Grassroots Productions Limited Board Of Directors

Almost everyone knows that Betty Cone runs Grassroots Productions Limited, the 501(3)(c) non profit organization responsible for the Fun 4th Festival and the Festival of Lights. Betty's ancestors were the Cone Brothers who founded Cone Mills in the late 19th century and build much of what Greensboro is today. Betty married into the Cone family. So far I have been unable to determine who sits on Ms Cone's board of directors but Betty Cone does or did have a seat on the boards of the Carolina Theater, the United Arts Council of Greater Greensboro, Downtown Greensboro Incorporated, the Community Foundation of Greater Greensboro Inc. and other area non profits.

Is there a source available to the general public that tells us who sits on the boards of non profits? Most for profit corporations make this information very easy to locate and some non profits do as well but to date, the leadership of most of Greensboro's non profit organizations seems shrouded in mystery. I guess there are no laws requiring such things but given that these non profits are receive taxpayer dollars and/or tax free donations in one form or another it seems to me the public should have a right to know without having to jump through a bunch of hoops. Perhaps we should start lobbying North Carolina state legislators for ways and means to make such information public?

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