Funding search · EIN 376474122 · Chesterfield, MO
Potthoff Family Foundation
A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.
- 143
- grants reported
- $962,000
- total given
- 2022–2025
- filing years
- $5,000
- median grant
Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2025. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.
What they fund
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Funding pattern
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Top recipients
Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.
- Lutheran North High School4 grants · $140,000
- Kirkwood School District Foundation1 grant · $50,000
- United Way of Greater St Louis2 grants · $50,000
- United Way of Greater St Louis2 grants · $40,000
- Palm Springs Friends of Philharmonic4 grants · $40,000
- Old Towne Artisan Studio2 grants · $30,000
- Backstoppers3 grants · $25,000
- Forest Park Forever3 grants · $25,000
- Trinity Lutheran Center4 grants · $20,000
- Kirkwood Performing Arts Center1 grant · $20,000
Giving over time
Grant history
The 100 largest of 143 grants.
- $50,000
Kirkwood School District Foundation · Kirkwood, MO · 2022
Educational scholarships
- $50,000
Lutheran North High School · St Louis, MO · 2022
Scholarship
- $30,000
Lutheran North High School · St Louis, MO · 2025
Scholarship
- $30,000
United Way of Greater St Louis · St Louis, MO · 2025
General purposes
- $30,000
Lutheran North High School · St Louis, MO · 2024
Scholarship
- $30,000
Lutheran North High School · St Louis, MO · 2023
Scholarship
- $20,000
Palm Springs Friends of Philharmonic · Palm Springs, CA · 2025
General purposes
- $20,000
United Way of Greater St Louis · St Louis, MO · 2024
general purposes
- $20,000
Kirkwood Performing Arts Center · Kirkwood, MO · 2023
General purpose
- $20,000
United Way of Greater St Louis · St Louis, MO · 2023
general purposes
- $20,000
United Way of Greater St Louis · St Louis, MO · 2022
General purposes
- $15,000
Old Towne Artisan Studio · La Quinta, CA · 2024
General Purpose
- $15,000
St Louis Symphony · St Louis, MO · 2024
general purposes
- $15,000
Old Towne Artisan Studio · La Quinta, CA · 2023
General Purpose
- $12,000
Old Towne Artisan Studio · La Quinta, CA · 2022
General purpose
- $10,000
Channel 9 Pbs · St Louis, MO · 2025
General purposes
- $10,000
Forest Park Forever · St Louis, MO · 2025
General purposes
- $10,000
Old Town Artisan Studio · La Quinta, CA · 2025
General purposes
- $10,000
St Louis Public Radio · St Louis, MO · 2025
General purposes
- $10,000
St Louis Symphony · St Louis, MO · 2025
General purposes
- $10,000
St Louis Zoo · St Louis, MO · 2025
General purposes
- $10,000
Washington Univseristy Dept of Cardiology · St Louis, MO · 2025
General purposes
- $10,000
Backstoppers · St Louis, MO · 2024
general purposes
- $10,000
Forest Park Forever · St Louis, MO · 2024
general purpose
- $10,000
Palm Springs Friends of Philharmonic · Palm Springs, CA · 2024
General purposes
- $10,000
Backstoppers · St Louis, MO · 2023
general purposes
- $10,000
Backstoppers · St Louis, MO · 2022
General purposes
- $8,000
Ranken Jordan Home · Maryland Heights, MO · 2025
Geneal purposes
- $8,000
Ranken Jordan Home · Maryland Hgts, MO · 2024
general purposes
- $8,000
Ranken Jordan Home · Maryland Hgts, MO · 2023
general purposes
- $8,000
Ranken Jordan Home · Maryland Hgts, MO · 2022
General purposes
- $6,000
Sheldon Concert Hall · St Louis, MO · 2025
General purposes
- $6,000
Sheldon Concert Hall · St Louis, MO · 2024
general purposes
- $6,000
Sheldon Concert Hall · St Louis, MO · 2023
general purposes
- $6,000
Sheldon Concert Hall · St Louis, MO · 2022
General purposes
- $5,000
Backstoppers · St Louis, MO · 2025
General purposes
- $5,000
Coldwater Conservation Foundation · Chesterfield, MO · 2025
General purposes
- $5,000
Food Outreach · St Louis, MO · 2025
General purposes
- $5,000
Jazz St Louis · St Louis, MO · 2025
General purposes
- $5,000
Kirk Care · Kirkwood, MO · 2025
General purposes
- $5,000
Nami St Louis · St Louis, MO · 2025
General purposes
- $5,000
New Music Circle · University City, MO · 2025
General purposes
- $5,000
St Louis Reprtory Theatre · Webster Groves, MO · 2025
General purposes
- $5,000
St Patricks Center · St Louis, MO · 2025
General purposes
- $5,000
St Vincent Home for Children · St Louis, MO · 2025
General purposes
- $5,000
Trinity Lutheran Center · St Louis, MO · 2025
General purposes
- $5,000
Beyond Housing · St Louis, MO · 2024
General purposes
- $5,000
Channel 9 Pbs · St Louis, MO · 2024
General purposes
- $5,000
Coldwater Conservation Foundation · Chesterfield, MO · 2024
general purposes
- $5,000
Food Outreach · St Louis, MO · 2024
general purposegeneral purpose
- $5,000
Jazz St Louis · St Louis, MO · 2024
General Purpose
- $5,000
Kirk Care · Kirkwood, MO · 2024
general purposes
- $5,000
Mon Petite Mojave · Yucca Valley, CA · 2024
General purpose
- $5,000
Nami St Louis · St Louis, MO · 2024
General Purpose
- $5,000
New Music Circle · University City, MO · 2024
general purposes
- $5,000
St Louis Reprtory Theatre · Webster Groves, MO · 2024
General purposes
- $5,000
St Patricks Center · St Louis, MO · 2024
general purposes
- $5,000
St Vincent Home for Children · St Louis, MO · 2024
general purposegenera purpose
- $5,000
Trinity Lutheran Center · St Louis, MO · 2024
generalpurposes
- $5,000
Coldwater Conservation Foundation · Chesterfield, MO · 2023
general purposes
- $5,000
Food Outreach · St Louis, MO · 2023
general purposegeneral purpose
- $5,000
Forest Park Forever · St Louis, MO · 2023
general purpose
- $5,000
Kirk Care · Kirkwood, MO · 2023
general purposes
- $5,000
Nami St Louis · St Louis, MO · 2023
General Purpose
- $5,000
Palm Springs Friends of Philharmonic · Palm Springs, CA · 2023
General purposes
- $5,000
St Louis Reprtory Theatre · Webster Groves, MO · 2023
General purposes
- $5,000
St Louis Symphony · St Louis, MO · 2023
general purposes
- $5,000
St Patricks Center · St Louis, MO · 2023
general purposes
- $5,000
St Vincent Home for Children · St Louis, MO · 2023
general purposegenera purpose
- $5,000
Trinity Lutheran Center · St Louis, MO · 2023
generalpurposes
- $5,000
Coldwater Conservation Foundation · Chesterfield, MO · 2022
General purposes
- $5,000
Food Outreach · St Louis, MO · 2022
General purposegeneral purpose
- $5,000
Kirk Care · Kirkwood, MO · 2022
General purposes
- $5,000
Nami St Louis · St Louis, MO · 2022
General purpose
- $5,000
Palm Springs Friends of Philharmonic · Palm Springs, CA · 2022
General purposes
- $5,000
St Louis Symphony · St Louis, MO · 2022
General purposes
- $5,000
St Patricks Center · St Louis, MO · 2022
General purposes
- $5,000
St Vincent Home for Children · St Louis, MO · 2022
General purposegenera purpose
- $5,000
Trinity Lutheran Center · St Louis, MO · 2022
Generalpurposes
- $4,000
Beyond Housing · St Louis, MO · 2025
General purposes
- $4,000
Jensen Schmidt Tennis Down Syndrome · Florissant, MO · 2025
General purpose
- $4,000
Missouri Botanical Gardens · St Louis, MO · 2025
General purposes
- $4,000
International Childrens Network · Kent, WA · 2024
General purposes
- $4,000
Jensen Schmidt Tennis Down Syndrome · Florissant, MO · 2024
general purposes
- $4,000
St Louis Zoo · St Louis, MO · 2024
General purpose
- $4,000
International Childrens Network · Kent, WA · 2023
General purposes
- $4,000
Jensen Schmidt Tennis Down Syndrome · Florissant, MO · 2023
general purposes
- $4,000
Play It Forward Musical Foundation · St Louis, MO · 2023
general purposes
- $4,000
St Louis Zoo · St Louis, MO · 2023
General purpose
- $4,000
Dream Builders 4 Equity · St Louis, MO · 2022
General purposes
- $4,000
Forest Park Forever · St Louis, MO · 2022
General purpose
- $4,000
International Childrens Network · Kent, WA · 2022
General purposes
- $4,000
Jensen Schmidt Tennis Down Syndrome · Florissant, MO · 2022
General purposes
- $4,000
Play It Forward Musical Foundation · St Louis, MO · 2022
General purposes
- $4,000
St Louis Zoo · St Louis, MO · 2022
General purpose
- $3,000
American Heart Association · St Louis, MO · 2025
General purpose
- $3,000
Ava'S Grace Scholarship Program · St Louis, MO · 2025
scholarship
- $3,000
Grace Hill · St Louis, MO · 2025
General purposes
- $3,000
Southeast Missouri University · Cape Giradeau, MO · 2025
General purposes
- $3,000
Uso of Missouri · St Louis, MO · 2025
General purposes
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Similar purposes
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- Good Ventures Foundation1,830 grants · $1.32B
- UCLA Foundation276 grants · $1.75B
Similar grant size
- Enterprise Holdings Foundation30,880 grants · $360.4M
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- Seattle Foundation14,012 grants · $457.3M
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