Greene Lamp

Greene Lamp Inc., a tax-exempt nonprofit organization based in Kinston, North Carolina, operates as a federal grant recipient and sub-recipient, delivering early childhood education, senior volunteer intergenerational mentoring, housing stabilization, and emergency services to disadvantaged populations across North Carolina. The organization has no federal contract footprint and works entirely through federal grant programs.

Greene Lamp's federal funding derives from two primary agencies. The Department of Housing and Urban Development's Office of Community Planning and Development accounts for 60 of 88 total awards (68% of the portfolio), with work centered on housing stabilization services under the Back@Home Balance of State Program — reducing unsheltered and rural homelessness through emergency shelter operations and low-barrier housing-focused crisis response. The Department of Health and Human Services, through its Administration for Children and Families, funds 15 awards (17% of the portfolio) supporting early childhood development and family services. The Corporation for National and Community Service accounts for 8 awards (9% of the portfolio) through its AmeriCorps Seniors program. These three agencies cover 94% of Greene Lamp's recent award volume.

Greene Lamp's activity pattern reflects a sharp concentration in 2023, when 64 awards were issued, followed by declining volume in 2024 (six awards), 2025 (one award), and 2026 (three awards through September). The most recent prime grant work includes a $1.685 million Early Head Start five-year project grant from HHS Administration for Children and Families awarded September 1, 2026, extending through August 31, 2031, funding cognitive, physical, behavioral, and social-emotional development services for infants, toddlers, and pregnant women with performance in North Carolina; and a $564 thousand AmeriCorps Seniors Foster Grandparent Program award from the Corporation for National and Community Service issued July 1, 2026, funding senior volunteer mentoring and tutoring of disadvantaged children through June 30, 2029 in North Carolina schools, Head Start programs, and childcare centers. An August 1, 2023 Head Start project grant from HHS Administration for Children and Families extends through July 31, 2028. Greene Lamp also holds a current AmeriCorps Seniors Senior Companion Program award issued July 1, 2024, running through June 30, 2027.

Greene Lamp operates predominantly as a sub-recipient (76% of awards, 67 total) beneath the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services on poverty-reduction and homelessness initiatives, with sub-award work dating to October 2023 and spanning housing stabilization services, emergency shelter grant operations, and community revitalization funding. The organization has held prime grant status on 21 awards (24% of the portfolio). Only two awards face ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, indicating stable continuation of existing funding cycles. Combined obligated dollars across all awards total $124.4 million, with the bulk of HUD funding clustered in 2023 sub-awards that are now in operational performance phases extending into 2026 and beyond.