Program areas at ZSR
Sabbatical program - in 1990, with prior approval from the irs, the Foundation established a sabbatical program for individuals in paid full-time leadership positions who have served their north carolina nonprofit organization for at least three years. The sabbaticals were established to provide an incentive to leaders of charitable organizations to continue their charitable work, and to improve and enhance their leadership capacity, skills, and talents. Each recipient is awarded $30,000 and each recipient's organization is awarded $10,000 (for 2022 only, organization award was $12,000 each). Awards are made on a bi-annual basis.
Racial equity training - in spring of 2018, trustees approved funding to support racial equity work of state level grantees and zsr trustees and staff. These funds are not used to provide direct grants to grantee organizations but rather to contract services. The listed expenditures represent the engagement of consultants to provide racial equity training to zsr trustees and staff in 2022.investing in leaders of color - in 2020-21, select nc and sc funders explored a new approach of intentionally investing in nonprofit leaders of color. In the winter of 2022, trustees approved funding of $100,000 per year for three years.
Community based intermediary support - in spring of 2018, Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation's trustees approved funds to engage outside consultants to conduct intensive due diligence in communities across nc. The listed expenditures represent costs associated with consultants reviewing collaborative project summaries from potential applicants, helping with certain aspects relating to the design of collaborative problem-solving grantmaking approach, and providing professional development and coaching for zsr staff as it relates to effectively supporting collaborative work in communities.