Nancy Bryan Faircloth | |
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| Born | Nancy Anne Bryan October 15, 1930 New York City, New York, U.S. |
| Died | January 15, 2010 (aged 79) Raleigh, North Carolina, U.S. |
| Education | Salem Academy Hollins College |
| Occupation | philanthropist |
| Spouse | |
| Children | 1 |
| Parent(s) | Joseph M. Bryan (father) Kathleen Price (mother) |
| Relatives | Ethel Clay Price (grandmother) Julian Price (grandfather) |
Nancy Anne Bryan Faircloth (October 15, 1930 – January 15, 2010) was an American heiress and philanthropist. She worked as a researcher for the global business magazine Fortune in New York from 1952 to 1967, when she returned to North Carolina to marry the politician Lauch Faircloth. During their marriage, her husband served as the Chairman of the North Carolina State Highway Commission and the North Carolina Secretary of Commerce.
She served on the board of trustees of the North Carolina Symphony and became the chairwoman in 1981. Faircloth started the Stewards Fund, a charitable foundation, which she ran until she was succeeded by her daughter in 2000. Following her death in 2010, The Anonymous Trust was created from her estate with $181 million. In 2021, the trust was worth $285 million in assets and was one of the twenty largest foundations in North Carolina.