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Formation | 1926 |
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Founder | Charles Stewart Mott |
Type | Private foundation |
Headquarters | Mott Foundation Building, Flint, Michigan, United States |
Chairman and CEO | William S. White |
President | Ridgway White |
Revenue (2015) | $228,269,796[1] |
Expenses (2015) | $145,634,783[1] |
Website | www |
The Charles Stewart Mott Foundation is a private foundation founded in 1926 by Charles Stewart Mott of Flint, Michigan. Mott was a leading industrialist in Flint through his association with General Motors.
The foundation administers funds through four programs: Civil Society, Environment, Flint Area, and Pathways out of Poverty, and it also funds special exploratory projects. It supports nonprofit programs throughout the United States and, on a limited basis, internationally. In 2006, the foundation had year-end total assets of $2.6 billion and made 545 grants totalling $107.3 million. Some organizations that the foundation has funded are the Kettering University, Public/Private Ventures, The Nature Conservancy, University of Michigan, Jobs for the Future, Afterschool Alliance, Kentucky Child Now, Flint Institute of Arts and Focus: HOPE.[2]
It is a member of the Network of European Foundations for Innovative Cooperation (NEF) and the European Foundation Centre.[3][4]