· Private foundation
Potthoff Family 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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k25 grants · $104k
- $10k–50k10 grants · $150k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| LUTHERAN NORTH HIGH SCHOOL | $30,000 |
| UNITED WAY OF GREATER ST LOUIS | $30,000 |
| PALM SPRINGS FRIENDS OF PHILHARMONIC | $20,000 |
| WASHINGTON UNIVSERISTY DEPT OF CARDIOLOGY | $10,000 |
| ST LOUIS ZOO | $10,000 |
| ST LOUIS SYMPHONY | $10,000 |
| OLD TOWN ARTISAN STUDIO | $10,000 |
| forest park forever | $10,000 |
| CHANNEL 9 PBS | $10,000 |
| ST LOUIS PUBLIC RADIO | $10,000 |
| RANKEN JORDAN HOME | $8,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $6,000 |
| coldwater conservation foundation | $5,000 |
| JAZZ ST LOUIS | $5,000 |
| st vincent home for children | $5,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY20–24, $20k) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +30% since the first grant, against +25% for those funded once.
43 repeat relationships: 33 still active in FY2025, 10 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 92% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $20k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- OTOLD TOWN ARTISAN STUDIO INC6× · 2020–2025 · $64k · revenue +29%
- TBTHE BACKSTOPPERS INC FKA POLICEMEN & FIREMEN FUND OF ST LOUIS6× · 2020–2025 · $55k · revenue +49%
- TRThe Ranken-Jordan Home For Convalescent Crippled Children6× · 2020–2025 · $48k · revenue +38%
Funded once
- KSKIRKWOOD SCHOOL DISTRICT FOUNDATIONgraduatedone grant, 2022 · $50k · revenue +143%
- HKHISTORIC KIRKWOOD TRAIN FOUNDATIONone grant, 2021 · $20k
- KPKIRKWOOD PERFORMING ARTS CENTERone grant, 2023 · $20k
How this is measured
Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.
Closest unfunded matches
The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.
To promote the possibilities of charitable giving, helping charitable citizens understand how they can effectively provide for the community they love and the causes they care deeply about.
Greater st. louis, inc. brings together business and civic leaders to create jobs, drive inclusive economic growth, and increase the st. louis metro area's global competitiveness. we speak with a unified voice, lead with a bold agenda, and…
To foster and amplify community-led innovations through partnerships resulting in radical system changes that create equitable health outcomes.
The saint louis zoo association was established to support and enhance the saint louis zoo by providing facilities, funds, and advice. the association provides direct financial support to the zoo for renovations, new facilities, programs,…
Mission: st. louis empowers individuals for social and economic growth through relationships and opportunity.
Economic development.
Behavioral Health Network is a collaborative effort of providers working together to improve our community by leading behavioral health planning and coordination.
To eliminate underlying causes of health inequities, transform systems and enable individuals and communities to thrive
To serve our communities by provding innovative and compassionate healthcare.
Jefferson national parks association provides quality educational products and related services that enhance public understanding and appreciation of america's national parks, public lands and historic places.
Jewish federation of st. louis mobilizes the jewish community and its human and financial resources to preserve and enhance jewish life in st. louis, in israel and around the world.
The missouri historical society (mhs) is a missouri pro forma decree, not-for-profit corporation whose primary functions are educational and community programs; collections and conservation; library and research; and exhibitions.…
How this is measured
30 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.
Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.
How this is measured
Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 30 of the 57 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.
Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding
A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.
- Who funds UNITED WAY OF GREATER ST LOUIS INC ↗
- Who funds OLD TOWN ARTISAN STUDIO INC ↗
- Who funds THE BACKSTOPPERS INC FKA POLICEMEN & FIREMEN FUND OF ST LOUIS ↗
- Who funds KIRKWOOD SCHOOL DISTRICT FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds The Ranken-Jordan Home For Convalescent Crippled Children ↗
- Who funds SAINT LOUIS SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA ↗
- Who funds PALM SPRINGS FRIENDS OF PHILHARMONIC ↗
- Who funds Forest Park Forever Inc ↗
- Who funds The German St Vincent Orphan Association ↗
- Who funds FOOD OUTREACH INC ↗
- Who funds ST PATRICK CENTER ↗
- Who funds NAMI St Louis ↗
- Who funds KIRK CARE INC ↗
- Who funds NEW MUSIC CIRCLE ↗
- Who funds INTERNATIONAL CHILDRENS NETWORK ↗
- Who funds MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN BOARD OF TRUSTEES ↗
- Who funds SOUTHEAST MISSOURI UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds UNITED SERVICE ORGANIZATION USO OF MISSOURI INC ↗
- Who funds American Heart Association Inc ↗
- Who funds TRAILNET INC ↗
- Who funds DREAM BUILDERS 4 EQUITY ↗
- Who funds ANIMAL PROTECTIVE ASSOCIATION OF MISSOURI ↗
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.
Open a dossier: St Louis Community Foundation Inc · St Louis Community Foundation · Commerce Bancshares Foundation · Employees Community Fund of the Boeing Company · Trio Foundation of St Louis · Moneta Group Charitable Foundation · World Wide Technology Foundation · United Way of Greater St Louis Inc · Clifford Willard Gaylord Foundation · Enterprise Holdings Foundation · Edward Jones Foundation · William a Kerr Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Potthoff Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Potthoff Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
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