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North Carolina Grassroots Science M

The only statewide association of informal learning institutions dedicated to advancing science education and increasing children's interest and confidence in pursuing stem careers.

$129k
Granted FY2021
6
Itemized grants FY2021
6
Organizations funded FY2021
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Itemized, FY2021
$57k
The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
Median grant, FY2021
$9,389
Largest grant, FY2021
$15,523
States reached, FY2021
1
Total assets, FY2021
$1.2M

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2021 to FY2021, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Discovery Place Inc$15,52310%
North Carolina Museum of Life & Science Inc$11,52410%
Marbles Kids Museum$9,38910%
The Natural Science Center of Greensboro Inc Dba Greensboro Science Center$8,00210%
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill$6,7901n/a
Daniel Jonathan Stowe Conservancy Inc$5,74510%

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 tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

The Cannon Foundation…Duke Energy FoundationThe Bank of America C…American Online Givin…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
The Cannon Foundation IncNC15.6× affinity5 shared granteesties to 6 of 6Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Cannon Foundation Inc · Duke Energy Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation

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.

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About North Carolina Grassroots Science M

How much does North Carolina Grassroots Science M give?
North Carolina Grassroots Science M reported 6 itemized grants totaling $56,973, out of $129,000 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2021 IRS filing.
What does North Carolina Grassroots Science M fund?
By grant dollars over FY2021 to FY2021, its largest causes are Science & Tech (73%), Arts & Culture (16%), Environment (10%).
Who are North Carolina Grassroots Science M's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2021 to FY2021: Discovery Place Inc ($16k), North Carolina Museum of Life & Science Inc ($12k), Marbles Kids Museum ($9k).
Which funders back the same organizations as North Carolina Grassroots Science M?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Cannon Foundation Inc, Duke Energy Foundation, The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc.
Where is North Carolina Grassroots Science M based?
North Carolina Grassroots Science M is based in NC.

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 6 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 2021, released 2021. 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 $6k of grant expense, but none of it to a named recipient. On a Form 990 that can mean grants abroad, filed by region only (Schedule F), grants under $5,000, which are not itemized, or a schedule referenced as an attachment the e-file does not carry. The figures above are therefore from FY2021, the most recent year this funder named its grantees.

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