70's 1974 Foundation is revitalized with Edwin P. Latimer as president. New trustees and officers are elected. 1978 Foundation opens its own office for the first time. Gordon Berg, Barbara Hautau and Judy Kerns leave the United Way to staff the Foundation. The Children's Medical Fund is established and later becomes one of the best known programs through the sale of blankets from the 1980 Winter Olympics.
Service area expands to include all of North Carolina and South Carolina.
1984 Foundation's name changes to Foundation For The Carolinas. The Neighborhood Grants Program starts with grant from Charles Stewart Mott Foundation. Charlotte Housing Authority Scholarship Fund awards its first scholarships . First county community foundation is established in Cleveland County, North Carolina. Three more county community foundations are established.