North Carolina · Private foundation
Sigmund and Ellen Tannenbaum Foundation Inc
Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $4k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 5
- Grants FY2024
- 10
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 10%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $1,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $1,100
- Organizations funded a year
- 9 to 13
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 1
- Total assets, FY2024
- $188k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 10% of the organizations Sigmund and Ellen Tannenbaum Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 1% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 99% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $100 went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 3 | $2k | 0% |
| FY2023 | 10 | $18k | 10% |
| FY2022 | 9 | $18k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 12 | $82k | 8% |
| FY2020 | 9 | $70k | 11% |
| FY2019 | 9 | $68k | 0% |
| FY2018 | 12 | $70k | 42% |
| FY2017 | 13 | $19k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Natural Science Center of Greensboro Inc Dba Greensboro Science Center | $205,000 | 6 | 1% |
| Eastern Music Festival Inc | $15,780 | 7 | 0% |
| B'Nai Shalom Synagogue Inc | $12,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Elon University | $11,000 | 6 | 0% |
| United Arts Council of Greensboro Inc | $7,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Greensboro Urban Ministry | $7,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Preservation Greensboro Inc | $2,900 | 5 | 0% |
| Duke University | $2,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Henderson County & Thermal Belt Habitat for Humanity | $1,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Greensboro Downtown Parks Inc | $1,500 | 2 | 0% |
Show all 14 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Natural Science Center of Greensboro Inc Dba Greensboro Science Center | $205,000 | 6 | 1% |
| Eastern Music Festival Inc | $15,780 | 7 | 0% |
| B'Nai Shalom Synagogue Inc | $12,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Elon University | $11,000 | 6 | 0% |
| United Arts Council of Greensboro Inc | $7,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Greensboro Urban Ministry | $7,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Preservation Greensboro Inc | $2,900 | 5 | 0% |
| Duke University | $2,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Henderson County & Thermal Belt Habitat for Humanity | $1,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Greensboro Downtown Parks Inc | $1,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Habitat for Humanity of Greater Greensboro Inc | $1,100 | 2 | 0% |
| Ramah Darom Inc | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Authoracare Foundation | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Als United Greater New York Inc | $100 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 7 recipients with no EIN on record ($80k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Sigmund and Ellen Tannenbaum Foundation Inc supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
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.
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How this is measured
Compare Sigmund and Ellen Tannenbaum Foundation Inc with peer funders
About Sigmund and Ellen Tannenbaum Foundation Inc
- How much does Sigmund and Ellen Tannenbaum Foundation Inc give?
- Sigmund and Ellen Tannenbaum Foundation Inc reported 5 grants totaling $3,800 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 9 and 13 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Sigmund and Ellen Tannenbaum Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Science & Tech (48%), Philanthropy (20%), Religion (13%).
- Who are Sigmund and Ellen Tannenbaum Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: The Natural Science Center of Greensboro Inc Dba Greensboro Science Center ($205k), Eastern Music Festival Inc ($16k), B'Nai Shalom Synagogue Inc ($13k).
- Does Sigmund and Ellen Tannenbaum Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 10% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Sigmund and Ellen Tannenbaum Foundation Inc accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Sigmund and Ellen Tannenbaum Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Well-Spring Retirement Community Inc, Lincoln Financial Foundation Inc, The Cemala Foundation Inc.
- Where is Sigmund and Ellen Tannenbaum Foundation Inc based?
- Sigmund and Ellen Tannenbaum Foundation Inc is based in NC.
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