North Carolina · Private foundation
Joan G & Michael R Potter Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $25k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 6
- Grants FY2025
- 8
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 50%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $2,500
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $9,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 6 to 9
- FY2020 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 6
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 50% of the organizations Joan G & Michael R Potter Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 54% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 46% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $5k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 6 | $25k | 83% |
| FY2024 | 8 | $9k | 50% |
| FY2023 | 6 | $7k | 33% |
| FY2022 | 6 | $5k | 33% |
| FY2021 | 9 | $4k | 44% |
| FY2020 | 7 | $4k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The College of Wooster | $9,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Partners in Health a Nonprofit Corporation | $7,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Jubilee Partners Inc | $4,500 | 2 | 1% |
| Milwaukee Youth Symphony Orchestra Inc | $3,600 | 4 | 0% |
| Samaritan's Purse | $2,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Table Ministries Inc | $1,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Able Families Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Oxfam-America Inc | $600 | 2 | 0% |
| Habitat for Humanity International Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| The Trustees of Princeton University | $250 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 11 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The College of Wooster | $9,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Partners in Health a Nonprofit Corporation | $7,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Jubilee Partners Inc | $4,500 | 2 | 1% |
| Milwaukee Youth Symphony Orchestra Inc | $3,600 | 4 | 0% |
| Samaritan's Purse | $2,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Table Ministries Inc | $1,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Able Families Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Oxfam-America Inc | $600 | 2 | 0% |
| Habitat for Humanity International Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| The Trustees of Princeton University | $250 | 1 | 0% |
| Free Union Country School | $250 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 13 recipients with no EIN on record ($24k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Joan G & Michael R Potter Foundation supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
Co-funders
Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
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How this is measured
Compare Joan G & Michael R Potter Foundation with peer funders
About Joan G & Michael R Potter Foundation
- How much does Joan G & Michael R Potter Foundation give?
- Joan G & Michael R Potter Foundation reported 6 grants totaling $25,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 6 and 9 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2024.
- What does Joan G & Michael R Potter Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (43%), International (28%), Religion (11%).
- Who are Joan G & Michael R Potter Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: The College of Wooster ($9k), Partners in Health a Nonprofit Corporation ($7k), Jubilee Partners Inc ($5k).
- Does Joan G & Michael R Potter Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 50% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Joan G & Michael R Potter Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Joan G & Michael R Potter Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, Amazonsmile Foundation.
- Where is Joan G & Michael R Potter Foundation based?
- Joan G & Michael R Potter Foundation is based in NC.
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