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· Public charity

Downtown Greensboro Inc

Promote and stimulate new investment, interest and economic development in the center city area of greensboro, north carolina.

$546k
Granted FY2023
4
Grants FY2023
1
States reached
$426k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2023.

Community Improvement$522kArts & Culture$283kScience & Tech$66kRecreation & Sports$63kFood & Nutrition$56kYouth Development$31kEducation$31kHuman Services$30kOther$0
02FY2023 · 4 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 4 grants below total $495,884, the rows itemized in this filing. The $545,830 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $49,946 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2023

  • $10k–50k3 grants · $70k
  • $250k+1 grant · $426k
$25,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$1.6M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
DOWNTOWN GREENSBORO FOUNDATION$425,884
112 W LEWIS STREET QOZB LLC$25,000
NEIGHBORS GSO LLC$25,000
NOMUNICATION LLC$20,000
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

show:

Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–23) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 100% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%International Downtown Association: $15k → 14%CAROLINA THEATRE: $77k → 16%CAROLINA THEATRE: $77k → 16%THE FRESH MARKET: $50k → 16%GREENSBORO CHILDREN'S MUSEUM: $25k → 16%Greensboro Downtown Parks Inc: $21k → 16%Greensboro Downtown Parks Inc: $21k → 16%GREENSBORO DOWNTOWN PARKS INC: $20k → 16%NOMUNICATION LLC: $20k → 16%COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF GREATER GREENSBORO: $17k → 16%Action Greensboro: $14k → 16%Action Greensboro: $12k → 16%ARTSGREENSBORO: $10k → 16%THE ABBEY TAPHOUSE: $9k → 16%GLITTERS: $7k → 16%SELFIE SPOT CO: $6k → 16%ELON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW: $6k → 16%GREENSBORO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC: $6k → 16%NEIGHBORS GSO LLC: $25k → 16%CENTER POINTE CONDO OWNERS ASSOCIATION: $5k → 16%5 TALENTS LLC: $25k → 16%NC AGRICULTURAL & TECH STATE UNIVERSITY: $66k → 16%DOWNTOWN GREENSBORO FOUNDATION: $426k → 16%112 W LEWIS STREET QOZB LLC: $25k → 16%SONDER MIND AND BODY: $25k → 16%FORGE GREENSBORO: $10k → 16%Forge Greensboro: $10k → 16%CHEZ GENESE LLC: $10k → 16%FORGE GREENSBORO: $7k → 16%SEAFOOD DESTINY DOWNTOWN LLC: $6k → 16%MAGNOLIA HOUSE FOUNDATION: $5k → 16%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

24%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$268k · 4 repeat orgs$827k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +34% since the first grant, against +25% for those funded once.

4 repeat relationships: 0 still active in FY2023, 4 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2023 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

4
21

Total granted

$268k
$332k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+34%
+25%

Still filing today

100%
43%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $496k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23
Arts & CultureCommunity ImprovementEducationOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • GD
    GREENSBORO DOWNTOWN PARKS INC
    3× · 2018–2020 · $63k · revenue +16%
  • FG
    Forge Greensboro
    3× · 2018–2022 · $27k · revenue +129%
  • AG
    ACTION GREENSBORO
    2× · 2018–2019 · $26k · revenue +34%

Funded once

  • TF
    The Foundation for NC A&T State Universitygraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $66k · revenue ×21
  • TF
    THE FRESH MARKET
    one grant, 2022 · $50k
  • GC
    GREENSBORO CHILDREN'S MUSEUM INC
    one grant, 2017 · $25k · revenue -48%
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Greensboro Opera Company

Greensboro opera is a community-based company dedicated to fostering the growth of opera and to presenting professional productions of the highest artistic caliber for the enjoyment, education, and enrichment of the triad region of north…

Arts & Culture
2
Greensboro Historical Museum Inc

Together with its diverse communities, the organization collects objects and stories, connects generations, and challenges people to explore our city's past, present and future. the museum sparks wonder through bold exhibitions and…

Arts & Culture
3
Green Hill Center for North Carolina Art

The mission of green hill center for nc art is to promote the visual arts of north carolina by engaging a broad community of artists, adults and children through dynamic exhibitions and educational programs while providing a platform for…

Arts & Culture
4
Greenville Theatre Arts Center
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5
Greensboro Police Foundation

None

Public Safety & Disaster
6
Downtown Greensboro Inc

Promote and stimulate new investment, interest and economic development in the center city area of greensboro, north carolina.

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7
Greensboro College

Greensboro College provides a liberal arts education grounded in the traditions of the United Methodist Church and fosters the intellectual, social, and spiritual development of all students while supporting their individual needs.

Education
8
The Natural Science Center of Greensboro Inc Dba Greensboro Science Center

The mission of the center is inspiring curiosity and connecting communities through science and conservation. we accomplish this by providing ever-evolving experiences where exploration and imagination intersect, igniting a lifelong…

Arts & Culture
9
Greater Greenville Association of Realtors Inc

Providing standards, guidelines, and procedures to those members engaged in practice of the real estate profession

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10
Greensboro Sports Foundation

Further enhance tournament town reputation and build an organization with the ability to develop strategic partners to better position greensboro for the execution of major sports events.

Recreation & Sports
11
Preservation Greensboro Inc

Build thriving communities by protecting and renewing our history and architectural treasures.

Arts & Culture
12
Evergreen of Greenville Inc

Evergreen of Greenville, Inc. (the Organization) is a private nonprofit organization dedicated to revitalizing the central business district of Greenville, North Carolina. Originally founded in 1983, Evergreen of Greenville, Inc. was…

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Carolina Theatre of Greensboro Inc; the most unlike its peers is The Foundation for Nc a&T State University. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

15 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 15 of the 30 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
15/15
Grantees still filing
9/15
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

DOWNTOWN GREENSBORO FOUNDATION: $425,884 · Arts & CultureDOWNTOWN GREENSBORO FOUNDATIONCAROLINA THEATRE OF GREENSBORO INC: $153,000 · Arts & CultureCAROLINA THEATRE OF GREENSBORO INC+3 more: $25,550 · Arts & CultureThe Foundation for NC A&T State University: $66,324 · OtherThe Foundation for NC A&T State Uni…THE FRESH MARKET: $50,000 · OtherTHE FRESH MARKET112 W LEWIS STREET QOZB LLC: $25,000 · Other112 W LEWIS STREET QOZB LLCGREENSBORO CHILDREN'S MUSEUM INC: $25,000 · OtherGREENSBORO CHILDREN'S MUSEUM INCSONDER MIND AND BODY: $25,000 · OtherSONDER MIND AND BODY5 TALENTS LLC: $25,000 · Other5 TALENTS LLCNEIGHBORS GSO LLC: $25,000 · OtherNEIGHBORS GSO LLCNOMUNICATION LLC: $20,000 · OtherNOMUNICATION LLCINTERNATIONAL DOWNTOWN ASSOCIATION: $15,000 · Other+10 more: $68,846 · Other+10 moreGREENSBORO DOWNTOWN PARKS INC: $62,650 · Community ImprovementGREENSBORO …Forge Greensboro: $26,500 · Community ImprovementForge Green…ACTION GREENSBORO: $25,710 · Community ImprovementACTION GREE…THE EXPERIENTIAL SCHOOL OF GREENSBORO INC: $25,000 · EducationElon University: $5,791 · EducationCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF GREATER GREENSBORO INC: $16,500 · Philanthropy
Arts & Culture$604,434Other$345,170Community Improvement$114,860Education$30,791Philanthropy$16,500

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetDOWNTOWN GREENSBORO FOUNDATION: $425,884 over 1y, 40% of budgetCAROLINA THEATRE OF GREENSBORO INC: $153,000 over 2y, 4.3% of budgetThe Foundation for NC A&T State University: $66,324 over 1y, 11% of budgetGREENSBORO DOWNTOWN PARKS INC: $62,650 over 3y, 2.9% of budgetForge Greensboro: $26,500 over 3y, 3.8% of budgetACTION GREENSBORO: $25,710 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetGREENSBORO CHILDREN'S MUSEUM INC: $25,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF GREATER GREENSBORO INC: $16,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetINTERNATIONAL DOWNTOWN ASSOCIATION: $15,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetUNITED ARTS COUNCIL OF GREENSBORO INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetNORTH CAROLINA FOLK FESTIVAL: $10,000 over 1y, 2.3% of budgetGREENSBORO AREA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE INC: $8,250 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetElon University: $5,791 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGREENSBORO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC: $5,550 over 1y, 0.3% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

Co-funders

Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a set of overlaps that mostly run through this funder rather than between each other.

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How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Downtown Greensboro Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Downtown Greensboro Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%3%13%28%50%funder's share of their income ↑0%5%10%15%20%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    10report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–20%
    typical government reliance, FY20–25
    How this is measured
    Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.

    On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 30 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

    How this is measured
    Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

    Generated from the IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2023, released 2023. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

    Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2025) is on record and reports no grant expense, so the figures above are from FY2023, the most recent year this funder made grants.

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