Grants awarded
Who does The Cemala Foundation INC fund?
The Cemala Foundation INC has awarded $7.7 million across 234 grants to 111 grantees between 2020 and 2024. Its giving concentrates in arts & culture. Its typical grant is $15,000, with most between $10,000 and $25,000.
Total awarded
$7.7M
Typical grant
$15K
Grantees
111
Grants
234
Years
2020–2024
Organizations this funder supports
Each grantee's funding from this organization, summed across all reported years. Largest first — click any column to re-sort.
| Grantee | Total received | Grants | Years | Latest | State | Support |
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Ready for School Ready for Life
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$1.4M | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | NC | |
Action Greensboro
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$802K | 4 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | NC | |
| I Individual recipient | $520K | 4 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| G Greensboro Chamber of Commerce Foundation | $350K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
United Way of Greater Greensboro INC
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$325K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | NC | |
| S Salvation Army Greensboro | $255K | 4 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
Guilford Education Alliance INC
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$205K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | NC | |
| G Greensboro Children's Museum | $200K | 2 | 2020–2021 | 2021 | — | — |
| A Artsgreensboro | $170K | 4 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
Greensboro Urban Ministry INC
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$150K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | NC | |
| I Individual recipient | $138K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| M Miriam P Brenner Children's Museum | $135K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| C Community Foundation of Greater Greensboro | $102K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| U Uncg-Center for Youth Family and Community Partnership | $100K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
The Nussbaum Center for Entrepreneurship INC
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$100K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | NC | |
Greensboro Symphony Orchestra Incorporated
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$88K | 3 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | NC | |
Forge Greensboro
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$85K | 3 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | NC | |
| N NC A&t State University | $83K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
| S Second Harvest Food Bank of Northwest NC INC | $75K | 2 | 2021–2022 | 2022 | — | — |
Reach Out and Read INC
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$75K | 2 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | MA | |
| U Unc Greensboro Excellence Foundation | $75K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| N NC Folk & Heritage Festival | $75K | 3 | 2021–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
Backpack Beginnings
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$70K | 3 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | NC | |
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$70K | 4 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | NY | |
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$70K | 4 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | NC | |
| U Unc Greensboro College of Visual & Performing Arts | $70K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
American Heart Association INC
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$68K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | TX | |
| I Individual recipient | $65K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| G Green Hill Center for North Carolina Art | $65K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| U Uncg-Masters in Public Affairs Program | $60K | 4 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $60K | 2 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| O Oak Ridge Military Academy | $59K | 3 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $50K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | — | — |
Eastern Music Festival INC
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$50K | 3 | 2021–2023 | 2023 | NC | |
| I Individual recipient | $45K | 2 | 2021–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
Community Theatre of Greensboro INC
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$40K | 2 | 2022–2023 | 2023 | NC | |
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$40K | 2 | 2020–2021 | 2021 | NC | |
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$40K | 4 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | NC | |
Greensboro Opera Company
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$38K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | NC | |
| A Arts Council of Greater Greensboro | $35K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $35K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| G Get in the Game | $35K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| D Downtown Greensboro Foundation | $35K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | NC | |
| I Individual recipient | $30K | 2 | 2021–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
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$30K | 2 | 2022–2023 | 2023 | NC | |
Greensboro Literary Organization
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$30K | 4 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | NC | |
Triangle Sports Commission INC
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$30K | 2 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | NC | |
| G Greensboro Cerebral Palsey Association | $25K | 2 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
Carolina Theatre of Greensboro INC
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$25K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | NC | |
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$25K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | NC | |
| C Community Foundation of Western North Carolina | $25K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| W Women's Resources Center of Greensboro | $25K | 2 | 2020–2021 | 2021 | — | — |
North Carolina for Community and Justice INC
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$25K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | NC | |
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$25K | 2 | 2021–2022 | 2022 | NC | |
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$25K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | NC | |
| N NC Partnership for Children | $25K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $25K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
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$25K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | NC | |
Voices Together INC
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$25K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | NC | |
| I Individual recipient | $25K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $25K | 2 | 2020–2021 | 2021 | — | — |
Greensboro Downtown Parks INC
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$20K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | NC | |
| N NC Folk & Heritage Festivals | $20K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| S Salvation Army | $20K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
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$20K | 2 | 2020–2021 | 2021 | NC | |
| W Women's Resource Center of Greensboro INC | $20K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| N NC Early Childhood Foundation | $20K | 4 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $20K | 2 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $20K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
Friends of John Coltrane INC
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$20K | 2 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | NC | |
| B Barnabas Network | $15K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
| N NC Institute of Political Leadership | $15K | 3 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
Youth Villages INC
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$15K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | TN | |
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$15K | 2 | 2020–2021 | 2021 | NC | |
| C Compass Greensboro | $15K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | NC | |
| H Horsepower | $15K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| W Women's Resource Center of Greensboro | $15K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| J Junior League of Greensboro | $15K | 2 | 2021–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| B Black Child Development Insitute of Greensboro | $15K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| U Unc Greensboro Master of Public Affairs | $15K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| Y Youth Villages North Carolina | $15K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| E East Market Street Development Corporation | $12K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | NC | |
| I Individual recipient | $12K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
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$12K | 2 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | NC | |
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$10K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | NC | |
| I Individual recipient | $10K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| F Family Services of the Piedmont INC | $10K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | — | — |
One Step Further Incorporated
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$10K | 2 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | NC | |
| B Baptist Children's Homes of North Carolina | $10K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $10K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| H Horsepower INC | $10K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | — | — |
| W Well-Spring Retirement Community | $10K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $10K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| N NC A&t State University Foundation | $10K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
Sparrow's Nest INC
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$10K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | OK | |
Magnolia House Foundation INC
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$10K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | NC | |
| D Dance Project INC | $8K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| M Make-A-Wish Central and Western North Caroina | $8K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| N Noble Academy | $8K | 3 | 2021–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| C Crossroads Pathway to Success INC | $8K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | — | — |
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