· Private foundation
The Cemala Foundation Inc
Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k10 grants · $49k
- $10k–50k37 grants · $684k
- $50k–250k8 grants · $866k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| READY FOR SCHOOL READY FOR LIFE | $210,294 |
| ACTION GREENBSORO | $138,500 |
| MIRIAM P BRENNER CHILDREN'S MUSEUM | $135,000 |
| GREENSBORO CHAMBER OF COMMERCE FOUNDATION | $125,000 |
| UNC GREENSBORO EXCELLENCE FOUNDATION | $75,000 |
| UNC GREENSBORO COLLEGE OF VISUAL & PERFORMING ARTS | $70,000 |
| GREENSBORO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA | $62,500 |
| UNITED WAY OF GREATER GREENSBORO | $50,000 |
| UNCG-CENTER FOR YOUTH FAMILY AND COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP | $44,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $40,000 |
| GUILFORD EDUCATION ALLIANCE | $40,000 |
| ARTS COUNCIL OF GREATER GREENSBORO | $35,000 |
| SHE BUILT THIS CITY | $25,000 |
| COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA | $25,000 |
| REACH OUT AND READ | $25,000 |
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 (FY20–24, $406k) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 94% 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 +19% since the first grant, against +13% for those funded once.
57 repeat relationships: 38 still active in FY2024, 19 since wound down; 15 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).
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, 77% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $363k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- GCGREENSBORO CHAMBER FOUNDATION5× · 2020–2024 · $350k · revenue +78% · 69% of their budget
- GCGREENSBORO CHILDREN'S MUSEUM INC3× · 2020–2024 · $335k · revenue +4%
- UAUNITED ARTS COUNCIL OF GREENSBORO INC5× · 2020–2024 · $205k · revenue +15%
Funded once
- TNTHE NUSSBAUM CENTER FOR ENTREPRENEURSHIP INCgraduatedone grant, 2021 · $100k · revenue +34%
- NANC A&T STATE UNIVERSITYone grant, 2020 · $83k
- AHAmerican Heart Association Incgraduatedone grant, 2021 · $68k · revenue +33%
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.
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…
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…
Goodwill builds pathways that help people pursue the life they want to achieve. goodwill exists to help people see possibilities, seize opportunities, and prosper. we partner with individuals to identify their strengths, interests and…
To recruit new businesses to winston-salem and forsyth county in order to facilitate growth and economic diversification in the area.
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.
Goodwill industries of central north carolina, inc.'s mission is improving lives and enriching communities through the power of work
Greensboro housing coalition is the advocate for fair, safe, and affordable housing. we help homeowners keep their homes by preventing foreclosure and promoting home maintenance. we help tenants resolve problems with their landlords to…
Greater winston-salem inc. is a leading business organization in winston- salem and forsyth county. the organization is focused on establishing winston-salem as a technology-driven economic center. greater winston-salem inc. offers…
The experiential school of greensboro educates creative, critically engaged citizens using an experiential curriculum that extends the classroom into the downtown greensboro community.
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…
The carolinas gateway partnership is dedicated to the creation of community wealth through the retention, creation, and expansion of business opportunities in tarboro, rocky mount, and edgecombe county, north carolina.
How this is measured
75 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. 75 of the 99 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 READY FOR SCHOOL READY FOR LIFE ↗
- Who funds ACTION GREENSBORO ↗
- Who funds GREENSBORO CHAMBER FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds GREENSBORO CHILDREN'S MUSEUM INC ↗
- Who funds UNITED WAY OF GREATER GREENSBORO INC ↗
- Who funds UNITED ARTS COUNCIL OF GREENSBORO INC ↗
- Who funds GUILFORD EDUCATION ALLIANCE ↗
- Who funds GREENSBORO URBAN MINISTRY ↗
- Who funds COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF GREATER GREENSBORO INC ↗
- Who funds THE NUSSBAUM CENTER FOR ENTREPRENEURSHIP INC ↗
- Who funds GREENSBORO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC ↗
- Who funds Forge Greensboro ↗
- Who funds REACH OUT AND READ INC ↗
- Who funds SECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK OF NORTHWEST NC INC ↗
- Who funds BACKPACK BEGINNINGS ↗
- Who funds JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF THE TRIAD INC ↗
- Who funds Teach for America Inc ↗
- Who funds American Heart Association Inc ↗
- Who funds REACH OUT FIRST INC ↗
- Who funds GREEN HILL CENTER FOR NORTH CAROLINA ART ↗
- Who funds READING CONNECTIONS INC ↗
- Who funds EASTERN MUSIC FESTIVAL INC ↗
- Who funds Womens Resource Center of Greensboro Inc ↗
- Who funds OAK RIDGE FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds ELSEWHERE INC ↗
- Who funds COMMUNITY THEATRE OF GREENSBORO INC ↗
- Who funds PARENTS AS TEACHERS GUILFORD COUNTY ↗
- Who funds GREENSBORO OPERA COMPANY ↗
- Who funds GET IN THE GAME ↗
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: Tannenbaum-Sternberger Foundation Inc · Community Foundation of Greater Greensboro Inc · Lincoln Financial Foundation Inc · The Joseph M Bryan Foundation · Amg Charitable Gift Foundation · Hillsdale Fund · The Edward M Armfield Sr Foundation I · Weaver Foundation Inc · Moses Cone - Wesley Long Community Health Foundation · Well-Spring Retirement Community Inc · Truist Foundation Inc · Moses H Cone Memorial Hospital Operating Corporation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization The Cemala Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Cemala Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.
- Reach Out and Read Inc: 9% of income from government
How this is measured
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