About Camber Foundation
We are committed to supporting community-driven solutions that serve the people and places of Eastern North Carolina. At Camber Foundation, we know that solutions come from within community. Where we can contribute to those solutions by sharing the load, we will.
Focus Areas
Health & WellnessEducationEconomic DevelopmentDigital opportunityHousing (exploratory/support)Capacity building
Who They Fund
residents of Eastern North Carolina (regional focus)rural communitiesLatino / Spanish-speaking populationsyouth and studentsveteransLGBTQ+ individualspublic housing residents
About Camber Foundation
Camber Foundation’s largest recent grant in the data was $1,048,000 to Gcf Global Learning LLC for education, training, and learning opportunities, followed by a $784,678 grant for a similar purpose in Colombia delivered through web, mobile, and other emerging platforms. That combination points to a funder that can support both local nonprofit work and larger, more programmatic investments tied to learning access. Across the recent grants list, the foundation also funded a $175,000 project for Rural Opportunity Institute’s Project Hope, expanding mental health school supports, and a $133,000 grant to North Carolina Public Television Foundation for the PBS NC Rootle Ambassador Program in Eastern North Carolina. Camber Foundation’s stated approach emphasizes community-driven solutions for the people and places of Eastern North Carolina, with a mix of health and wellness, education, economic development, digital opportunity, housing, and capacity building. The recent record shows grants used for operating support, program expansion, equipment, and restricted project funding. Its grantmaking includes both annual competitive awards and discretionary strategic investments, which gives it a range from smaller recurring grants to larger initiatives aligned with regional priorities.
What Camber Foundation Funds
In health and wellness, Camber Foundation backed a $125,000 mobile primary healthcare clinic in Northeast NC through the NC Association of Free and Charitable Clinics, and a $98,268 grant to Rip Medical Debt for medical debt relief in Eastern NC. Mental health appears as a separate priority in multiple grants, including $125,000 to Wakemed Foundation for the Wakemed Mental Health and Well-Being Hospital in Garner and $53,000 to Marius Maximus Foundation for Mental Health for suicide prevention in Cumberland County. Education funding includes $108,000 to NC State University Juntos Program for the Juntos in the East Initiative, expanding the program in Eastern North Carolina. In economic development, the foundation gave $131,000 to UNC Chapel Hill Office of Sponsored Research to expand NCGrowth’s entrepreneurship programming in southeastern NC, and $75,000 to the University of North Carolina at Pembroke Foundation for the Thomas Entrepreneurship Hub small business lending program.
How Camber Foundation Gives
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$3.5M
Total Assets
$155M
Total Revenue
$8.8M
Total Expenses
$5.3M
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $20K and $50K, with a median of $35K.
25th Percentile
$20K
Median
$35K
75th Percentile
$50K
Geographic Reach
Local4 states funded
Funding intensity
LowHigh
Headquarters
Leadership
LESLIE ANN JACKSON
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