Total Assets:
$24,429,919
Total Giving:
$53,330,621
93% of grants stay in North Carolina.
Community Development
Education
State-Level Systemic Change: This program funds organizations working to change policies, power structures, and other root causes of challenges to ensure all North Carolinians can thrive.
Community Progress Fund: Provides short-term grants for local groups to meet direct needs, test ideas, and expand promising efforts to improve their communities. Applications for Summer 2025 are currently open, with a deadline of Thursday, January 30, 2025, at 12:00 PM ET.
Inclusive Public Art Initiative: Invests in public art projects that share under-told stories of North Carolinians, aiming to spark new conversations and highlight common humanity.
Sabbatical Program: Supports experienced nonprofit leaders with paid sabbaticals, allowing them to rest, recharge, and return to work with renewed focus.
History shows that 27% of their giving goes to Community Development, almost 27% goes to support Education and almost 21% goes to Social & Human Services category.
Grants in recent years include:
$400,000 for Democracy NC;
$300,000 for Blueprint NC;
$100,000 for American Civil Liberties Union-Nc Legal Foundation;
$70,000 for Central Carolina Regional Education Service Alliance;
$50,000 for Byp100 Education Fund;
$800,000 for NC Justice Center;
$100,000 for NC Equal Access to Justice Foundation; and
$50,000 for NC Center On Actual Innocence.
Information can be found at the foundation’s website www.zsr.org.
The foundation aims to improve the quality of life for the people of North Carolina by supporting nonprofit organizations working to build a more just inclusive and sustainable state.
The Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation, Inc. is a family foundation that was established in 1936 located in Winston-Salem, North Carolina
Phone #:
336-725-7541
Fax:
336-725-6069
Email:
Not Available
Application Address:
Smith Reynolds Foundation
102 West Third Street
Winston Salem, North Carolina 27101
Procedures:
Applicants must log in to the grant portal to complete and submit the application.
There are no deadlines.
Founder:
The children of R.J. Reynolds
Donors:
Nancy S. Reynolds; Mary Reynolds Babcock; Richard J. Reynolds, Jr. and William N. Reynolds
Director:
Angela Bryant, Board of Trustees
Anita Brown Graham, Board of Trustees
Anna Warburton Munroe, Board of Trustees
Chapel Thompson, Assistant Secretary
Daniel Clodfelter, Vice President
David L Neal, Board of Trustees
Ilana Dub ester, Board of Trustees
Jane S Patterson, Board of Trustees
Jill Ray, Assistant Secretary
Joy Vermillion Heinsohn, Executive Director Secretary
Lloyd P Tate Jr, Board of Trustees
Mary B Mountcastle, Board of Trustees
Maurice Mo Green, Executive Director Secretary
Nancy R Bagley, Board of Trustees
Natalie Ditta, Assistant Secretary
Pamela Spalding, Assistant Treasurer
Piper Neal Beveridge, Treasurer
Stephen L Neal, Board of Trustees
Virgil Smith, Board of Trustees
W Noah Reynolds, President
