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The Potato Fund Inc at a glance

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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 FY2025still arriving
25
Grants FY2025still arriving
9
States reached
$3k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0197% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2023 to 2025.

International$14kEnvironment$8kPhilanthropy$6kHealth$6kHousing & Shelter$5kAnimals$5kCrime & Legal$3kHuman Services$3kOther$0
02FY2025 · 25 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$1,500
Median grant
9
States reached
$22k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
United Way of Henderson County$2,500
GiveWell$2,500
Intl Rescue Committee$2,500
Pisgah Legal Services$2,000
National Network of Abortion Funds$2,000
Mountain Housing Opportunities$2,000
MANNA FoodBank$2,000
Homeward Bound$2,000
Charities Aid Foundation CAF of America$2,000
Conserving Carolina$1,500
American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals$1,500
Humane Society of the United States$1,500
GiveDirectly$1,500
California Community Foundation$1,250
Planned Parenthood Federation of America$1,000
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

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Its human-services grants (FY23–25, $2k) land where the poverty rate runs at 17%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%GiveDirectly: $2k → 17%GiveDirectly: $500 → 17%GiveDirectly: $250 → 17%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

IL
NY
OR
CA
VA
MD
DE
TN
NC
DC
GA
FL
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

71%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$37k · 15 repeat orgs$15k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +27% since the first grant, against 0% for those funded once.

15 repeat relationships: 13 still active in FY2025, 2 since wound down; 10 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

15
11

Total granted

$37k
$5k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+27%
0%

Still filing today

80%
45%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 66% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $10k went to new ones.

50%100%’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’23’24’25
EnvironmentHealthInternationalPhilanthropyHousing & ShelterAnimalsOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • TC
    THE CLEAR FUND
    3× · 2023–2025 · $6k · revenue +23%
  • CC
    Conserving Carolina
    3× · 2023–2025 · $6k · revenue +93%
  • HC
    Henderson County United Way Inc
    2× · 2024–2025 · $4k · revenue +142%

Funded once

  • AD
    Alzheimer's Disease Research
    one grant, 2024 · $2k
  • THE CENTER FOR REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS INC
    one grant, 2024 · $500 · revenue -18%
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2023 · $332
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.

04Its field

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.

1
World Wildlife Fund Inc

Wwf's mission is to conserve nature and reduce the most pressing threats to the diversity of life on earth. (continued on schedule o)

Environment
2
Conservation International Foundation

Ci works to spotlight and secure the critical benefits that nature provides to humanity.

Environment
3
Project Drawdown

Project drawdown's mission is to drive meaningful climate action by advancing science-based solutions and strategies. project drawdown's work is focused on three pillars: science - advancing science-based climate solutions and strategies;…

Education
4
The Population Council Inc

We generate ideas, produce evidence, and design solutions to improve the lives of underserved populations around the world. we take a multidisciplinary, intergenerational, life-cycle approach that contributes to (see schedule o)four global…

International
5
Ocean Conservancy

Ocean conservancy unites science, people, and policy to protect our ocean, today and for generations to come.

Environment
6
Conservation Law Foundation Inc

Conservation law foundation, inc. (clf) protects new england's environment for the benefit of all people and future generations. we use the law, science, and markets to create solutions that preserve and restore our natural resources,…

Environment
7
Third Way

To research and develop centrist policy ideas.

Civil Rights
8
Natural Resources Defense Council Inc

We safeguard the earth: its people, its plants and animals, and (see schedule o) the natural systems on which all life depends. we work to restore the integrity of the elements that sustain life - air, land, and water - to defend…

Environment
9
Property and Environment Research Center

Perc is dedicated to advancing conservation through markets, incentives, property rights, and partnerships.

Public Benefit
10
Conservation Trust for North Carolina

Ctnc conserves land in ways that inspire and enable people to build resilient, just communities. we carry out our mission in collaboration with other conservation organizations and the communities we serve. our goal is to lessen the…

Environment
11
Rainforest Alliance Inc

RA works at the intersection of business, agriculture & forests to improve lives & protect nature by transforming how land is used, production of goods & consumer choices.

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12
National Audubon Society Inc

We work towards a future where birds thrive across the americas because audubon is a powerful, diverse, and ever-growing force for conservation. (continued on schedule o).

Environment
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Homeward Bound of Western North Carolina Inc; the most unlike its peers is International Rescue Committee Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

28 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. 28 of the 38 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
28/28
Grantees still filing
14/28
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

THE CLEAR FUND: $5,500 · PhilanthropyTHE CLEAR FUNDHenderson County United Way Inc: $3,500 · PhilanthropyHenderson County United…CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $1,250 · PhilanthropyCALIFORNIA COMMUNITY FO…COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF HENDERSON COUNTY INC: $1,030 · PhilanthropyCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF…Conserving Carolina: $5,500 · EnvironmentConserving Caroli…NATIONAL NETWORK OF ABORTION FUNDS INC: $2,000 · EnvironmentNATIONAL NETWORK …THE FRIENDS OF CLAYTOR LAKE INC: $600 · EnvironmentTHE FRIENDS OF CL…+1 more: $26 · EnvironmentAlzheimer's Disease Research: $2,250 · OtherAlzheimer's Disease ResearchCharities Aid Foundation CAF of America: $2,000 · OtherCharities Aid Foundation CAF of …PBS North Carolina: $740 · OtherPISGAH LEGAL SERVICES: $2,867 · OtherPISGAH LEGAL SERVICESGIVEDIRECTLY INC: $2,250 · OtherGIVEDIRECTLY INCMANNA FOOD BANK INC: $2,000 · OtherMANNA FOOD BANK INC+13 more: $3,188 · Other+13 moreInternational Rescue Committee INC: $4,000 · InternationalInternational…MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $2,000 · InternationalMEDECINS SANS…WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $300 · InternationalTHE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS: $2,500 · AnimalsTHE AMERIC…Humane World for Animals Inc: $2,500 · AnimalsHumane Wor…HOMEWARD BOUND OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA INC: $2,750 · Housing & ShelterHOMEWARD …MOUNTAIN HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES INC: $2,000 · Housing & ShelterMOUNTAIN …PLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA INC: $1,600 · HealthST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $1,000 · HealthPARKINSON'S FOUNDATION INC: $500 · HealthAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC: $200 · Health
Philanthropy$11,280Environment$8,126Other$15,295International$6,300Animals$5,000Housing & Shelter$4,750Health$3,300

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetTHE CLEAR FUND: $5,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetConserving Carolina: $5,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetInternational Rescue Committee INC: $4,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetHenderson County United Way Inc: $3,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetPISGAH LEGAL SERVICES: $2,867 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetHOMEWARD BOUND OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA INC: $2,750 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS: $2,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHumane World for Animals Inc: $2,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetGIVEDIRECTLY INC: $2,250 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL NETWORK OF ABORTION FUNDS INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMANNA FOOD BANK INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $2,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetPLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA INC: $1,600 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCALIFORNIA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $1,250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF HENDERSON COUNTY INC: $1,030 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE FRIENDS OF CLAYTOR LAKE INC: $600 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetPARKINSON'S FOUNDATION INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE CENTER FOR REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL PUBLIC RADIO INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $300 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA 414 DANIEL BOONE COUNCIL: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBlue Ridge Bicycle Club: $104 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE PISGAH CONSERVANCY: $26 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
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.

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.

The Community Foundat…Dogwood Health TrustBailey Family Foundat…Duke Energy FoundationFoundation for the Ca…The Bank of America C…American Endowment Fo…Vanguard Charitable E…Donor Advised Charita…American Online Givin…National Philanthropi…Natl Christian Charit…
The Community Foundation of Western North Carolina IncNC19.5× affinity7 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

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
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization The Potato Fund Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Potato Fund Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    6report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    typical government reliance, FY20–25
    How this is measured
    Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.

    On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 38 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

    How this is measured
    Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

    Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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