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The Winston-Salem Foundation

EIN 56-6037615Community Development North Carolina Large

Historical collection: May 2019 · Rating details mostly from 2017. Source & context

The mission

What this organization describes

Investing in our community by making philanthropy and its benefits available to all.

The Winston-Salem Foundation is a 99 year-old community foundation comprised of over 1,450 funds created by charitable individuals and organizations. Since 1919, individuals, families, and organizations have sought our expertise to improve the quality of life in Forsyth County, its surrounding areas, and beyond. Our mission is to make philanthropy and its benefits available to all. We offer personalized service to make giving easy, flexible, and effective. At the end of 2017, the Foundation had assets of $605 million. In 2017 we granted $46.3 million to charitable causes, $2.9 million of which was through the Community Grants program, and awarded almost $1 million in scholarships for students.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

99.79Overall score
out of 100

99.71Financial score
out of 100

100.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

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Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$96,586,447

Total expenses · USD$43,190,146

Program expenses

$39,216,652.57 recorded amount

90.8%

Fundraising expenses

$820,612.77 recorded amount

1.9%

Administrative expenses

$3,109,690.51 recorded amount

7.2%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.01 spent per $1 raised in donations, as defined in the source.

Expense shares are displayed as percentages. Component amounts in this collection match total expenses multiplied by the source ratios; rounding can leave a small difference from the total. The source does not supply a row-specific fiscal year. Field definitions ↗

Historical leadership record

The leadership information supplied

Recorded leader: Scott F. Wierman
Recorded compensation: $248,086.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 0.57%

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Inspect all 23 original source fields

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All 23 original fields for The Winston-Salem Foundation
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	100.0
`category` Category	Community Development
`description` Mission & description	The Winston-Salem Foundation is a 99 year-old community foundation comprised of over 1,450 funds created by charitable individuals and organizations. Since 1919, individuals, families, and organizations have sought our expertise to improve the quality of life in Forsyth County, its surrounding areas, and beyond. Our mission is to make philanthropy and its benefits available to all. We offer personalized service to make giving easy, flexible, and effective. At the end of 2017, the Foundation had assets of $605 million. In 2017 we granted $46.3 million to charitable causes, $2.9 million of which was through the Community Grants program, and awarded almost $1 million in scholarships for students.
`ein` EIN	56-6037615
`tot_exp` Total expenses	43190146.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.07200000000000001
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.01
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.019
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.9079999999999999
`fscore` Financial score	99.71
`leader` Recorded leader	Scott F. Wierman
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	248086.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.005699999999999999
`motto` Tagline	Investing in our community by making philanthropy and its benefits available to all.
`name` Charity name	The Winston-Salem Foundation
`tot_rev` Total revenue	96586447.0
`score` Overall score	99.79
`state` State code	NC
`subcategory` Subcategory	Community Foundations
`size` Source size label	big
`program_exp` Program expenses	39216652.567999996
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	820612.774
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	3109690.5120000006

Identity & classification

At a glance

EIN: 56-6037615
Source category: Community Development
Source subcategory: Community Foundations
Recorded location: North Carolina (NC)
Expense-based size: Large
Above $13.5M in total expenses · source label: big

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Source: Charity Navigator Scores Expenses Dataset, version 1, attributed to katyjqian on Kaggle. Collection: May 2019; rating details mostly from 2017. Read attribution, scope, and reuse notes.