually to youth-led projects that address community issues and challenges and that have a positive impact on other youth. Review the grant guidelines and apply in the new online grants portal by midnight on January 24, 2025.[###### December 9, 2024
Youth Grantmakers in Action makes grants annually to youth-led projects that address community issues and challenges and that have a positive impact on other youth. Review the grant guidelines and apply in the new online grants portal by midnight on January 24, 2025.
[###### November 19, 2024
### The Women’s Fund of Winston-Salem Announces 2024 Grant Recipients
The Women's Fund awarded nine grants totaling $135,000 at its annual luncheon celebration.[###### November 19, 2024
The Women's Fund awarded nine grants totaling $135,000 at its annual luncheon celebration.
[###### November 14, 2024
### Foundation Provides $75,000 Bridge Loan for Shotgun House Project
We're pleased to announce a $75,000 bridge loan to Triad Cultural Arts for the restoration of a historic shotgun house in the Happy Hill neighborhood. This support comes from our impact investment program, which leverages the corpus of the Foundation’s endowments to invest in businesses and organizations working for social change in Forsyth County.[###### November 14, 2024
We're pleased to announce a $75,000 bridge loan to Triad Cultural Arts for the restoration of a historic shotgun house in the Happy Hill neighborhood. This support comes from our impact investment program, which leverages the corpus of the Foundation’s endowments to invest in businesses and organizations working for social change in Forsyth County.
## Community Matters Blog
Voices for equitable change in Forsyth County
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### The Power of Sharing Stories
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LaTida Smith
### Rooted in Race: Our Community’s History of School Integration
Layla Garms, Shamika Munnings
### Redlining: How it Still Impacts our Community Today
Charlie Gardner, Shamika Munnings
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# Healing and Growing Through Community-Centric Giving
In 1988, a job offer from RJR Nabisco’s Planters & Lifesavers Company relocated Bob and Lisa Gfeller to Winston-Salem, where they decided to put down roots and raise a family.
# Building Relationships Across Generations Through the Arts
The Intergenerational Center for Arts and Wellness (Generations Center) has serves as a vibrant hub where individuals of all ages can come together to celebrate creativity and well-being.
# Turning a Lottery Win Into Lasting Community Change
Born and raised in Winston-Salem, Clark Chavous has always had a deep love for her hometown and its people.
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# Our commitment to racial equity
Learn more about how and why the Foundation is applying a racial equity lens to its work in the community—as well as inside its own walls.
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# Our focus areas for community investment
Learn how the Foundation is evolving to meet our community’s needs through our Focus Areas.
# Strategic Initiatives
### Black Philanthropy Initiative
The Black Philanthropy Initiative educates people to utilize their philanthropic strengths of time, talent, and treasure to impact meaningful change and address identified needs in the black community.
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### The Women’s Fund of Winston-Salem
The Women’s Fund of Winston-Salem is a diverse group of hundreds of women and girls seeking to create social change through the power of collective giving, grantmaking, and advocacy.
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### Youth Grantmakers in Action
YGA is a diverse group of local youth that comes together to gain leadership experience, represent youth in their community, and make grants to youth-directed projects.
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