CHARLOTTE, N.C. (April 4, 2024) – The Sundt Foundation recently awarded $30,000 in grants to six nonprofits in the Charlotte area. Each nonprofit received a grant of $5,000.
“We are fortunate to be able to give to six nonprofit organizations this quarter,” said Andre Castaneda, Sundt Foundation board member for the Charlotte area. “We were able to fund a variety of organizations with an emphasis on those who serve disadvantaged children.”
The Ronald McDonald House Charities (RMHC) of Greater Charlotte offers a House Program for disadvantaged children and adults, which improves access to quality healthcare and reduces financial burdens associated with treatment. The grant from the Sundt Foundation can fund two families’ stay at RMHC of Greater Charlotte for 19 days each, the average length of stay for the organization’s guests.
Special Treasures of Iredell County, Inc. was designed to connect the community with youth in foster care. The group’s main goal is to ensure that every youth in foster care leaves its program with educational success and long-term community connections.
The Walking Outside Foundation will use its grant to begin a program introducing children to specialty farming techniques, designed to promote engagement in the farming industry.
OT4KIDS Foundation provides education to families of disabled children, group therapy to children with disabilities and prevention programs. The organization has provided occupational therapy, speech therapy and physical therapy to children for over 25 years.
Children’s Flight of Hope provides airline flights for children in need of specialized medical care. This grant will help the organization book flights for children who require immediate treatment.
The National Inventors Hall of Fame, Inc. hosts Camp Invention each summer, which brings STEM to life and provides at-risk, K-6 students and their teachers with evidence-based, hands-on programming. This grant will offset participation costs for students.
The Sundt Foundation awards grants on a quarterly basis. Nonprofits are selected through an application and review process led by a committee of local Sundt employee-owners.
About the Sundt Foundation
Sundt’s purpose is to build environments where its clients, employee-owners, and communities prosper. The Sundt Foundation was established in 1999 as a way for employee-owners to give back to the communities in which they live and work. The organization is funded primarily by contributions from Sundt employees, which are matched by the company. To date, the Foundation has awarded more than $14 million in donations. Nonprofit organizations interested in applying for a grant may call (480) 293-3000 or visit www.sundtfoundation.org for more information. Sundt has offices in Tempe and Tucson, Arizona; Salt Lake City, Utah; Charlotte, N.C., San Antonio, Dallas, and El Paso, Texas; Sacramento, San Diego, and Irvine, California; Vancouver, Washington; and Tampa, Florida.
About Sundt
Sundt Construction, Inc. (www.sundt.com) is one of the country’s largest and most respected general contractors. The 134-year-old firm specializes in transportation, industrial, building, concrete and renewable power work and is owned entirely by its approximately 2,500-plus employees. Sundt is distinguished by its diverse capabilities and experience, unique employee-ownership culture and depth of self-perform expertise in nine major trades. Much of Sundt’s workforce is comprised of skilled craft professionals who, together with the company’s administrative employees, enable Sundt to fulfill its mission to be the most skilled builder in America. Sundt has 13 offices throughout California, Arizona, North Carolina, Texas, Utah and Florida and is currently ranked the country’s 62nd largest construction company by ENR, the industry’s principal trade magazine.
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