Community Partners

Heart Math Tutoring was founded in Charlotte, NC through the collaboration and support of the community. Members of Social Venture Partners worked with Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools (CMS) and Communities In Schools (CIS) to design the original program, which is now supported by the volunteers and financial contributions of an expanding group of Community Partners.

Funding Partners

We are grateful to the following individuals, foundations, and corporations whose generosity supported one or more of the following: Charlotte, Cabarrus County, or unrestricted programming 2026/27, as well as expansion efforts for 2025/26 and 2026/27 school years.

$100,000+
Brighthouse Financial
C.D. Spangler Foundation Inc
HJF Foundation
Stubblefield Foundation
The Belk Foundation
The Leon Levine Foundation
The Merancas Foundation
Trane Technologies

$75,000+
Albemarle Foundation
Mariam & Robert Hayes Charitable Trust

$50,000+
Anonymous
Lisa and Rhyne Davis
Lee Ann and Steve DeCarlo
Jane’s Fund
Lucille P. and Edward C. Giles Foundation
William F. & Betty G. Mulliss Foundation

$25,000+
Anonymous (2)
Amy and Robert Brinkley
Katherine and Thomas Bunn
Charlotte Merchants Foundation
Martha and Eric Eubank
Heather and Tom Finke
GEM Foundation
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Stephen L. Cornwell Foundation
TD Charitable Foundation
The Dickson Foundation

$15,000+
Anonymous
Alpha and Omega Foundation
Will and Laura Brown
Michael and Beth Clifton
Jacob and Becky Darling
Doris M. Carter Family Foundation
Empower Foundation
George W. and Ruth R. Baxter Foundation
Katie and Mike James
Mindy and Bob Jones
George and Wandra Mackie
Keith Pehl
Tom Webb and Kathryn Heath
William C. & Norma C. Cannon Charitable Trust

$10,000+
Anonymous (2)
Connie Carlson
Charlotte Woman’s Club
Minna and Mike Elliott
EnPro
First Presbyterian Church
Catherine and Mike Fischer
Jessica and Bill Griesser
Gene and Vickie Johnson
Daphne and Dave Katz
Grace Mercer Schott and Greg Schott
Kelly Katterhagen and Larry Nabatoff
Nucor Charitable Foundation
PGA Tour – Truist Championship
Anne and Walker Poole
Susan and Don Sherrill
Susan and Jim Sigman
Chip and Nancy Small
Speedway Children’s Charities
Donna and Richard Tadler
Triad Foundation, Inc.
LouAnn and Scott Vaughn

$5,000+
Ally Financial
Denise and Ken Chrisman
Kathryn V. Clancy
John Clay and Cathy Bessant
Duke Energy Foundation
Sonja Gantt and Mitch Gibson
Sian and Bob Harris
Jennifer and Logan Henderson
Ben and Kathy Hill
Jenny and Michael Hutson
Pete and Kelli Lash
Reid and Anne Leggett
Mark and Becky Linsz
Silvia and John McKenna
Risa and David Miller
Anne and Scott Perper
Meredith and Geordie Pierson
Mary Margaret and Fritz Porter
Power Foundation
Karen and Ward Pritchett
Denise and Jim Ratchford
Donald P. Renaldo
Christine Roberts
Sardis Presbyterian Church
Wendy and Jason Schmidly
Jenny and Scott Stevens
Christianna and Matt Williams

$2,500+
Anonymous
Mary and Jeff Abbood
Christine and David Allen
Nicki Allen and Brian Nwokedi
Catherine Armstrong
Mary and Charles Bowman
Bragg Financial Advisors
Tracy and Paul Brown
Lee and Linda Caulder
Christ Central Church
Coca-Cola Bottling Co. Consolidated
Christy and Otis Crowder
Patricia and Peter Daniel
Dr. David Elias
Fran and Bob Fleisch
Emily and Mike Gaffney
Janice Gearheart
Joe and Carol Gigler
Ruth Ellen and Thold Gill
Kelly and Meredith Graves
Tricia and Donny Harrison
Harvard Business School Alumni Association
Brooke and Dan Hawkins
Page and Martin Hull
Ed and Page Kizer
Jeanne and Brad Kutrow
David and Beth Lewis
Juli Marley
Margaret and Harrison Marshall
Hugh and Renee McColl
Jill McNair
Myers Park United Methodist Church
Sara and Devin Neil
Nick and Eve Nichols
Tom and Kathleen O’Bannon
Lisa and Tom Phillips
Anne Robinson
Emily and Adam Schauer
Kati and Chris Small
Steelfab
Summit Leadership Partners
Michael Szabo
Target
Claire and John Tate
Ann and Tom Temple
The Deloitte Foundation
Patrick and Elizabeth Vaughn
Dean and Lisa Warren

$1,000+
Anonymous (3)
Moji Ajaja
Salvatore Alcamo
Mark Anderson
Addison and Rand Ayer
Mark and Lorri Ayers
Kirsten Baldwin and Justin Steinschriber
Anne and John Barry
Steve and Joanne Beam
Robert and Sally Billington
David and Laurie Black
Bill and Betsy Blue
Renee and Todd Broud
Jan Brown
Betsy Brunnemer
Michelle and Todd Buelow
Isabelle and Jim Burbank
Mike and Denise Burkard
Andrew Burns
David and Kim Calhoun Saul
Lillie Cauble
Brad and Amanda Cherry
Milt and Carol Childress
Blair and John Choate
Jean and Gene Cochrane
Courtney Collins
Ann Copeland
Christi Coverston
David and Susan Cox
Cresa
Ira Davis
Leslie and Parkes Dibble
Brenda and Robert Dixon
Andrew Dombrowski
Cam and Jennifer Dyer
Mary and Nachum Eshet
Marcia and Wesley Eubank
Anne and Hank Flint
Alyson and Michael Fotia
Lucas and Becca Fries
Alex and Patty Funderburg
Kelly and Doug Gardner
Matt Gromet and Phyllis Schultz
Davis and Kiri Hahn
Lise Hain
Carol and Watts Hamrick
Ryan and Jenni Henderson
Katie and Stuart Hicks
Kate Hill
Chaz Hinkle
Julie and Gregg Hobby
Amy Hockett and Eric Rohm
Kathy and Steve Horvath
Lanier and Doug Hoy
Matt Hunter
Liz and Keaton Hurt
Benne and Martha Hutson
Michael Ide
J. Crayton Pruitt Foundation
Keri and Kirk Jensen
JLL
Ashley and George Kaloudis
James Keys
Kathryn and Luke Kissam
John and Gail Laughlin
Lillian Legacy
Kevin and Kathy Lilly
Julie and Petri Lindberg
John Locke
Paige and Brad Lockhart
Sarah and Ben Lunka
Steve Luquire
Mary Mack
Saundra and Rick Magee
Mike Maltarich
PJ and Danielle Martin
Richard Mike
Ann and George Miles
Arrington Mixon
Jill Monroe
Moore and Van Allen, PLLC
Patti and Pender Murphy
Matthew and Katrina Nichols
Suzy and John Nurkin
Dave and Sue Ogden
Mr. and Mrs. Pate
Russell Peck
Laura and Mark Perry
Lynn and Frank Potocnik
Woods and Rich Potts
Sherri and Hank Ralston
Meredith Rhyne
Peggy and Kevin Roche
Ben Rose
Stuart Sherrill
Meredith and Bob Sherrill
Parker and Stephen Shuford
Will and Camilla Smoak
Gary and Stephanie Starr
Louis and Lucy Stephens
Chuck and Linda Talmadge
The Graymer Phoenix Foundation
Joe Thomas and Allie Lin
Erica and Dave Tingley
Susan and Bill Tome
Curtis and Rocky Trenkelbach
Lucy and Keith Trent
Rob Treverton
Truliant Federal Credit Union
Yousef and Claire Valine
Adam Van Dyke
Linda and Phil Vanderbosch
Arumugam Velraja
Liz Wahls and David Weinrib
Alec and Mayleng Watson
Charlie and Brooke Weeks
Marlena Werder

$500+
Anonymous (4)
Jitesh Agrawal
James Aubry
Sarah and Paul Avinger
Julie Babb
Alison and Bradford Barry
Katy and John Beltz
Tess and Jonathan Berger
Taylor and Kristin Beringer
Cindi Bernart
Bo Bishop
Erica and Simon Blank
John and Claire Blizzard
Angela and Ralph Breeden
Niles Brown
Amanda Carney
Marti and Thomas Cato
James and Dana Clay
Patrick Clements
Ashton Colaianni and Dan Hill
Michelle and Nelson Cosgrove
Andy and Katie Creighton
Upasana Das
Karen Devine
Christopher Doll
Paul and Anne Marie Donnelly
Tessa Dyer
David and Christe Eades
Julia Edwards
Kristina Egger
Jane Elliott
Judy Emken
JC and Courtney Fain
Diana and Cam Faison
Doug and Patricia Faris
Steven Feeley
Kris and Mary Hahn Fetter
Regen Foley
Jen and William Fox
Will Garber
Michelle and Steve Gassaway
Stephen and Karen Gosselin
Gary Green
Tiffany Greer
Michael Greksa and Maggie Wittman
Molly and Robert Griffin
Brett Hainline
Denny and Kathy Hammack
Nancy Harris
William and Rebecca Haynes
Meghan and Matt Holbrook
Sharon and Justin Holland
Kristina Hoops
Jessica Howard
Amy Hunter
Margaret and David Jackson
Lawrence and Elizabeth Susman Karp
Sara Kenefick
Kathryn and Will Koster
Darcey and Scott Ladner
Steve Larson
Matt and Nicky Libel
Shanna Luedtke
Tina Markanda
Mary Anna and Brian Marley
Glenda and Jacob Mauck
Julie McDowell
Will and Missy Miller
Ginny Mitchell
Heather O’Brien Faulkenberry
Karen and Marty O’Gorman
Melodie Ohaus
Jessica Phillips
Wallace and Bill Prestwood
Margaret and Rusty Rainey
Margot Richards
Andres Romero
Carla and Ed Rose
Dan and Angel Rutledge
Anne and Steve Schmitt
Steve and Crystal Sellers
Selwyn Avenue Presbyterian Church
Allen and Sarah Shifflet
Meredith and Steven Shorkey
Beth Silverstein
South Mecklenburg Presbyterian Church
Jensie Teague
Jean Thomas
Lisa and John Tomlinson
Melissa and Todd Walker
Rachel and James Ware
Stacey Whitfield
Whitney Wilding
Kim and Evan Wilkoff
Corey Williams
Marty and Jim Williams
Al and Susan Winget

Gifts were given in honor of the following individuals:
Shelby Baldwin
Tess Berger
Megan Blackburn
Melissa A. Budd
Ashton Colaianni
Mike and Minna Elliott
Eric and Martha Eubank
Emily Gaffney
Michael Greksa
James Horton
Anne and Reid Leggett
Margaret Marshall
Charles McNealy
Margaret Musa
Rama Road Elementary
Denise and Jim Ratchford
Shamrock Gardens Elementary School
The Ratchford Family
Madison McNair Torbert
Jill Trotter
Tutors at Merry Oaks Elementary
Padgett Vaughn
Margaret Wittman
Haritha Wunnava
Lucia P. Zasa

Gifts were given in memory of the following individuals:
Lucille Branham
Gail Weaver Bunn
John Copeland
Stephanie Darling
Christine Gantt
Aline Knaebel
Donald E. Wilder
Juliette Lorraine Wragg
Richard Zecher

The following organizations provide matching gifts and/or volunteer grants:
Allstate Foundation
Ally Financial
American Express Company
AT&T
Bank of America Charitable Foundation
Barings
BDO
Bragg Financial Advisors
Corning
Crowder Constructors
Duke Energy Foundation
Falfurrias Capital Partners
Garfinkel Immigration Law Firm
GEM Foundation
Genentech
Graham Holdings JK Group
Hanover Insurance Company
HJF Foundation
Jefferies
Microsoft
MillerKnoll, Inc.
Progressive Insurance
PwC
Robert Half
RSM US Foundation
Systems Definition, Inc.
The Duke Endowment
The Leon Levine Foundation
TIAA
Toyota
Truist Foundation
Wells Fargo

Volunteer Partners

Thank you to all of our 2025/26 volunteer partners for encouraging their employees and members to become Heart tutors, helping students build the strong foundation in math and enthusiasm for academics needed for long-term success! For more information on becoming a volunteer partner, reach out to volunteer@heartmathtutoring.org.