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In 2019, the University of Michigan Press and the Ruth Mott Foundation co-published “The Life of Charles Stewart Mott: Industrialist, Philanthropist, Mr. Flint.”. The 224-page book includes a foreword from Maryanne Mott, C.S. Mott’s youngest child.
He not only lived through the most dramatic technological shift and period of economic growth that had yet been known, but he actively participated in and contributed to these events as a major innovator and leader at General Motors, as a public official, and as a philanthropist who in many ways reinvented the nonprofit model.
In 1969, Mott gave $6.5 million to help create the C. S. Mott Children’s Hospital at the University of Michigan. Since its founding, the Foundation has expanded the geographic scope of its grants, but has adhered to the major concern of its earliest origins: the well-being of communities.
Jun 4, 2019 · FLINT, MI -- Charles Stewart Mott spent 60 years on the General Motors Board of Directors, was elected mayor of Flint three times and started a Flint-based foundation that has made grants in...
Jan 23, 2020 · Q. Mott gave away the majority of his GM shares to his foundation during his lifetime. Today, his foundation has given grants in excess of $3 billion, in the areas of education, the environment, civic society (including programs that strengthen local philanthropy), and in Mott’s adopted hometown of Flint, Michigan.
the Charles Stewart Mot Foundation celebrated its ninetieth anniversary in 2016. During those nine decades, the foundation has made grants in excess of $3 billion, both in Mot’s adopted hometown of Flint, Michigan, and around the world.
The legacy of C.S. Mott lives on in Flint and beyond in many ways, largely through the work of the Charles Stewart Mott Foundation, which provides philanthropic support to organizations across the globe in four main areas: the Flint community, civil society, education, and the environment.
