The Wellbeing Portfolio
The Wellbeing Portfolio is reimagining how communities are funded—prioritizing bold, community-led investments that build the lasting conditions for everyone to thrive, no exceptions.
The most recent application window for the Wellbeing Portfolio ended on September 22, 2025.
What is the Wellbeing Portfolio?
Too often, funding has been split between short-term crisis services and broader systemic change, as if communities must choose one or the other. The Wellbeing Portfolio takes a multisolving approach: supporting services that people rely on in moments of crisis while also investing in the deeper infrastructure and conditions that prevent crises in the first place.
This means building toward what we call the 7 Vital Conditions—the everyday building blocks of thriving, such as safe housing, good jobs, reliable transportation, clean air and water, access to education, and strong community connections. At the center is belonging and civic muscle—our ability to come together, make decisions, and shape the future side by side.
By funding in this way, we create solutions that are both immediate and lasting, helping communities stabilize in the moment while also shifting the root causes of inequity and paving the way for people to live full, healthy, and joyful lives.
Bring Your Vision to the Wellbeing Portfolio
Have a project or initiative that’s ready to make Forsyth County thrive? We’re looking for community-led efforts—big or small, early ideas or established programs—that align with equity, collaboration, and lasting impact.
Applications for the inaugural cycle are now closed. The application window will reopen in Fall, 2026. Sign up for the Thriving Together mailing list at the bottom of the page to the be first to know!
Why it Matters
The Wellbeing Portfolio partners with community-led projects to connect them to diverse funders—fueling ideas big and small that move us toward equity, resilience, and thriving together.
When a project is accepted into the Wellbeing Portfolio, Thriving Together becomes a partner in elevating its work. We walk alongside portfolio initiatives to connect them with a diverse range of funders—philanthropy, government, private sector, and faith communities—to help secure the resources they need to bring their vision to life.
This approach is unique because we’re not acting as the funder ourselves. Instead, we’re reshaping how funding flows: putting community priorities at the center, opening doors to new streams of support, and helping community-led solutions grow into lasting change. And it’s flexible—supporting projects both big and small, from early ideas to long-established programs—so long as they move us toward equity, resilience, and thriving together.
Our Common Thread
Our Schools, Our Future
Making sense of the moment.
NOV 17, 2025
Like you, we are paying close attention to the WS/FCS budget crisis.
While the Wellbeing Portfolio cannot replace a $50M shortfall, this moment creates an opportunity for our community to come together in new ways. We invite you to help us imagine and advance new approaches that create lasting conditions for all Forsyth County residents to thrive, including our students, their families, teachers, and the broader WS/FCS community.
What Success Looks Like
Success means investing differently—lifting up community-led projects, unlocking new funding, and laying the foundation for Forsyth County’s thriving future.
In this first year, success will look like bringing together a diverse wave of community-led projects, connecting them with new streams of funding, and proving that this approach—rooted in equity, collaboration, and long-term vision—can unlock real resources for neighbors and solutions that last.