Reflections
ON OUR WORK // 2020-2021
ADAPTING OPERATIONS DURING EXTRAORDINARY CHANGE
SUPPORTING NONPROFITS DURING COVID-19 In spring 2020, local nonprofits began rapidly deploying resources to residents struggling to make ends meet during the economic shutdown. To bolster their response and help groups adapt operations, we provided Nonprofit Adaptation Grants totaling over $335,000 to 83 local nonprofits. We also partnered with the United Way to create the COVID-19 Response Fund for Forsyth County. The Response Fund raised $4.4 million from private donations and city/county funding and distributed this support through 112 nonprofit grants.
2 T H E WI N STON-SA LE M FOUNDATION
At the onset of the pandemic, it was clear that we must shift to remote work in order to prioritize the health and safety of our staff, guests, and wider community. We invested in new technology and created new work flows to keep our team closely connected and ensure donations and grant payments would proceed without interruption. Throughout this time, we have designed new opportunities to connect, and we hope to see more of our community in person as health protocols allow in 2022.
TRANSFORMING LOCAL PHILANTHROPY THROUGH OUR STRATEGIC INITIATIVES Our Strategic Initiatives are designed to give voice, leadership, and decisionmaking to people who have historically been left out of philanthropy. With increasing community support, the Strategic Initiatives are bringing even more people together and boldly increasing resources and impact. Highlights include the Black Philanthropy Initiative galvanizing new donors to double its grantmaking in 2021 to $220,000. The Women’s Fund made a record $142,000 in grants in 2020, and Youth Grantmakers in Action gave $7,265 in grants to youthdirected projects in 2021.