Making an Impact – Stories

FRFF's inaugural Guest Curator Sharon Mansur chats with intern Hailey McKinley during the festival. “Support from the Winona Community Foundation made both in-person and virtual film programming possible." – Eileen Moeller, Managing Director at FRFF Frozen River Film Festival (FRFF) received a $10,000 [...]

"Seasonal Saturdays" attendees at the Minnesota Marine Art Museum. “It was so great to attend a low-cost, low-barrier community event.” – "Seasonal Saturday" attendee Minnesota Marine Art Museum received a $5,000 Cycle 2 Community Grant from the Winona Community Foundation in 2021. This [...]

Engage Winona's Lived Experienced Leaders group members. “[People] might feel like they don’t have the power by themselves to make a difference, but everybody really does.” – Lived Experience Leader Participant Engage Winona received a $10,000 Cycle 2 Community Grant from the Winona [...]

Platinum Seal Awarded to the Winona Community Foundation The Winona Community Foundation is pleased to announce that we have recently earned the 2022 Platinum Seal of Transparency, the highest level of recognition offered by Candid (formally known as GuideStar). To reach the Platinum level, the Winona Community Foundation [...]

By Mandi Olson, Finance Director at the Winona Community Foundation Whether or not you like to crunch numbers and review financial statements, accounting and finance are a necessary part of all businesses. As a public charity, we at the Foundation take our fiduciary responsibility very seriously. Our four-person board [...]

Thank you to the donors, nonprofit partners, fund holders, and the community who give back in many ways to create positive change for all. As we present this annual report to you, we do so acknowledging that 2021, while a better year for most, was still a [...]