Winona Community Foundation Fast Facts
- The Winona Community Foundation (WCF) ended 2009 with net assets in unrestricted general funds of over $590,000 - it is these funds that are used for general operations and local granting projects and are invested to ensure the future growth of the foundation
- Other funds under the general direction of the WCF include the Founders Fund and the Thomas Laken administration endowment fund, which at the end of 2009 had total net assets of over $135,000
- The WCF's overhead remains very low, about two percent of overall expenses. The majority of expenditures from the WCF are for grants to charities or to cover specific expenses for other local nonprofit agencies.
- The WCF also manages over 80 other restricted funds totaling net assets of over $9,926,000 at the end of 2009.
- The many advisors of these restricted funds give the Winona Community Foundation Board direction as to where to disburse grants from these funds
Some of the many grants and gifts that have come through the Winona Community Foundation over the years, from both general funds and restricted donor funds include:
- Habitat for Humanity and the Winona/Rochester ReStore project
- Hiawatha Valley Mental Health Center on-site project at the middle school
- Houston County Women’s Resources’ project “Unlocking Keys Through Art”
- Project FINE’s U.S. Citizenship Program for area residents
- Winona Dakota Unity Alliance’s Permanent History project
- WSU's Maxwell Children’s Center project
- WSU's Maxwell Library
- Winona Health
- High Wagon Bridge restoration project
- Lake Winona bike path project
- Big Brothers/Big Sisters
- Home and Community Options
- City of Winona parks projects
- Morrie Miller Athletic projects
- Saint Mary's University of Minnesota
- YMCA- Winona
- American Red Cross-Winona
- Minnesota Private Colleges Fund
- Winona Area Hospice Services
- Nature Conservatory