Illinois · Private foundation
The Potter's Clay 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.
- $170k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 9
- Grants FY2025
- 8
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 25%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $25,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $30,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 7 to 9
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 3
- Total assets, FY2025
- $1.4M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 25% of the organizations The Potter's Clay Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 12% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 88% 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
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 9 | $170k | 22% |
| FY2024 | 8 | $165k | 25% |
| FY2023 | 7 | $155k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 7 | $155k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 8 | $158k | 38% |
| FY2020 | 8 | $183k | 0% |
| FY2019 | 9 | $150k | 11% |
| FY2018 | 8 | $125k | 0% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Night Ministry | $275,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Howard Brown Health Center | $210,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Connections for the Homeless Inc | $205,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Planned Parenthood of Illinois | $100,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Greater Chicago Food Depository | $95,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Opening Doors | $90,000 | 8 | 3% |
| Chicago Community Bond Fund | $70,000 | 7 | 1% |
| Open Communities | $20,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Young Mens Christian Assoc McGaw Inc | $12,500 | 7 | 0% |
| Open Doors | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Night Ministry | $275,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Howard Brown Health Center | $210,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Connections for the Homeless Inc | $205,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Planned Parenthood of Illinois | $100,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Greater Chicago Food Depository | $95,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Opening Doors | $90,000 | 8 | 3% |
| Chicago Community Bond Fund | $70,000 | 7 | 1% |
| Open Communities | $20,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Young Mens Christian Assoc McGaw Inc | $12,500 | 7 | 0% |
| Open Doors | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Diverse and Resilient Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Grand Avenue Club Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
Plus 4 recipients with no EIN on record ($280k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Potter's Clay 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.
Open a dossier: American Endowment Foundation · Network for Good · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About The Potter's Clay Foundation
- How much does The Potter's Clay Foundation give?
- The Potter's Clay Foundation reported 9 grants totaling $170,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 7 and 9 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does The Potter's Clay Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (33%), Housing & Shelter (23%), Human Services (21%).
- Who are The Potter's Clay Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: The Night Ministry ($275k), Howard Brown Health Center ($210k), Connections for the Homeless Inc ($205k).
- Does The Potter's Clay Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 25% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Potter's Clay 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 The Potter's Clay Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include American Endowment Foundation, Network for Good, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund.
- Where is The Potter's Clay Foundation based?
- The Potter's Clay Foundation is based in IL.
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