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The Joseph M Bryan Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$2.9M
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
59
Grants FY2024
52
Organizations funded FY2023
29%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$15,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$400,000
Organizations funded a year
37 to 52
FY2020 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
3
Total assets, FY2024
$48M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 29% of the organizations The Joseph M Bryan Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 4% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 96% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $373k went to new ones.

50%100%’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

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

’21’22’23
Recreation & SportsHuman ServicesEducationCommunity ImprovementArts & CulturePhilanthropyOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2024still arriving51$2.8M31%
FY202352$8.7M29%
FY202245$1.7M33%
FY202145$2.4M49%
FY202037$3.3Mn/a
98% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.

Community Improvement$10MPhilanthropy$2.5MEducation$2.4MRecreation & Sports$1.5MArts & Culture$960kFood & Nutrition$214kPublic Safety & Disaster$208kScience & Tech$170kOther$0

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 62 grantees
All grantees of The Joseph M Bryan Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Greensboro-Randolph Megasite Foundation Inc$7,687,4133100%
United Way of Greater Greensboro Inc$1,530,00055%
Piedmont Triad Charitable Foundation D/B/A Wyndham Championship$1,276,00052%
Action Greensboro$1,183,024524%
Ready for School Ready for Life$916,13756%
Piedmont Triad Partnership$600,000514%
Shift Education$400,00017%
United Arts Council of Greensboro Inc$350,25056%
Guilford College$300,00011%
Greensboro Sports Foundation$236,400418%
Second Harvest Food Bank of Northwest Nc Inc$213,50040%
Greensboro Chamber Foundation$200,500358%
Guilford Education Alliance$195,00057%
Gateway Research Park Inc$150,00012%
Greensboro Police Foundation$125,000317%
North Carolina a & T State University$100,0001n/a
Triangle Sports Commission$85,000311%
National Collegiate Athletic Association$75,00010%
North Carolina Folk Festival$75,00052%
North Carolina Early Childhood Foundation Inc$70,00045%
Golf Fore Fun Inc$69,17917%
Greensboro Symphony Orchestra Inc$60,00031%
Breakthrough T1d$56,50030%
Bikes for Kids Foundation$55,00048%
Downtown Greensboro Inc$34,35051%
Professional Golfers Association of Carolinas Pga Section$30,00011%
White Oak Legacy Foundation$30,0002n/a
Reach Out First Inc$20,00034%
Fellowship of Christian Athletes$20,00020%
American Junior Golf Association Inc$16,50030%
Nc Triad Fusion Inc$15,00010%
Teach for America Inc$15,00010%
One Step Further Inc$15,00020%
Wpda Inc$13,8051n/a
East Market Street Development Corporation$12,50012%
Wheels4hope$10,00010%
Voices Together Inc$10,00010%
Eastern Music Festival Inc$10,0001n/a
Old North State Council Inc$10,00010%
Atlantic Coast Conference$10,00010%
Greensboro Urban Ministry$10,00010%
Sit in Movement Inc$9,00031%
Greensboro College$8,00020%
The Power of Play Charitable Fund$5,00013%
St James Baptist Church$5,0001n/a
Mental Health Association in Greensboro Dba Mental Health Greensboro$5,00011%
Children's Home Society of North Carolina Inc$5,00010%
Compass Greensboro$5,00014%
Family Service of the Piedmont Inc$5,00010%
Guilford Technical Community College Foundation Inc$5,00010%
Junior Achievement of Central Carolinas Inc$4,20020%
The Cemala Foundation Inc$3,26420%
United Way of Sampson County$2,50011%
Trustees of Boston University$2,19510%
Greensboro Sports Council$2,00020%
Junior Achievement of the Triad Inc$1,50010%
Kellin Foundation$1,00010%
Sanctuary House Inc$1,00010%
North Carolina Justice Center$1,00010%
Bigfoot Cycle Club$1,0001n/a
Oak Ridge Foundation Inc$6001n/a
Ash-Rand Rescue Squad & EMS Inc$30030%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 43 recipients with no EIN on record ($2.4M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

The Joseph M Bryan Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 2 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 55 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetGreensboro-Randolph Megasite Foundation Inc: $7,687,413 over 3y, 100% of budgetUnited Way of Greater Greensboro Inc: $1,530,000 over 5y, 4.6% of budgetPiedmont Triad Charitable Foundation D/B/A Wyndham Championship: $1,276,000 over 5y, 2.2% of budgetAction Greensboro: $1,183,024 over 5y, 24% of budgetReady for School Ready for Life: $916,137 over 5y, 6.2% of budgetPiedmont Triad Partnership: $600,000 over 5y, 14% of budgetShift Education: $400,000 over 1y, 7.3% of budgetUnited Arts Council of Greensboro Inc: $350,250 over 5y, 5.5% of budgetGuilford College: $300,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetGreensboro Sports Foundation: $236,400 over 4y, 18% of budgetSecond Harvest Food Bank of Northwest Nc Inc: $213,500 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetGreensboro Chamber Foundation: $200,500 over 3y, 58% of budgetGuilford Education Alliance: $195,000 over 5y, 7.0% of budgetGateway Research Park Inc: $150,000 over 1y, 2.4% of budgetGreensboro Police Foundation: $125,000 over 3y, 17% of budgetTriangle Sports Commission: $85,000 over 3y, 11% of budgetNational Collegiate Athletic Association: $75,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNorth Carolina Folk Festival: $75,000 over 5y, 2.3% of budgetNorth Carolina Early Childhood Foundation Inc: $70,000 over 4y, 5.3% of budgetGolf Fore Fun Inc: $69,179 over 1y, 7.4% of budgetGreensboro Symphony Orchestra Inc: $60,000 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetBreakthrough T1d: $56,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetBikes for Kids Foundation: $55,000 over 4y, 8.5% of budgetDowntown Greensboro Inc: $34,350 over 5y, 0.8% of budgetProfessional Golfers Association of Carolinas Pga Section: $30,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetReach Out First Inc: $20,000 over 3y, 4.0% of budgetFellowship of Christian Athletes: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Junior Golf Association Inc: $16,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetNc Triad Fusion Inc: $15,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTeach for America Inc: $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOne Step Further Inc: $15,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetEast Market Street Development Corporation: $12,500 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetWheels4hope: $10,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetVoices Together Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetOld North State Council Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetAtlantic Coast Conference: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGreensboro Urban Ministry: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSit in Movement Inc: $9,000 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetGreensboro College: $8,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe Power of Play Charitable Fund: $5,000 over 1y, 3.4% of budgetMental Health Association in Greensboro Dba Mental Health Greensboro: $5,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetChildren's Home Society of North Carolina Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCompass Greensboro: $5,000 over 1y, 4.4% of budgetFamily Service of the Piedmont Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGuilford Technical Community College Foundation Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetJunior Achievement of Central Carolinas Inc: $4,200 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetThe Cemala Foundation Inc: $3,264 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetUnited Way of Sampson County: $2,500 over 1y, 1.5% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 55.

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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 Cemala Foundation IncNC49.4× affinity21 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Cemala Foundation Inc · Tannenbaum-Sternberger Foundation Inc · Community Foundation of Greater Greensboro Inc · Lincoln Financial Foundation Inc · Moses H Cone Memorial Hospital Operating Corporation · Moses Cone - Wesley Long Community Health Foundation · Weaver Foundation Inc · Amg Charitable Gift Foundation · Louis DeJoy & Aldona Z Wos Family Foundation Inc · Foundation for the Carolinas · Truist Foundation Inc · The Edward M Armfield Sr Foundation I

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 The Joseph M Bryan Foundation

How much does The Joseph M Bryan Foundation give?
The Joseph M Bryan Foundation reported 59 grants totaling $2,859,563 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 37 and 52 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
What does The Joseph M Bryan Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2024, its largest causes are Community Improvement (54%), Philanthropy (13%), Education (13%).
Who are The Joseph M Bryan Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2020 to FY2024: Greensboro-Randolph Megasite Foundation Inc ($7.7M), United Way of Greater Greensboro Inc ($1.5M), Piedmont Triad Charitable Foundation D/B/A Wyndham Championship ($1.3M).
Does The Joseph M Bryan Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 29% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does The Joseph M Bryan Foundation 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 The Joseph M Bryan Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Cemala Foundation Inc, Tannenbaum-Sternberger Foundation Inc, Community Foundation of Greater Greensboro Inc.
Where is The Joseph M Bryan Foundation based?
The Joseph M Bryan Foundation 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 107 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-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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