· Private foundation
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.
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 $10k19 grants · $55k
- $10k–50k28 grants · $600k
- $50k–250k7 grants · $650k
- $250k+5 grants · $1.6M
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| SHIFTED | $400,000 |
| ACTION GREENSBORO | $355,000 |
| UNITED WAY OF GREATER GREENSBORO | $300,000 |
| READY FOR SCHOOL READY FOR LIFE | $250,274 |
| WYNDHAM CHAMPIONSHIP | $250,000 |
| PIEDMONT TRIAD PARTNERSHIP | $200,000 |
| GREENSBORO CHAMBER OF COMMERCE | $105,689 |
| NC A&T UNIVERSITY | $100,000 |
| ARTS COUNCIL OF GREATER GREENSBORO | $75,000 |
| CITY OF GREENSBORO BRYAN GOLF COURSE | $69,393 |
| TRIANGLE SPORTS COMMISSION | $50,000 |
| COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF GREATER GREENSBORO | $50,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $49,649 |
| GUILFORD COUNTY SCHOOLS | $40,000 |
| GREENSBORO JAYCEES HOLIDAY PARADE | $33,340 |
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 (FY20–22, $32k) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 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 +32% since the first grant, against +17% for those funded once.
48 repeat relationships: 35 still active in FY2024, 13 since wound down; 16 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, 78% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $625k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- GMGREENSBORO-RANDOLPH MEGASITE FOUNDATION INC3× · 2020–2024 · $7.7M · revenue +291% · 100% of their budget
- PTPIEDMONT TRIAD CHARITABLE FOUNDATION D/B/A WYNDHAM CHAMPIONSHIP5× · 2020–2024 · $1.3M · revenue +101%
- PTPIEDMONT TRIAD PARTNERSHIP5× · 2020–2024 · $600k · revenue +86%
Funded once
GUILFORD COLLEGEone grant, 2021 · $300k · revenue -92%- GRGATEWAY RESEARCH PARK INCone grant, 2023 · $150k · revenue +20%
- NCNational Collegiate Athletic Associationgraduatedone grant, 2020 · $75k · revenue +148%
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…
To recruit new businesses to winston-salem and forsyth county in order to facilitate growth and economic diversification in the area.
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…
Promoting and enhancing the economic growth and development of greenville county south carolina; gadc was formed by greenville county council.
The research triangle regional partnership is an association of area economic development agencies dedicated to keeping the research triangle region economically strong by collectively marketing the region's competitive advantages and…
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.
To build a thriving regional economy, enhance the community's quality of life, and strengthen member businesses.
Gusa's mission is to promote soccer competition.
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…
The mission of the north carolina global health alliance is to advance north carolina as an international center for research, training, education, advocacy and business dedicated to improving the health of the world's communities. we…
The cga is a non-profit service organization that was formed in 1909 to conduct championships and tournaments for amateur golfers in north and south carolina, administer the usga handicap system in the carolinas, and support its membership…
The nccee provides economic and financial education for educators and students throughout north carolina. this mission is accomplished through standards based workshops and a variety of resources for educators, academic competitions for…
How this is measured
61 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. 61 of the 107 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 GREENSBORO-RANDOLPH MEGASITE FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds UNITED WAY OF GREATER GREENSBORO INC ↗
- Who funds PIEDMONT TRIAD CHARITABLE FOUNDATION D/B/A WYNDHAM CHAMPIONSHIP ↗
- Who funds ACTION GREENSBORO ↗
- Who funds READY FOR SCHOOL READY FOR LIFE ↗
- Who funds PIEDMONT TRIAD PARTNERSHIP ↗
- Who funds SHIFT EDUCATION ↗
- Who funds UNITED ARTS COUNCIL OF GREENSBORO INC ↗
- Who funds GUILFORD COLLEGE ↗
- Who funds GREENSBORO SPORTS FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds SECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK OF NORTHWEST NC INC ↗
- Who funds GREENSBORO CHAMBER FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds GUILFORD EDUCATION ALLIANCE ↗
- Who funds GATEWAY RESEARCH PARK INC ↗
- Who funds GREENSBORO POLICE FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds TRIANGLE SPORTS COMMISSION ↗
- Who funds COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF GREATER GREENSBORO INC ↗
- Who funds National Collegiate Athletic Association ↗
- Who funds NORTH CAROLINA FOLK FESTIVAL ↗
- Who funds NORTH CAROLINA EARLY CHILDHOOD FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds GOLF FORE FUN INC ↗
- Who funds GREENSBORO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC ↗
- Who funds BREAKTHROUGH T1D ↗
- Who funds BIKES FOR KIDS FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds DOWNTOWN GREENSBORO INC ↗
- Who funds PROFESSIONAL GOLFERS ASSOCIATION OF CAROLINAS PGA SECTION ↗
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: 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
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization The Joseph M Bryan Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Joseph M Bryan Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- Trustees of Boston University: 12% of income from government
How this is measured
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