Foundation for the Carolinas (NC)



Established as a community foundation, Foundation For The Carolinas is a nonprofit corporation created by and for the people of the Carolinas. It is here to help individuals, families, nonprofits and corporations make a positive impact on their communities.

As a public charity, the Foundation offers favorable tax treatment for gifts and a variety of giving methods to help people achieve their charitable goals.

Assets and Giving for Foundation for the Carolinas

Assets

2018 - 1,828,291,645
2017 - 1,905,766,210
Domestic Grants

2018 - 282,065,351


    

Recent News from Foundation for the Carolinas


Knight Foundation reinvests in On the Table initiative
Foundation: Akron Community Foundation, Blue Grass Community Foundation, Foundation for the Carolinas, Knight Foundation

This year, the initiative will involve community foundations: the Akron Community Foundation in Akron, Foundation for the Carolinas in Charlotte, N.C., Community Foundation of the Chattahoochee...more

Lineworker Academy gets another boost
Foundation: Foundation for the Carolinas, North Carolina Community Foundation

Individual community colleges could apply for funds through the North Carolina Community Foundation and the Foundation for the Carolinas. Applications were reviewed by a committee of representatives...more

Local Food Activist Jillian Hishaw Named A 'Changemaker'
Foundation: Foundation for the Carolinas

The group also received a grant from the African American Community Foundation (AACF), part of Foundation for the Carolinas, to install gardens at a senior living facility in Charlotte's Washington...more

Clover students receive scholarships to flight academy, residents celebrate wins
Foundation: Foundation for the Carolinas, Lancaster County Community Foundation

27 a donation of up to $75,000 to the Lancaster County Community Foundation, an affiliate of the Foundation for the Carolinas. Of that amount, $40,000 supports the foundation's grants which help fund...more

Lucille Giles

The Lucille Puette Giles Endowment Fund was established, with the principal invested in perpetuity and the earnings devoted to grants. The Foundation's regional affiliate, the Charlotte Mecklenburg...more

With Support From a Major Bank, a City Takes on Inequality
Foundation: Foundation for the Carolinas, Knight Foundation

When it comes to reducing inequality, philanthropy's track record is spotty at best. Left-leaning funders can back all the studies and pilot programs they want, but what if public officials and the...more

Philanthropy in the South Growing Unevenly, Report Finds
Foundation: Foundation for the Carolinas

Although philanthropy in Southern states grew significantly between 2004 and 2014, grants supporting systemic change are still not reaching...more

EDITORIAL: Highs, lows of the week
Foundation: Foundation for the Carolinas

Through the “Give, Grant, Grow Iredell” partnership, the Iredell County Community Foundation and Foundation for the Carolinas awarded more...more

The troubling links between environmentalists and population control extremists

... and U.S. have received significant funding from another nonprofit, the Foundation For The Carolinas (FFTC), a nonprofit “community...more

Foundations give $185K to Iredell nonprofits
Foundation: Foundation for the Carolinas

Iredell County Community Foundation board members and Foundation for the Carolinas formed a partnership and gave seven grants to local...more



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