“The Winona Community Foundation is the best way to insure charitable giving is handled in a professional manner, distributing funds to a wide variety of organizations within this community. A strong community foundation is a cornerstone of a solid community.”
Todd E. Thompson
The Winona Community Foundation (WCF) ended 2006 with net assets in unrestricted general funds of over $990,000 - 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 2006 had total net assets of over $100,000
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 60 other restricted funds totaling net assets of over $8,700,000 at the end of 2006
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
For more information: adminwcf@hbci.com or 507.454.6511or fax: 507.454.0441
