Community Improvement & Capacity Building
Action Greensboro
GREENSBORO, NC
Total revenue
$1.5M
Total expenses
$1.4M
Net assets
$7.4M
Grants received
$3.7M
68 grants
EIN
562251250
Tax year
2024
Mission
To improve urban livability, civic engagement, k-12 educational advancement, and initiatives to attract and retain young professionals, in order to enhance the city's economy and quality of life.
Programs
4 programs
Young professionals - seeks to connect and develop the next generation of leaders in greensboro. Promotes social and professional networking, leadership opportunities, and serves as a clearinghouse for information for young adults. Designed to attract, engage, and connect young adults to greensboro. Recruits young talent back to greensboro through the boomerang greensboro program to fuel the local workforce.
Business & industry - offers multiple projects, including the sales tax for educators campaign, and including support of family forward nc.
Made in greensboro - created to market and promote greensboro with a marketing campaign and social media to tell stories about our makers, i.e. Innovative thinkers and doers.
Center city - established due to concerns that the heart of downtown was deteriorating leading to a lack of community pride and providing one or more deterrents to investments in the community.
Financials
FY 2024
Revenue
Expenses
People
17 listed
CECELIA THOMPSON
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
$150K
40 hrs/wk
STAFFORD THOMPSON JR
SECRETARY/TREASURER
—
2 hrs/wk
IVAN CANADA
DIRECTOR
—
2 hrs/wk
DAVID EDWARDS
DIRECTOR
—
2 hrs/wk
BETH FISCHER
DIRECTOR
—
2 hrs/wk
PRESTON HAMMOCK
DIRECTOR
—
2 hrs/wk
JADA HARRIS
DIRECTOR
—
2 hrs/wk
NANCY KING QUAINTANCE
DIRECTOR
—
2 hrs/wk
CC LAMBERTH
DIRECTOR
—
2 hrs/wk
WANDA LEA
DIRECTOR
—
2 hrs/wk
MINDY OAKLEY
DIRECTOR
—
2 hrs/wk
KIM REED
DIRECTOR
—
2 hrs/wk
CLIFFORD THOMPSON
DIRECTOR
—
2 hrs/wk
MICHAEL HALFORD
EX OFFICIO
—
2 hrs/wk
TREY DAVIS III
EX OFFICIO
—
2 hrs/wk
SHERRI THOMAS
CHAIR
—
2 hrs/wk
JAMES B CHRISTENSEN
PRESIDENT/CEO
—
1 hrs/wk
Grants received
Showing 68 of 68
Funded by
$3.7M from 26 funders · 68 grants · 2017–2024
$827K · 4 grants · 2020–2023
$495K · 3 grants · 2020–2023
$474K · 7 grants · 2017–2023
$350K · 1 grant · 2018
$258K · 5 grants · 2020–2024
$255K · 6 grants · 2018–2024
$175K · 3 grants · 2022–2024
$175K · 5 grants · 2019–2023