Charles Stewart Mott Foundation
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The Charles Stewart Mott Foundation is a charitable foundation founded in 1926 by Charles Stewart Mott of Flint, Michigan. Mott was the 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 is committed to supporting projects that promote a just, equitable, and sustainable society. 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 totaling $107.3 million.
His son Stewart Rawlings Mott has a separate charity called the Stewart R. Mott Charitable Trust.
His widow Ruth Rawlings Mott established the Ruth Mott Foundation.
Some organizations that the C. S. Mott Foundation has funded are the Kettering University, Public/Private Ventures, The Nature Conservancy, Federation for American Immigration Reform, University of Michigan, Jobs for the Future, Afterschool Alliance, European Foundation Centre, Flint Institute of Arts and Focus: HOPE.
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