· 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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| TEMPLE EMANUEL | $1,100 |
| ARTS GREENSBORO | $1,000 |
| COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF GREATER GREENSBORO | $1,000 |
| GREENSBORO JEWISH FEDERATION | $500 |
| BETH DAVID SYNAGOGUE | $200 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY17–23, $7k) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +38% since the first grant, against -8% for those funded once.
14 repeat relationships: 3 still active in FY2024, 11 since wound down.
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- TNTHE NATURAL SCIENCE CENTER OF GREENSBORO INC DBA GREENSBORO SCIENCE CENTER6× · 2017–2023 · $205k · revenue +245%
- BSB'NAI SHALOM SYNAGOGUE INC4× · 2020–2023 · $13k · revenue +69%
Elon University6× · 2017–2023 · $11k · revenue +43%
Funded once
- TCTHE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION STEVEN TANGERone grant, 2017 · $5k
- GFGUILFORD FAMILY SERVICES OF GREENSBOROone grant, 2017 · $2k
- HCHenderson County & Thermal Belt Habitat for Humanityone grant, 2017 · $2k · revenue -15%
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.
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.
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…
Providing standards, guidelines, and procedures to those members engaged in practice of the real estate profession
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.
To recruit new businesses to winston-salem and forsyth county in order to facilitate growth and economic diversification in the area.
To be north carolina's state orchestra, an orchestra achieving the highest level of artistic quality and performance standards, and embracing its dual legacies of statewide service and music education.
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…
To serve as greensboro, north carolina's principal economic and community development organization. our goal is to strategically develop a vibrant community that creates, expands, and attracts business while advancing the quality of life…
To engage and inspire our community to support caromont health in providing compassionate, exceptional and highly reliable care.
The mission of the greensboro symphony orchestra, inc. is to enrich the cultural life of greensboro, nc and surrounding areas through the development, production, and promotion of the highest quality music and music education programs.
To receive and hold the endowment of the north carolina symphony society, inc. (the "society"), solicit additions to the endowment, safeguard assets, and expend funds for the exclusive use and benefit of the society.
Goodwill industries of central north carolina, inc.'s mission is improving lives and enriching communities through the power of work
North greenville university exists to glorify god by cultivating graduates who are equipped to serve as transformational leaders for church and society.
How this is measured
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 23 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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.
- Who funds THE NATURAL SCIENCE CENTER OF GREENSBORO INC DBA GREENSBORO SCIENCE CENTER ↗
- Who funds GREENSBORO JEWISH FEDERATION ↗
- Who funds COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF GREATER GREENSBORO INC ↗
- Who funds EASTERN MUSIC FESTIVAL INC ↗
- Who funds B'NAI SHALOM SYNAGOGUE INC ↗
- Who funds Elon University ↗
- Who funds UNITED ARTS COUNCIL OF GREENSBORO INC ↗
- Who funds GREENSBORO URBAN MINISTRY ↗
- Who funds Preservation Greensboro Inc ↗
- Who funds DUKE UNIVERSITY ↗
- Who funds Henderson County & Thermal Belt Habitat for Humanity ↗
- Who funds GREENSBORO DOWNTOWN PARKS INC ↗
- Who funds HABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF GREATER GREENSBORO INC ↗
- Who funds AUTHORACARE FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds ALS UNITED GREATER NEW YORK INC ↗
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.
Open a dossier: Well-Spring Retirement Community Inc · Lincoln Financial Foundation Inc · The Cemala Foundation Inc · Tannenbaum-Sternberger Foundation Inc · The Seymour & Carol Levin Foundation · The Ackermann Foundation · The Anonymous Fund · William a Stern Foundation · Hagan Family Fund · Moses H Cone Memorial Hospital Operating Corporation · The Robinson Foundation Inc · The Allendale Fund
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Sigmund and Ellen Tannenbaum Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Sigmund and Ellen Tannenbaum Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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