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The Natural Science Center of Greensboro Inc Dba Greensboro Science Center

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 passion for science and the natural world.

$72k
Granted FY2020
6
Itemized grants FY2020
6
Organizations funded FY2020
83%
First-time grantees FY2020
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Itemized, FY2020
$57k
The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
Median grant, FY2020
$10,000
Largest grant, FY2020
$12,000
Organizations funded a year
5 to 6
FY2018 to FY2020
States reached, FY2020
5
Total assets, FY2020
$41M

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2020, 83% of the organizations The Natural Science Center of Greensboro Inc Dba Greensboro Science Center funded were first-time grantees, receiving 79% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2020, 21% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $45k went to new ones.

50%100%’19’20
RenewedFirst-time

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

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AnimalsEnvironmentOther
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
FY20206$57k83%
FY20196$43k100%
FY20185$39kn/a
100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2020.

Animals$76kEnvironment$55kEducation$8k

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

NY
CA
CO
MD
NC
SC
DC
GA
TX
FL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2018 to FY2020, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 16 grantees
All grantees of The Natural Science Center of Greensboro Inc Dba Greensboro Science Center by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Oceana Inc$22,00020%
The Orianne Society$11,00011%
Save the Golden Lion Tamarin$10,00015%
Wildlife Conservation Network Inc$9,00010%
Stony Brook Foundation Inc$8,00010%
National Fish and Wildlife Foundation$8,00010%
The Coral Restoration Foundation Inc$7,70010%
The Turtle Survival Alliance Foundation$7,55011%
American Association of Zoological Parks and Aquariums Inc$7,50010%
Zoo Conservation Outreach Group Inc$7,00012%
Denver Zoological Foundation$7,00010%
Island Conservation$7,00010%
Sawfish Conservation Society Inc$7,0001n/a
North Carolina Bluebird Society Inc$7,0001n/a
Rewild$7,00010%
North Carolina Coastal Land Trust$6,00010%

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Natural Science Center of Greensboro Inc Dba Greensboro Science Center supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetOceana Inc: $22,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe Orianne Society: $11,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetSave the Golden Lion Tamarin: $10,000 over 1y, 5.4% of budgetWildlife Conservation Network Inc: $9,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetStony Brook Foundation Inc: $8,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNational Fish and Wildlife Foundation: $8,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Coral Restoration Foundation Inc: $7,700 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetThe Turtle Survival Alliance Foundation: $7,550 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetAmerican Association of Zoological Parks and Aquariums Inc: $7,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetZoo Conservation Outreach Group Inc: $7,000 over 1y, 2.5% of budgetDenver Zoological Foundation: $7,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetIsland Conservation: $7,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetRewild: $7,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNorth Carolina Coastal Land Trust: $6,000 over 1y, 0.0% 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 14.

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.

Detroit Zoological SocietyMI13.6× affinity4 shared granteesties to 5 of 5Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Detroit Zoological Society · National Philanthropic Trust · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation

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 Natural Science Center of Greensboro Inc Dba Greensboro Science Center

How much does The Natural Science Center of Greensboro Inc Dba Greensboro Science Center give?
The Natural Science Center of Greensboro Inc Dba Greensboro Science Center reported 6 itemized grants totaling $56,500, out of $72,000 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2020 IRS filing. It funded between 5 and 6 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2020.
What does The Natural Science Center of Greensboro Inc Dba Greensboro Science Center fund?
By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2020, its largest causes are Animals (55%), Environment (39%), Education (6%).
Who are The Natural Science Center of Greensboro Inc Dba Greensboro Science Center's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2018 to FY2020: Oceana Inc ($22k), The Orianne Society ($11k), Save the Golden Lion Tamarin ($10k).
Does The Natural Science Center of Greensboro Inc Dba Greensboro Science Center fund new organizations?
In FY2020, 83% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Which funders back the same organizations as The Natural Science Center of Greensboro Inc Dba Greensboro Science Center?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Detroit Zoological Society, National Philanthropic Trust, American Online Giving Foundation Inc.
Where is The Natural Science Center of Greensboro Inc Dba Greensboro Science Center based?
The Natural Science Center of Greensboro Inc Dba Greensboro Science Center 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 16 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 e-file return for fiscal year 2020, released 2020. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2025) is on record and reports no grant expense, so the figures above are from FY2020, the most recent year this funder made grants.

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