· Private foundation
C D Spangler Foundation Inc
Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k29 grants · $21k
- $10k–50k53 grants · $1.2M
- $50k–250k28 grants · $3.0M
- $250k+21 grants · $23M
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| UCSF FOUNDATION - MS & NEUROINFLAMMATION CENTER | $5,000,000 |
| FFTC - CHARLOTTE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA ENDOWMENT FUND | $5,000,000 |
| NATIONAL MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS SOCIETY | $5,000,000 |
| CHARLOTTE BALLET - CAPITAL CAMPAIGN | $1,000,000 |
| CHARLOTTE MECKLENBURG LIBRARY FOUNDATION - CAPITAL CAMPAIGN | $1,000,000 |
| HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL | $1,000,000 |
| ARTS - CAPITAL CAMPAIGN | $1,000,000 |
| CASE METHOD INSTITUTE FOR EDUCATION & DEMOCRACY | $500,000 |
| CHARLOTTE BILINGUAL PRESCHOOL - CAPITAL CAMPAIGN | $500,000 |
| HABITAT FOR HUMANITY - CAPITAL CAMPAIGN | $500,000 |
| WELLESLEY COLLEGE | $300,000 |
| FIDELITY CHARITABLE | $285,000 |
| UNITED WAY OF GREATER CHARLOTTE | $275,000 |
| HARVARD UNIVERSITY FBO HARVARD COLLEGE FUND | $250,000 |
| STANFORD UNIVERSITY | $250,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY22–25, $825k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +20% since the first grant, against +18% for those funded once.
92 repeat relationships: 70 still active in FY2025, 22 since wound down; 58 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 38% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $17M went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
NATIONAL MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS SOCIETY3× · 2023–2025 · $15M · revenue +8%- CSCHARLOTTE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA SOCIETY INC4× · 2022–2025 · $2.9M · revenue +89%
- DSDarlington School Inc4× · 2022–2025 · $2.6M · revenue +36%
Funded once
- AHATRIUM HEALTH FOUNDATIONgraduatedone grant, 2022 · $10M · revenue +79%
- FFFoundation for the Carolinas - C.D. Spangler Fundone grant, 2020 · $9.0M
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN FRANCISCO FOUNDATIONone grant, 2023 · $5.0M · revenue -47%
How this is measured
Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.
Closest unfunded matches
The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.
The primary mission of furman as a liberal arts institution is to provide a distinctive education in fine arts, humanities, social sciences, mathematics and the sciences, as well as selected professional disciplines.
Founded in 1902, barton college is a four-year, private, liberal arts college located in wilson, n.c. the barton experience focuses on academic excellence within a wide range of professional and liberal arts programs leading to…
Our mission is to empower and equip first-generation college students in durham public schools, their families, and educators to become the leaders that will transform our city.
The triangle charter educational association is a north carolina not-for-profit entity organized exclusively for educational purposes. the association is comprised of respected leaders within the state of north carolina who are committed…
Columbia college improves lives by providing quality education to both traditional and nontraditional students, helping them achieve their true potential.
Cisnc's mission is to surround students with a community of support, empowering them to stay in school and achieve in life. cisnc serves as the backbone for its statewide network of 20 independent nonprofit organizations that serve local…
Sparknc empowers students to discover careers in high-tech fields like cybersecurity, artificial intelligence and machine learning, software development and computer systems engineering. we help schools move away from traditional classes…
Through excellence in education, charlotte country day school develops the potential of each student by fostering intellectual curiosity, principled character, ethical leadership and a responsibility to serve. the key values and…
Operation of a public charter school.
The common application is a not-for-profit membership organization of over 1,100 colleges and universities across the globe committed to access, equity, and integrity in the college admission process. every year, over 1.5 million students…
Queens university of charlotte provides transformative educational experiences that nurture intellectual curiosity, promote global understanding, encourage ethical living and prepare individuals for purposeful and fulfilling lives.
Greensboro College provides a liberal arts education grounded in the traditions of the United Methodist Church and fosters the intellectual, social, and spiritual development of all students while supporting their individual needs.
How this is measured
133 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.
Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.
How this is measured
Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 133 of the 343 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.
Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Showing the 200 largest grantees by grant value.
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding
A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.
- Who funds NATIONAL MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS SOCIETY ↗
- Who funds ATRIUM HEALTH FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN FRANCISCO FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds CHARLOTTE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA SOCIETY INC ↗
- Who funds Darlington School Inc ↗
- Who funds THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY ↗
- Who funds MAYO CLINIC ↗
- Who funds Wellesley College ↗
- Who funds UNITED WAY OF GREATER CHARLOTTE INC ↗
- Who funds MYFUTURENCINC ↗
- Who funds Care Ring Inc ↗
- Who funds NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF SCIENCE AND MATHEMATICS FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds Teach for America Inc ↗
- Who funds CAROLINA YOUTH COALITION ↗
- Who funds Heart Math Tutoring Inc ↗
- Who funds Crisis Assistance Ministry ↗
- Who funds Sullenberger Aviation Museum ↗
Co-funders
Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
Open a dossier: Foundation for the Carolinas · Albemarle Foundation · The Dickson Foundation Inc · United Way of Greater Charlotte Inc · The Presbyterian Hospital · Duke Energy Foundation · Dowd Foundation Inc · The Winston-Salem Foundation · The Leon Levine Foundation · The Cannon Foundation Inc · Equitable Foundation Inc · Merancas Foundation Inc
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization C D Spangler Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from C D Spangler Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.
- Mayes County Hope Coalition: 45% of income from government
- Rogers State University Foundation: 20% of income from government
- President and Fellows of Harvard College: 7% of income from government
- Feeding America Tampa Bay Inc: 2% of income from government
- Wellesley College: 1% of income from government
- Second Harvest Food Bank of Central Florida Inc: 0% of income from government
- Wounded Warrior Project Inc: 0% of income from government
How this is measured
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