Preservation Greensboro Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 566086217
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2014–2023
- Official website data refreshed
- Sep 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990 2023
- Location
- Greensboro, NC, US
- Phone
- 336-272-5003
- Rating
- 85
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Historical Societies & Historic Preservation
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $291,437
- Expenses
- $393,588
- Assets
- $1,991,300
- Liabilities
- $119,251
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2023. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
19 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Sunny Gravely Foushee (President)
- Kim Cameron (Vice President)
Highest reported compensation
- Benjamin Briggs (Executive Dir.): $43,321 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2023. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Saving Greensboro's Treasured Places
What it reported doing in 2023
Since 1966, Preservation Greensboro, Inc. has encouraged the conservation of Greensboro's architectual history by preserving sites such as Blandwood Mansion and the Troy-Bumpass House, and has helped to save such places as Dudley High School, Blue Bell Manufacturing Company, Lindley Park, and the UNCG Chancellor's House. Historic buildings and sites play an important role in defining our community's identity by telling Greensboro's unique story. They serve as tangible links to our past, energize our economy, and ensure the continuity and stability of our neighborhoods.Today, PGI is a dynamic and respected organization that contributes a key role in the growth of Greensboro's economy. With such diverse initiatives as Architectural Salvage of Greensboro, the Blandwood museum, newsletters, informative meetings, seminars, and special events, Preservation Greensboro is a constant voice within the community towards revitilization, improved quality of life, and conservation of historic resources for future generations.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
- Distribution model
- Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.
The verdict
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 85
- Transparency & Controls: 92
- Accountability: 84
- Sustainability: 35
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
- Program expense ratio: 78.4%; rating input score 78
- Fundraising efficiency: $6.21 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 27; 27th percentile among comparable filings
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: Limited
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: Limited
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 5 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 62
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Fail
- Document-retention policy: Fail
- CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Other executive compensation review process: Fail
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Pass
- Independent financial-statement audit: Pass
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -35.1%; rating input score 9; 9th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 5.06; rating input score 80; 80th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.06; rating input score 32; 32nd percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 11%; rating input score 28; 28th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 2.6% per year; rating input score 100; 45th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 0.3% per year; rating input score 100; 28th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 0.9% per year; rating input score 100; 30th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- What they do: 8 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 1 operating location identified
- Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 78.4% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 17 of 17 board members independent · 5 of 8 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $308K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $43K · 19 people listed
- Consistency: 31 of 31 current checks pass
- Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors
- Filing history: 9 filing years from 2014 to 2023
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
- Related organizations: 1 filed related-organization link
- Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
- People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.
Key Signals
Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.
- High — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 27/100.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 3 of 8 not reported.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 9/100.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 28/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 32/100.