CHARLOTTE, N.C. (WBTV) – Panthers owner David Tepper has committed more than $10 million in grants to food banks across the Carolinas, his foundation announced Wednesday.
The commitment is the largest in the history of the David and Nicole Tepper Foundation, and will give special one-time grants to 10 different food banks across the two states while also ramping up annual gifts to each bank.
The grants have been committed to the 10 food banks listed below:
- Food Bank of the Albemarle
- Food Bank of Central and Eastern North Carolina
- Golden Harvest Food Bank
- Harvest Hope Food Bank
- Inter-Faith Food Shuttle and Bank
- Lowcountry Food Bank
- MANNA Food Bank
- Second Harvest Food Bank of Metrolina
- Second Harvest Food Bank of Northwest North Carolina
- Second Harvest Food Bank of Southeast North Carolina
Tepper’s foundation said the grants come at a “critical time” where food banks have reported a decrease in public funding, a drop in donations and increased operating costs…