North Carolina · Nonprofit
GREENSBORO HISTORICAL MUSEUM INC
GREENSBORO HISTORICAL MUSEUM INC (North Carolina) receives grants from 10 organizations whose IRS filings report $468,272 to it, the largest being COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF GREATER GREENSBORO INC ($429,390). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 92% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $152k
- Funders on record
- 10
- Grants received
- $468k
- Net assets
- $1.8M
What Greensboro Historical Museum Inc does
Mission
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 creative public programs. The organization nurtures civic engagement and lifelong learning. They encourage dialouge and care for all that is entrusted to them.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
The museum educates the community by presenting creative temporary and permanent exhibits, educational events and programs, exhibits ongoing in 2024 included "by the book", "gerrymander madness", and "1940s flashback". Listed below are the highlights of the exhibits for 2024 by month:january 19 history lunch break: conflict in collections. 19 people joined via zoom to hear curator of collections ayla amon discuss with curator glenn perkins changing practices in how museums deal with collections from wartime.february 3rd -ghm celebrated the year of the dragon lunar new year - with asian pacific community groups from greensboro and beyond - greensboro chinese association, taiwanese association of america-nc, cambodian cultural center of nc, montagnard dega association, nc asian americans over 850 people enjoyed the day! February 16th 45 people came to the museum's mary preyer hall to enjoy the conversation between curator glenn perkins and debbie robinson benton about her memories of the well-known downtown gathering spot robinson's restaurant. - 45 joined facebook live and 750 have viewed the recording.women's history month was acknowledged with three programs: women in science…
$145,203 spent68% of program spendingListed below are the highlights of the education and programming for 2024 by month:january 20th was our ongoing monthly little lions saturday program. Children and their families learned about the history of quilts. Almost 40 attended the program.the national endowment for the humanities has announced that the greensboro history museum has received a $25,000 grant to fund the museum's voices of a city exhibition inclusion project, beyond o. Henry: gray johnson, mcadoo, falkener and ragsdale. February 24th - black history month - interpreters in the museum galleries shared stories of african americans in greensboro. This year's portrayals included: business leader eunice mosely dudley, nc a&t state university alumni ronald mcnair, an astronaut and physicist, underground railroad agent lavina "vina" curry, a free woman of color in guilford county and greensboro-born artist malvin gray johnson, who fought in world war I and was part of the harlem renaissance movement. Greensboro's nonprofit communication services for the deaf and hard of hearing provided signed interpretation for select tours. The day also included ghm's little lions, where pre-k to 3rd graders and their families…
$69,460 spent32% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $214,663.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2021 to 2022, from $2.1M to $1.7M (−18%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
76% of GREENSBORO HISTORICAL MUSEUM INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (64% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 6 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Board chair
Mark Kaley
Nominating chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base held at 3 funders, grant income fell $161k → $8k.
2 of 10 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 92% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of GREENSBORO HISTORICAL MUSEUM INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
GREENSBORO HISTORICAL MUSEUM INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 92% of grant income and the top three 99%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
99% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund GREENSBORO HISTORICAL MUSEUM INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 97% · 2018 99% · 2019 79% · 2020 76% · 2021 99% · 2022 88% · 2023 98% — broadly stable.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How long its funders stay
38% of GREENSBORO HISTORICAL MUSEUM INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 50% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
92% of GREENSBORO HISTORICAL MUSEUM INC's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $39k that is directly attributable, 99% of it comes from North Carolina funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $429k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
GREENSBORO HISTORICAL MUSEUM INC is better cushioned than half of the 17,936 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 17,936 arts & culture nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Government funding GREENSBORO HISTORICAL MUSEUM INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $50k on record.
- National Endowment for the Humanities$25k
- Institute of Museum and Library Services$25k
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like GREENSBORO HISTORICAL MUSEUM INC
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In North Carolina
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
75% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
84%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds GREENSBORO HISTORICAL MUSEUM INC?
- GREENSBORO HISTORICAL MUSEUM INC (North Carolina) receives grants from 10 organizations whose IRS filings report $468,272 to it, the largest being COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF GREATER GREENSBORO INC ($429,390). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 92% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does GREENSBORO HISTORICAL MUSEUM INC have?
- IRS filings report 10 organizations giving $468,272 in grants to GREENSBORO HISTORICAL MUSEUM INC, 5 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of GREENSBORO HISTORICAL MUSEUM INC?
- COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF GREATER GREENSBORO INC is the largest funder on record, with $429,390 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like GREENSBORO HISTORICAL MUSEUM INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in North Carolina. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 10 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing