C. D. Spangler Foundation

OVERVIEW: The C. D. Spangler Foundation supports education, human services, health, religion and arts and culture in North Carolina.

IP TAKE: This foundation is a prominent grantmaker in North Carolina, but not a particularly accessible one for small and new organizations that are not personally connected to the Spangler family.

PROFILE: Established in 1956, the C. D. Spangler Foundation is a family foundation based in Charlotte, North Carolina. Clemmie Spangler was a billionaire businessman who owned the National Gypsum company and was the president of the University of North Carolina. He was born in Charlotte, was married and had two daughters. The Spangler Center at Harvard Business School is named after Clemmie Spangler. Other major donors of the foundation are PTI Investments Inc., Delcap, Inc. and C.D. Spangler Construction Co. It funds local efforts for education, higher education, human services, health, religion and arts and culture.

The C. D. Spangler Foundation does not have a website to guide grantseekers. However, past tax records indicate this this foundation primarily gives to major universities that have a connection to the Spangler family. It tends to give through challenge grant programs that involve multi-million-dollar commitments. For example, the foundation made major grant commitment of $26.9 million to create professorships at all University of North Carolina campuses. To a lesser extent the foundation offers support for health and human services needs, as well as for religion and arts and culture. Some of the most common grantees are well-established, Charlotte-based arts groups and local schools.

Important Grant Details:

This funder made about $18 million in grants in a recent year. Grants range between about $1,000 and $4 million. Learn more about this funder’s local giving by examining its recent tax records. Grantmaking largely focuses North Carolina. Past local grantees include the University of North Carolina, the YMCA of Greater Charlotte and the Charlotte Ballet.

This foundation does not typically accept unsolicited grant applications from nonprofits and only funds pre-selected organizations. Direct general questions to the staff at 704-372-4500.

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CONTACT:

C.D. Spangler Foundation

P.O. Box 36007

Charlotte, NC 28236

(704) 372-4500