THE WINONA FOUNDATION
SERVING NON-PROFITS IN WINONA, MINNESOTA SINCE 1982
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2021 granting will begin Jan 1st. Your grant request form will be on this page at that time.
Thank you to everyone involved in this process: to all the deserving applicants, to the family who give so generously and to our hard working Winona Foundation Board!
2021 GRANT
APPLICATIONS BEGIN JANUARY 1ST
2020 Applications
Applications for 2021 Grants begin January 1st, 2020
2020 GRANTEES LIST
Winona Visit
In October 2018 Winona Foundations Board Directors visit Winona, MN.
2021 Board Changes
Board Seat Changes for 2020.
MISSION
STATEMENT
“The purpose of the Winona Foundation is to contribute to the cultural, historical and educational heritage of Winona, Minnesota. Foundation funds will be used to conserve or enlarge upon existing organizations and programs to foster innovative projects with this heritage in mind”.
NEW BOARD CHANGES FOR 2020
The Board would like to thank Lissa Edwards, Michael Roth, Myriah Jazsazian, Polly Mickle and Scott Hagg for six years of remarkable service.
We are excited to be adding four new board members this June.
About Us
The Winona Foundation is a non-profit 501c3 organization funded and administered by the family and heirs of the Laird Norton Co. which began operations in Winona, MN. in 1855.
GRANTEES
Every year the Winona Foundation awards grants to non-profits from the Winona, MN area. Congratulations to all awardees.
See full list of 2020 Grantees.
FAMILY HISTORY
In 1854 William H. Laird and cousins Mathew and James Norton followed earlier family members who had previously moved to Winona, MN. There they established a business together, the Laird Norton Co., that would eventually include lumber milling, manufacture and retail.