WINONA, Minn. – The Winona Community Foundation, a philanthropic organization, asked citizens for ideas about future directions. Nancy Brown, executive director, asked for feedback “to help us assess not what we’ve been doing but more proactively what should we be doing.” Brown asked for survey responses by March 31.
Where grants go
The Foundation made 18 grants totaling $86,000 in 2020:
First Congregational Church
Flyway Trail (Buffalo County Land & Trails Trust – Fiscal Sponsor)
Frozen River Film Festival
Great River Shakespeare Festival
Habitat for Humanity
Minnesota Marine Art Museum
Minnesota State College Southeast
Pickwick Mill
Theatre du Mississippi
Winona Arts Center
Winona County Historical Society
Winona Dakota Unity Alliance
Winona Fine Arts Commission and Winona Main street Program
Winona International Friendship Association
Winona ORC Industries
Winona Poets Laureate Anthology (River Arts Alliance fiscal sponsor)
Winona Symphony Orchestra
Woodlawn Cemetery