Funding search · EIN 562120679 · Charlotte, NC

The Gambrell Foundation

Name: The Gambrell Foundation grants, 2022–2024
Creator: PaperOrbit
License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.

94
grants reported: $19.1M
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $100,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

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Funding pattern

What this funder pays for, at what size, and how to position adjacent work. Read from their filings, with every number checked against the record.

Top recipients

Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.

Charlotte Mecklenburg Library Foundation3 grants · $2.1M
Queens University1 grant · $2.0M
Foundation for the Carolinas3 grants · $1.7M
Communities in Schools of Charlotte-Mecklenburg3 grants · $1.2M
Young Women'S Christian Association of the Central Carolinas1 grant · $1.0M
American Institute for Boys and Men2 grants · $1.0M
Charmeck Family Justice Center2 grants · $1.0M
Lakeview Neighborhood Alliance3 grants · $911,040
Urbanpromise Charlotte3 grants · $690,000
Local Initiatives Support Corporation1 grant · $650,000

Giving over time

$9.0M

2022

$4.9M

2023

$5.2M

2024

Grant history

All 94 reported grants, largest first.

$2.0M
Queens University · Charlotte, NC · 2022
General purpose
$1.0M
Charlotte Mecklenburg Library Foundation · Charlotte, NC · 2023
General purpose
$1.0M
Charlotte Mecklenburg Library Foundation · Charlotte, NC · 2022
General purpose
$1.0M
Young Women'S Christian Association of the Central Carolinas · Charlotte, NC · 2022
General purpose
$800,000
American Institute for Boys and Men · Washington, DC · 2024
General purpose
$650,000
Local Initiatives Support Corporation · New York, NY · 2024
General purpose
$605,000
Foundation for the Carolinas · Charlotte, NC · 2022
General purpose
$600,000
Foundation for the Carolinas · Charlotte, NC · 2023
General purpose
$516,765
Communities in Schools of Charlotte-Mecklenburg · Charlotte, NC · 2022
General purpose
$500,000
Hopelab Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2024
General purpose
$500,000
Charmeck Family Justice Center · Charlotte, NC · 2023
General purpose
$500,000
Charmeck Family Justice Center · Charlotte, NC · 2022
General purpose
$450,000
Foundation for the Carolinas · Charlotte, NC · 2024
General purpose
$425,000
Central Piedmont Community College Foundation · Charlotte, NC · 2022
General purpose
$399,706
Communities in Schools of Charlotte-Mecklenburg · Charlotte, NC · 2024
General purpose
$350,000
Board of Regents - University of California · Oakland, CA · 2024
General purpose
$303,680
Lakeview Neighborhood Alliance · Charlotte, NC · 2024
General purpose
$303,680
Lakeview Neighborhood Alliance · Charlotte, NC · 2023
General purpose
$303,680
Lakeview Neighborhood Alliance · Charlotte, NC · 2022
General purpose
$287,965
Cms Foundation · Charlotte, NC · 2023
General purpose
$250,000
The Charlotte Museum of History · Charlotte, NC · 2023
General purpose
$250,000
The Charlotte Museum of History · Charlotte, NC · 2022
General purpose
$250,000
Ymca of Greater Charlotte · Charlotte, NC · 2022
General purpose
$244,908
Communities in Schools of Charlotte-Mecklenburg · Charlotte, NC · 2023
General purpose
$233,255
Cms Foundation · Charlotte, NC · 2022
General purpose
$230,000
Urbanpromise Charlotte · Charlotte, NC · 2024
General purpose
$230,000
Urbanpromise Charlotte · Charlotte, NC · 2023
General purpose
$230,000
Urbanpromise Charlotte · Charlotte, NC · 2022
General purpose
$217,366
The German Marshall Fund of the United States · Washington, DC · 2024
General purpose
$200,000
American Institute for Boys and Men · Washington, DC · 2023
General purpose
$200,000
Camp Blue Skies Foundation · Charlotte, NC · 2022
General purpose
$200,000
Rally Charlotte · Charlotte, NC · 2022
General purpose
$175,000
Central Piedmont Community College Foundation · Charlotte, NC · 2023
General purpose
$166,667
Unc Charlotte Foundation · Charlotte, NC · 2024
General purpose
$150,000
Habitat for Humanity · Charlotte, NC · 2023
General purpose
$150,000
Habitat for Humanity · Charlotte, NC · 2022
General purpose
$128,000
Charlotte Urban Institute - Unc Charlotte · Charlotte, NC · 2024
General purpose
$125,000
Charlotte Symphony Orchestra · Charlotte, NC · 2024
General purpose
$125,000
The Christian Mission · Mooresville, NC · 2024
General purpose
$125,000
The Christian Mission · Mooresville, NC · 2023
General purpose
$120,000
Dilworth Center for Chemical Dependency · Charlotte, NC · 2024
General purpose
$111,152
Dilworth Center for Chemical Dependency · Charlotte, NC · 2022
General purpose
$102,000
Atrium Health Foundation · Charlotte, NC · 2022
General purpose
$100,000
Charlotte Mecklenburg Library Foundation · Charlotte, NC · 2024
General purpose
$100,000
United Way Central Carolinas · Charlotte, NC · 2024
General purpose
$100,000
Vision To Learn · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
General purpose
$100,000
Dilworth Center for Chemical Dependency · Charlotte, NC · 2023
General purpose
$100,000
Planned Parenthood South Atlantic · Charlotte, NC · 2023
General purpose
$100,000
United Way Central Carolinas · Charlotte, NC · 2023
General purpose
$100,000
Vision To Learn · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
General purpose
$100,000
Florence Crittenton Services · Charlotte, NC · 2022
General purpose
$100,000
Planned Parenthood South Atlantic · Charlotte, NC · 2022
General purpose
$100,000
United Way Central Carolinas · Charlotte, NC · 2022
General purpose
$100,000
Vision To Learn · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
General purpose
$75,000
International House of Metrolina · Charlotte, NC · 2024
General purpose
$75,000
Center for Community Transitions · Charlotte, NC · 2023
General purpose
$75,000
International House of Metrolina · Charlotte, NC · 2023
General purpose
$75,000
Big Brothers Big Sisters · Charlotte, NC · 2022
General purpose
$75,000
Center for Community Transitions · Charlotte, NC · 2022
General purpose
$75,000
International House of Metrolina · Charlotte, NC · 2022
General purpose
$60,000
The Salvation Army · Charlotte, NC · 2024
General purpose
$60,000
The Salvation Army · Charlotte, NC · 2023
General purpose
$60,000
Classroom Central · Charlotte, NC · 2022
General purpose
$60,000
The Salvation Army · Charlotte, NC · 2022
General purpose
$55,000
Union County Education Foundation · Monroe, NC · 2023
General purpose
$54,140
Young Black Leadership Alliance · Charlotte, NC · 2024
General purpose
$54,140
Young Black Leadership Alliance · Charlotte, NC · 2023
General purpose
$54,140
Young Black Leadership Alliance · Charlotte, NC · 2022
General purpose
$50,000
The Boys & Girls Club of the Piedmont · Statesville, NC · 2024
General purpose
$50,000
Steve Smith Family Foundation · Charlotte, NC · 2022
General purpose
$35,000
Atrium Health Foundation · Charlotte, NC · 2023
General purpose
$30,000
Social Good Fund · Richmond, CA · 2024
General purpose
$25,000
Camp Blue Skies Foundation · Charlotte, NC · 2024
General purpose
$25,000
Planned Parenthood South Atlantic · Charlotte, NC · 2024
General purpose
$25,000
Camp Blue Skies Foundation · Charlotte, NC · 2023
General purpose
$25,000
Rain · Charlotte, NC · 2022
General purpose
$20,000
Havens Incorporated · Charlotte, NC · 2024
General purpose
$10,500
The Aspen Ideas Festival · Aspen, CO · 2022
General purpose
$10,000
North Carolina Outward Bound School · Asheville, NC · 2024
General purpose
$10,000
Ywca Central Carolinas · Charlotte, NC · 2024
General purpose
$10,000
North Carolina Outward Bound School · Asheville, NC · 2023
General purpose
$10,000
North Carolina Outward Bound School · Asheville, NC · 2022
General purpose
$5,000
Philanthropy Southeast · Atlanta, GA · 2024
General purpose
$5,000
Charlotte Ballet · Charlotte, NC · 2022
General purpose
$5,000
The Boys & Girls Club of the Piedmont · Statesville, NC · 2022
General purpose
$3,660
North Carolina Network of Grantmakers · Raleigh, NC · 2022
General purpose
$2,500
Dress for Success Charlotte · Charlotte, NC · 2023
General purpose
$2,000
Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department (Cmpd) Explorer Post 247 · Charlotte, NC · 2023
General purpose
$2,000
Cystic Fibrosis Foundation · Charlotte, NC · 2022
General purpose
$1,600
Charlotte Symphony Orchestra · Charlotte, NC · 2022
General purpose
$1,575
Make-a-Wish Foundation of Central and Western North Carolina · Charlotte, NC · 2023
General purpose
$1,050
Make-a-Wish Foundation of Central and Western North Carolina · Charlotte, NC · 2022
General purpose
$1,000
Coastal Roots Farm · Encinitas, CA · 2022
General purpose
$521
Charlotte Center for Legal Advocacy · Charlotte, NC · 2022
General purpose

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Atlantic Coast Conference63 grants · $2.61B
Foundation for the Carolinas4,352 grants · $1.45B

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Silicon Valley Community Foundation10,471 grants · $10.10B
Tides Foundation9,402 grants · $1.86B

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Source: IRS Form 990-PF, Part XV, as filed by the foundation. These are grants already paid — a record of what this funder backs, not an open call.