Grants awarded
Who does The Gambrell Foundation fund?
The Gambrell Foundation has awarded $36 million across 153 grants to 73 grantees between 2020 and 2024. Its giving concentrates in health care. Its typical grant is $100,000, with most between $25,000 and $233,255. Repeat grantees receive a median $100,000 versus $20,000 for first-time grantees.
Total awarded
$35.8M
Typical grant
$100K
Grantees
73
Grants
153
Years
2020–2024
Organizations this funder supports
Each grantee's funding from this organization, summed across all reported years. Largest first — click any column to re-sort.
| Grantee | Total received | Grants | Years | Latest | State | Follow |
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| Q Queens University | $6.0M | 3 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| C Caldwell Presbyterian Church | $5.0M | 2 | 2020–2021 | 2021 | — | — |
Charlotte Mecklenburg Library Foundation
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$3.1M | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | NC | |
| Y Young Women's Christian Association of the Central Carolinas INC | $2.1M | 3 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | — | — |
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$1.8M | 4 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | NC | |
| C Central Piedmont Community College Foundation INC | $1.5M | 4 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| C Communities in Schools of Charlotte-Mecklenburg INC | $1.4M | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| C Charmeck Family Justice Center INC | $1.0M | 2 | 2022–2023 | 2023 | NC | |
American Institute for Boys and Men
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$1.0M | 2 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | DC | |
Young Men's Christian Association of Greater Charlotte
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$950K | 3 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | NC | |
| L Lakeview Neighborhood Alliance | $911K | 3 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| C Cms Foundation | $719K | 4 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
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$690K | 3 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | NC | |
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$650K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | NC | |
Local Initiatives Support Corporation
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$650K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | NY | |
The Brookings Institution
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$622K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | DC | |
| U United Way Central Carolinas INC | $510K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
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$501K | 2 | 2021–2022 | 2022 | NC | |
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$500K | 2 | 2022–2023 | 2023 | NC | |
Vision to Learn
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$500K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | CA | |
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$500K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | CA | |
| B Board of Regents - University of California | $350K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
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$331K | 3 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | NC | |
International House of Metrolina INC
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$305K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | NC | |
| H Habitat for Humanity | $300K | 2 | 2022–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $250K | 2 | 2020–2021 | 2021 | — | — |
| F Florence Crittenton Services INC | $250K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
| C Christian Mission INC | $250K | 2 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | MI | |
Classroom Central INC
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$235K | 3 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | NC | |
Planned Parenthood South Atlantic
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$225K | 3 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | NC | |
| Y Young Black Leadership Alliance | $223K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | NC | |
| T The German Marshall Fund of the United States | $217K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
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$200K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | NC | |
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Atrium Health Foundation
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$188K | 3 | 2021–2023 | 2023 | NC | |
| T The Salvation Army | $180K | 3 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| U Unc Charlotte Foundation | $167K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| A Arts and Science Council Charlottemecklenburg INC | $151K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | — | — |
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$150K | 3 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | NC | |
Center for Community Transitions
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$150K | 2 | 2022–2023 | 2023 | NC | |
| C Charlotte Urban Institute - Unc Charlotte | $128K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $127K | 2 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
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Charlotte Symphony Orchestra Society INC
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$125K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | NC | |
| S Southeastern Council on Foundations INC | $110K | 2 | 2020–2021 | 2021 | — | — |
| F Florence Crittenton Services | $100K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| C Children & Family Center Services | $92K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $75K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| U Union County Education Foundation | $55K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| T The Boys & Girls Club of the Piedmont | $55K | 2 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| R Rain INC | $55K | 3 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | — | — |
The Relatives INC
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$50K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | NC | |
North Carolina Outward Bound School
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$30K | 3 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | NC | |
| S Social Good Fund INC | $30K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | CA | |
| H Havens Incorporated | $20K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | NC | |
McColl Center for Art & Innovation
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$17K | 2 | 2020–2021 | 2021 | NC | |
| C Carolina Farm Trust INC | $15K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | NC | |
| T The Aspen Ideas Festival | $10K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $10K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| E Ellen 23 Foundation INC | $10K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | NC | |
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$10K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | NC | |
| M Make-A-Wish Foundation of Central and Western North Carolina INC | $7K | 4 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
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$5K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | GA | |
World Central Kitchen Incorporated
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$5K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | DC | |
| L Lee Park Church | $5K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
Charlotte Ballet
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$5K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | NC | |
| N North Carolina Network of Grantmakers | $5K | 2 | 2021–2022 | 2022 | — | — |
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$2K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | NC | |
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$2K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | VT | |
| C Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department (cmpd) Explorer Post 247 | $2K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | — | — |
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$2K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | MD | |
| A Amplify and Activate | $1K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | NC | |
Coastal Roots Farm
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$1K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | CA | |
| M Mothers of Murdered Offspring INC | $750 | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
| T The Arbor Day Foundation | $20 | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | — | — |
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