A Campaign For the Arts
Partnership supports local arts and culture organizations
Our community's arts and culture nonprofits have an audience participation of residents and visitors totalling more than 2 million per year. In addition, Charlotte’s cultural sector employs thousands of full-time workers and generates an annual economic impact of $360 million, while its education programs for children and youth are nationally recognized.
With local arts and culture nonprofits devastated by $50 million in lost revenues due to the effects of the pandemic, Foundation For The Carolinas led a campaign to raise $18 million from the private sector to create the Infusion Fund to support Charlotte’s cultural community, ultimately raising $23 million from generous donors. The City of Charlotte will match the original $18 million fundraising goal for a total of $41 million over three years.
By committing to match $18 million raised from the private sector, the City doubles its current level of public funding for arts, science and history organizations. Together, an annual grants pool of public and private dollars will help revive and sustain local cultural organizations. A citizen-led grantmaking board, appointed by the City of Charlotte and private sector, distributes these grant awards. The last grants will be distributed in fall 2024.
Contributors to the fund include:
Multimillion Dollar Commitment
City of Charlotte
$1.5 million and above
Bank of America
C.D. Spangler Foundation / National Gypsum Company
John S. and James L. Knight Foundation
Trane Technologies
$600,000 - $1 million
Albemarle Foundation
Atrium Health
Barings
Duke Energy
Honeywell
JELD-WEN, Inc.
LendingTree Foundation
Lowe’s Companies, Inc.
Novant Health
Red Ventures
Truist
$300,000-$600,000
Ally Financial
The Centene Charitable Foundation
Childress Klein Properties
Coca-Cola Consolidated
Deloitte
EY
The Gambrell Foundation
Moore & Van Allen
PwC
Robinson, Bradshaw & Hinson, P.A.
Rodgers Builders
Wells Fargo
Up to $300,000
Fifth Third Bank
Foundation For The Carolinas
Deidre and Clay Grubb
Leslie and Michael Marsicano
Jane and Hugh McColl
Nucor Corporation
PNC Bank
Premier, Inc.
Jane and Nelson Schwab
To read more about private-sector commitments, visit our Media and Publications.
FFTC agreed to lead the campaign after it was recruited by the City to serve as the third-party administrator for the multi-year arts funding plan. The fundraising effort was an initiative of the Robinson Center for Civic Leadership, FFTC's flagship program that addresses key challenges and opportunities in our region.
Grantees: visit the following page for Infusion Fund Guidelines.
Actor's Theatre of Charlotte – $61,750
Arts+ – $180,000
Bechtler Museum of Modern Art – $317,059
Blumenthal Performing Arts – $200,000
BNS Productions – $10,381
Carolina Raptor Center – $100,363
Carolina Voices – $35,000
Carolinas Aviation Museum – $80,573
The Carolinas Latin Dance Company – $7,500
Charlotte Art League – $15,953
Charlotte Ballet – $581,500
Charlotte Center For Literary Arts – $18,562
Charlotte Folk Society – $11,000
Charlotte Symphony Orchestra – $622,080
Children's Theatre of Charlotte – $363,800
Clayworks – $60,000
Davidson Community Players – $53,248
Discovery Place – $750,000
Gay Men’s Chorus of Charlotte – $12,192
Goodyear Arts – $27,606
Harvey B. Gantt Center for African-American Arts + Culture – $351,814
Historic Rosedale Plantation – $15,000
JazzArts Charlotte – $58,893
Kinetic Works – $8,204
Levine Museum of the New South – $381,150
The Light Factory – $35,000
Matthews Playhouse of the Performing Arts – $60,352
McColl Center for Art + Innovation – $281,600
Mint Hill Arts – $10,000
Mint Museum of Art – $926,352
One Voice – $27,500
Opera Carolina – $336,150
Que-OS – $24,334
A Sign of The Times of the Carolinas – $20,000
Theatre Charlotte – $90,650
Three Bone Theatre – $12,500
Tosco Music – $27,234
Wing Haven – $89,063
ALLturnatives – $8,691
Alternative Avenues Through the Arts, Inc. – $8,691
Applesauce Group – $8,691
Art Pop Street Gallery – $8,691
ArtWalks CLT – $8,691
Brand the Moth – $8,691
Caritas A Capella Ensemble – $8,333
Carolinas Asian American Chamber of Commerce Foundation – $8,691
Caroline Calouche & Co. – $8,691
Chamber Music - Calin Lupanu and Monica Boboc – $8,691
Charlotte Black Pride – $5,000
Charlotte Choir School – $8,691
Charlotte Concert Band – $6,400
Charlotte Master Chorale – $8,691
Charlotte Pride – $8,691
Charlotte Street Art Collaborative – $8,667
Charlotte Writers Club – $8,691
Charlotte Youth Ballet – $8,691
CineOdyssey Film Festival – $8,691
Comite De Fiestas Patrias Y Tradiciones De Charlotte – $8,333
CrownKeepers – $8,691
Culture Queens – $2,500
Dance Artist Alliance CLT (DAACLT), formerly Charlotte Dance Festival – $4,000
Festival in the Park – $8,691
First Ward Creative Arts Academy PTA – $3,000
Friendship Day School for the Sciences and the Arts – $8,500
Grace Chasers – $8,691
Grooming Greatness Foundation – $8,691
Joedance Film Festival – $8,691
Latin American Coalition – $8,691
Monroe Road Advocates (MoRA) – $8,691
OBRA Collective – $8,691
Planet Improv – $8,691
POTIONS & PIXELS – $8,691
PowerUp USA, $8,691
Project Rough Cuts – $8,691
R Creative Collective – $1,667
Save Cedar Grove – $8,691
SBG Digital – $8,691
SISTORIES – $8,691
Stone House Art Gallery – $3,333
The Arts and Education Empowerment Program – $8,000
The Charlotte Center for the Humanities and Civic Imagination – $8,691
The Guild of Charlotte Artists – $2,000
The Matriarch Collective – $8,691
The Nouveau Sud Circus Project – $8,691
Upcycle Arts – $8,691
VAPA (Visual and Performing Arts) Center – $8,691
VisArt – $8,691
We Rock Charlotte – $8,691
Youth Orchestras of Charlotte – $8,691
A Sign of the Times of the Carolinas – $20,000
Actor's Theatre of Charlotte – $61,750
Arts+ – $266,202
The Bechtler Museum of Modern Art* – $443,339
Blumenthal Performing Arts – $295,780
BNS Productions – $20,762
Carolina Raptor Center – $100,363
Carolina Voices – $51,762
Carolinas Aviation Museum – $119,160
Charlotte Art League – $30,000
Charlotte Ballet – $801,473
Charlotte Center for Literary Arts – $27,452
The Charlotte Folk Society – $16,268
The Charlotte Symphony – $1,049,055
Children's Theatre of Charlotte – $501,420
Clayworks – $60,000
Davidson Community Players – $55,000
Discovery Place – $1,033,714
The Gay Men's Chorus of Charlotte – $32,500
Goodyear Arts – $45,088
The Harvey B. Gantt center for African-American Arts + Culture – $703,628
Historic Rosedale Foundation – $17,250
JazzArts Charlotte – $117,786
Levine Museum of the New South – $525,333
Martha Connerton/Kinetic Works – $12,133
Matthews Playhouse of the Performing Arts – $100,000
McColl Center – $388,125
Mint Hill Arts – $14,789
The Mint Museum – $1,026,777
One Voice Chorus – $55,000
Opera Carolina – $464,000
BOOM Charlotte – $50,000
The Carolinas Latin Dance Company – $7,500
The Light Factory – $50,000
Theatre Charlotte – $150,000
Three Bone Theatre – $30,000
Tosco Music – $40,277
Wing Haven – $89,063
Robinson Center Initiatives
