North Carolina · Private foundation
The Potato Fund Inc
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.
- $32k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 25
- Grants FY2025
- 21
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 43%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $1,500
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $2,500
- Organizations funded a year
- 17 to 21
- FY2023 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 9
- Total assets, FY2025
- $22k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 43% of the organizations The Potato Fund Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 49% of its grant dollars.
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 23 | $31k | 43% |
| FY2024 | 21 | $14k | 43% |
| FY2023 | 17 | $8k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2023 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, FY2023 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Clear Fund | $5,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Conserving Carolina | $5,500 | 3 | 0% |
| International Rescue Committee INC | $4,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Henderson County United Way Inc | $3,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Pisgah Legal Services | $2,867 | 3 | 0% |
| Homeward Bound of Western North Carolina Inc | $2,750 | 3 | 0% |
| The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals | $2,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Humane World for Animals Inc | $2,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Givedirectly Inc | $2,250 | 3 | 0% |
| National Network of Abortion Funds Inc | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 26 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 10 recipients with no EIN on record ($7k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Potato Fund Inc 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.
Open a dossier: The Community Foundation of Western North Carolina Inc · Dogwood Health Trust · Bailey Family Foundation Inc · Duke Energy Foundation · Foundation for the Carolinas · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · American Endowment Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc
How this is measured
About The Potato Fund Inc
- How much does The Potato Fund Inc give?
- The Potato Fund Inc reported 25 grants totaling $31,834 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 17 and 21 organizations a year over FY2023 to FY2024.
- What does The Potato Fund Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2023 to FY2025, its largest causes are International (25%), Environment (15%), Philanthropy (11%).
- Who are The Potato Fund Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2023 to FY2025: The Clear Fund ($6k), Conserving Carolina ($6k), International Rescue Committee INC ($4k).
- Does The Potato Fund Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 43% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Potato Fund Inc 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 The Potato Fund Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Community Foundation of Western North Carolina Inc, Dogwood Health Trust, Bailey Family Foundation Inc.
- Where is The Potato Fund Inc based?
- The Potato Fund Inc is based in NC.
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