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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.

$72k
Granted FY2020
6
Grants FY2020
5
States reached
$12k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% 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
02FY2020 · 6 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 6 grants below total $56,500, the rows itemized in this filing. The $72,000 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $15,500 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2020

  • Under $10k3 grants · $24k
  • $10k–50k3 grants · $33k
$10,000
Median grant
5
States reached
$41M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
OCEANA$12,000
THE ORIANNE SOCIETY$11,000
SAVE THE GOLDEN LION$10,000
Wildlife Conservation NETWORK$9,000
Zoo Conservation Outreach Gro$7,500
NC BLUEBIRD SOCIETY$7,000
02The need
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Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

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Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY18–20) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 88% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%Wildlife Conservation NETWORK: $9k → 10%Island Conservation: $7k → 13%Stony Brook Foundation: $8k → 7%Turtle Survival Alliance: $8k → 12%OCEANA: $12k → 14%Coral Restoration Foundation: $8k → 13%NC BLUEBIRD SOCIETY: $7k → 8%NC Coastal Land Trust: $6k → 12%THE ORIANNE SOCIETY: $11k → 13%Denver Zoological Foundation: $7k → 12%SAVE THE GOLDEN LION: $10k → 8%Oceana: $10k → 14%Zoo Conservation Outreach Gro: $8k → 8%National Fish and Wildlife Fo: $8k → 14%Zoo Conservation Outreach Gro: $7k → 8%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

NY
CA
CO
MD
NC
SC
DC
GA
TX
FL
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its field

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.

1
Rainforest Trust

Rainforest trust saves endangered wildlife and protects our planet by creating rainforest reserves through partnerships, community engagement, and donor support.

International
2
World Wildlife Fund Inc

Wwf's mission is to conserve nature and reduce the most pressing threats to the diversity of life on earth. (continued on schedule o)

Environment
3
Conservation International Foundation

Ci works to spotlight and secure the critical benefits that nature provides to humanity.

Environment
4
Conservation Society of California

Through management of oakland zoo, the conservation society of california deepens connection with animals, saves wildlife, and inspires champions for the natural world.

Animals
5
Conservation Farms & Ranches

Preserving and enhancing the habitat of wildlife, such as sandhill cranes, waterfowl, raptors, which habitat expenses are supported by agricultural activities.

Housing & Shelter
6
Int'l Union for Conservation of Nature & Natural Resources - Us

Iucn-us fund builds bridges between us donors and iucn by catalyzing, accelerating, funding and promoting iucn's work - conserving nature and natural resources in the united states and throughout the world.

Environment
7
Cascadia Wildlands

Cascadia wildlands defends and restores cacasia's wild ecosystems in the forests,in the courts, and in the streets. we envision vast old-growth forests, rivers full of wild salmon, wolves howling in the backcountry, a stable climate, and…

Environment
8
Fauna & Flora International Usa Inc

Our mission is to act to conserve threatened species and ecosystems worldwide, choosing solutions that are sustainable, based on sound science and take into account human needs.

Philanthropy
9
Wildcoast

The mission of wildcoast is to conserve coastal and marine ecosystems and address climate change through natural solutions. our staff is dedicated to conserving threatened and endangered coastlines and wildlife in california and mexico.…

Environment
10
Center for Natural Lands Management

The mission of the center for natural lands management is (a) to conserve native species, their habitat and functioning ecosystems in perpetuity, (b) to own and/or manage lands in an ecologically beneficial manner consistent with local,…

Environment
11
National Forest Foundation

The national forest foundation (nff), chartered by congress, turns america's love of nature into meaningful action for 193-million acre national forest system through on the ground program work and grant making activities, and accepts and…

Recreation & Sports
12
The Wildlife Society

The wildlife society's mission is to inspire, empower, and enable wildlife professionals to sustain wildlife populations and habitats through science-based management and conservation.

Animals
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is National Fish and Wildlife Foundation; the most unlike its peers is North Carolina Coastal Land Trust. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

14 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. 14 of the 16 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
14/14
Grantees still filing
11/14
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

THE ORIANNE SOCIETY: $11,000 · AnimalsTHE ORIANNE SOCIETYSAVE THE GOLDEN LION TAMARIN: $10,000 · AnimalsSAVE THE GOLDEN LION TAMARINWILDLIFE CONSERVATION NETWORK INC: $9,000 · AnimalsWILDLIFE CONSERVATION NETWORK INCNATIONAL FISH AND WILDLIFE FOUNDATION: $8,000 · AnimalsNATIONAL FISH AND WILDLIFE FOUNDATIONTHE TURTLE SURVIVAL ALLIANCE FOUNDATION: $7,550 · AnimalsTHE TURTLE SURVIVAL ALLIANCE FOUNDATIONAMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF ZOOLOGICAL PARKS AND AQUARIUMS INC: $7,500 · AnimalsAMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF ZOOLOGICAL PARKS AND AQUARIUMS…DENVER ZOOLOGICAL FOUNDATION: $7,000 · AnimalsDENVER ZOOLOGICAL FOUNDATIONREWILD: $7,000 · AnimalsREWILDOCEANA INC: $22,000 · EnvironmentOCEANA INCTHE CORAL RESTORATION FOUNDATION INC: $7,700 · EnvironmentTHE CORAL RESTORATION FOUNDATION I…ISLAND CONSERVATION: $7,000 · EnvironmentISLAND CONSERVATIONNORTH CAROLINA COASTAL LAND TRUST: $6,000 · EnvironmentNORTH CAROLINA COASTAL LAND TRUSTZOO CONSERVATION OUTREACH GROUP INC: $7,000 · OtherZOO CONSERVATION …SAWFISH CONSERVATION SOCIETY INC: $7,000 · OtherSAWFISH CONSERVAT…NORTH CAROLINA BLUEBIRD SOCIETY INC: $7,000 · OtherNORTH CAROLINA BL…STONY BROOK FOUNDATION INC: $8,000 · Education
Animals$67,050Environment$42,700Other$21,000Education$8,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

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
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.

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 So…National Philanthropi…American Online Givin…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization The Natural Science Center of Greensboro Inc Dba Greensboro Science Center funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Natural Science Center of Greensboro Inc Dba Greensboro Science Center. Bigger dots raise more.

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no gov · 20%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 16%
  • The Coral Restoration Foundation Inc: 16% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
2get no government money at all
2report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
typical government reliance, FY20–25
How this is measured
Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.

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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