Help our Community Flourish
You want our community to thrive, and we want to be your partner. Since 1987, the Winona Community Foundation has served as a trusted [...]
What are you passionate about? Field of Interest Challenge
What are you passionate about? How do you want to improve life in the Winona area? And could you use funding to support [...]
Congratulations to JC Pfeiffer
2020 Founders Award JC Pfeiffer: Planting a Seed “Everybody wins when they invest time, talent or treasure into their community.” – JC Pfeiffer Give [...]
COVID-19 Relief Fund Articles
Winona Community Foundation COVID-19 Relief Fund To address a growing need for emergency funds and assistance, the Winona Community Foundation Board of Directors has [...]
Introducing the Ramona L. Jezewski English Fund
A Surprise Gift From a Person Known for her Giving Heart Introducing the Ramona L. Jezewski English Fund Ramona L. (Ladewig) Jezewski English lived [...]
Stronger Together – Led by the Laird Norton Family Foundation
Stronger Together Led by the Laird Norton Family Foundation The Laird Norton enterprise and their partners raised over $1,000,000 in response to the COVID-19 [...]
Introducing the Donna Helble Literacy Fund
Connecting Passions to Projects Introducing the Donna Helble Literacy Fund A monetary gift left by a passionate educator and child literacy advocate will impact [...]
Growing Community Grants
Competitive community grants are a common element of community Foundations. The funds to support these grants come from annual donations, gifts made through a [...]
Donna Helble – Her passion lives on
“Education and children’s literature were Donna Helble’s passions. In 1973, she moved to Winona to take a position at Goodview elementary where she taught [...]
Fiscal Sponsorship: Ready Set School
In 2014, Ready Set School of Winona County needed a little help. While the organization had been operating successfully as a 501(c)(3) since 2005, [...]