· Public charity
Greater Winston-Salem Inc Foundation
To carry out those activities in the interest of the people of winston- salem and forsyth county and which are of a philanthropic and eleemosynary nature focusing on entrepreneurial grant initiative to support the growth of winston-salem's businesses and innovation economy.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
How this is measured
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k2 grants · $13k
- $10k–50k15 grants · $219k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| DYNAMIC COLLISION LLC | $20,000 |
| CISCO SITE SERVICES LLC | $18,000 |
| SMITH'S PRIMARY CARE AND WELLNESS | $18,000 |
| HOPE COUNSELING & CONSULTING SERVIC | $18,000 |
| PURPOSEFUL PEDIATRICS PLLC | $18,000 |
| SOUTHSIDE DISCOUNT PHARMACY | $18,000 |
| CAM'S COFFEE CO | $15,000 |
| LELO'S CUBAN CAFE | $15,000 |
| AWAKE CUSTOM REMODELING | $15,000 |
| FORSYTH TECH | $12,225 |
| NATA BELLES | $12,000 |
| LILLY'S NETWORK | $10,000 |
| TORO TRENCHING LLC | $10,000 |
| SANDRA'S FAMILY CHILD CARE | $10,000 |
| BELLA SOL MEDICAL SPA PLLC | $10,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY20–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 97% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
18 repeat relationships: 6 still active in FY2024, 12 since wound down; 10 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 36% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $149k went to new ones.
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- CFCREANDO FAMILIES FELICES LLC2× · 2021–2022 · $40k
- BPBAILEY PRESCHOOL2× · 2021–2022 · $40k
- SPSMITH'S PRIMARY CARE AND WELLNESS2× · 2023–2024 · $35k
Funded once
- ASA STEP ABOVE CLEANING SERVICE LLCone grant, 2020 · $23k
- FCFIRST CLASS BUS TOURS & TRAVEL SERVICESone grant, 2020 · $20k
- RARESET AND HEAL PLLCone grant, 2023 · $17k
How this is measured
Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.
1 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.
Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.
How this is measured
Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 1 of the 58 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.
Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding
A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Greater Winston-Salem Inc Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Greater Winston-Salem Inc Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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