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The 2026 grant cycle opened Jan 1st with applications due March 1st.

Thank you to everyone involved in this process: to all our community partners, to the family who give so generously, and to our hard working Winona Foundation Board!

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CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR 2025 GRANT
PARTNERS

2026 Applications

Applications for 2026 Grants opened January 1st and are due March 1st.

2025 GRANTEES LIST

2025 GRANTS

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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 2025 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.

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”.