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Private foundations don’t post open calls, so nobody can search them. We read IRS filings instead — 9.6 million grants from 174,053 foundations and grantmaking charities, searchable by what the money was actually for.
12 funders with a record of paying for “greensboro”
Where the money went
Largest: $340,375 to ACTION GREENSBORO — action greensboro operations and yp support, greensboro/guilford financial capacity study, boomerang study, public education issues
Largest: $250,000 to UNITED WAY OF GREATER GREENSBORO INC — united way programs
Largest: $200,000 to ACTION GREENSBORO — general operating support
Jewish Foundation of GreensboroGreensboro, NCCharity · may take applications
35 matching grants · $3.3M · through 2024Largest: $894,594 to GREENSBORO JEWISH FEDERATION — charitable support for programs & operations of the donee organizations
Amg Charitable Gift FoundationGreenwood Village, COCharity · may take applications
39 matching grants · $418,500 · through 2024Largest: $50,000 to UNITED WAY OF GREATER GREENSBORO — public assistance
Largest: $1,000 to GREENSBORO URBAN MINISTRY — to express the love of god to people in need through practical action in the greater greensboro area.
Largest: $10,000 to UNITED WAY OF GREATER GREENSBORO — focused on breaking the cycle of poverty in the greensboro community
Moses Cone - Wesley Long CommunityGreensboro, NCCharity · may take applications
22 matching grants · $2.3M · through 2023Largest: $462,005 to University of North Carolina at Greensboro — access to care
Largest: $70,568 to United Way of Greater Greensboro — general operations
Moses H Cone Memorial HospitalGreensboro, NCCharity · may take applications
17 matching grants · $5.9M · through 2024Largest: $27,500 to GREENSBORO MEDICAL SOCIETY FDN — education for health care providers,yearly endowment distribution,scholarship gala sponsorship
Largest: $30,000 to COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF GREATER GREENSBORO (GREENSBORO JAYCEES FUND) — to promote philanthropy, maintain a permanent collection of endowment funds, and serve as a leader in shaping effective responses for community issues for greater greensboro.
Largest: $250,000 to YOUTH VILLAGES — greensboro urban growth proposal
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Source: IRS Form 990-PF Part XV and Form 990 Schedule I, tax years 2019–2025. These are grants already paid, a record of what an organization funds rather than an open call. Private foundations rarely accept unsolicited applications and the route in is usually a program officer; grantmaking charities and associations more often run real application cycles, so check their website. How this data is built, and its limits →

