Guilford Green Foundation

Name

Guilford Green Foundation

Legal name

Guilford Green Foundation

Website

https://ggfnc.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1998

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Nonprofit Community Services

NAICS

Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations (813), Grantmaking and Giving Services (8132)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro primary industry

LGBTQ+ Rights & Advocacy Organizations (BPAGAFAE)

akta.pro secondary industries

Community Foundations (BPAGAKAB), Community Centers & Neighborhood Support Services (BPAGAEAL)

Keywords

• LGBTQ community services
• Nonprofit foundation programs
• Community center operations
• LGBTQ philanthropy advocacy
• Community grants scholarships

Headquarters

HQ city

Greensboro

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Donations and Philanthropy: The foundation raises funds through donations from individuals, organizations, and sponsors to support its mission of advancing equality and inclusion for the LGBTQ community through philanthropy, programming, and advocacy.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

Guilford Green Foundation & LGBTQ Center operates a physical community center in Greensboro, NC, and delivers a portfolio of community services including financial grants for LGBTQ organizations, the Pearl Berlin Scholarship for LGBTQ students, recurring community programs, advocacy resources (Report Discrimination, Name Change Guide, Voting Guide for Transgender Individuals), and signature events such as The Power of Pride, Green Queen Bingo, and an annual Gala. All services are provided free of charge to LGBTQ community members in Guilford County.

Product overview

Guilford Green Foundation & LGBTQ Center (GGF) is a nonprofit organization offering a portfolio of community-focused programs and services. The core offerings include the LGBTQ Center providing safe community spaces, a Grant Program for LGBTQ initiatives, the Pearl Berlin Scholarship for students, and Progress Partners for corporate sponsorship. Additional services include advocacy resources (Report Discrimination, Name Change Guide, Voting Guide), community events (The Power of Pride, Green Queen Bingo, Gala, OUT and About Greensboro calendar), and volunteer opportunities. The organization operates primarily in Greensboro, NC, advancing equality and inclusion through philanthropy, programming, and advocacy.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• LGBTQ Center

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

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Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Progress PartnerscoreOthersGGF's Progress Partners program enables organizations and businesses to sponsor ads in the foundation's weekly e-newsletter as a way to support LGBTQ visibility and reach the community. This partnership allows businesses to connect with GGF's audience while contributing to the foundation's mission.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Others

• CenterLink: National network of LGBTQ community centers. Directly comparable in mission area (community centers serving LGBTQ populations) and serves as an enabling peer, providing member centers like GGF with operational resources, training, and benchmarking.
• SAGE (Advocacy & Services for LGBTQ+ Elders): National nonprofit addressing LGBTQ aging through advocacy, services, and culturally competent support. Comparable to GGF in mission-aligned advocacy and direct community support, but focused on the elder subset rather than the general LGBTQ population.

Direct peers

• Equality NC: North Carolina's statewide LGBTQ advocacy and policy organization. Directly comparable to GGF as an NC-based LGBTQ advocacy and education entity, though operating at state rather than county level and without GGF's physical community center.
• PFLAG National: National network of LGBTQ family-ally support, advocacy, and education chapters. Comparable to GGF's combined community + advocacy model, with overlapping programming in support groups, education, and resource provision, but operating through a chapter model rather than a single physical center.
• Charlotte Pride: Charlotte, NC-based LGBTQ community organization producing Pride events, community programming, and advocacy. Comparable as another NC LGBTQ community-and-events organization, but in a larger metro and without GGF's grantmaking/scholarship layer.

Broad incumbents

• Human Rights Campaign Foundation: Largest national LGBTQ civil rights advocacy organization. Comparable to GGF's advocacy mission but operates at national scale with a broader portfolio and significantly larger donor base, functioning as a broad incumbent rather than a community-embedded foundation.
• Whitman-Walker Health: Washington, D.C.-based community health and advocacy organization serving LGBTQ populations with direct services, research, and policy work. Comparable to GGF's integrated service + advocacy model but with a clinical-care emphasis rather than grantmaking/scholarships.
• Los Angeles LGBT Center: One of the largest LGBTQ community centers in the world, combining direct services, advocacy, and philanthropy. Comparable to GGF's center + foundation model but at vastly greater scale, geographic reach, and program breadth.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• Xtwitter.com/guilfordgreen
• Facebookfacebook.com/pages/Guilford-Green-Foundation/210257812344672?fref=ts
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/guilfordgreenfoundationlgbtqcenter
• Instagraminstagram.com/guilfordgreenfoundation

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Funding overview

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Investors

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M&A

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