Funding search · EIN 872601151 · Arden, NC

The Potato Fund

Name: The Potato Fund grants, 2023–2025
Creator: PaperOrbit
License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.

65
grants reported: $54,051
total given: 2023–2025
filing years: $500
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2023–2025. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

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Funding pattern

What this funder pays for, at what size, and how to position adjacent work. Read from their filings, with every number checked against the record.

Top recipients

Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.

Conserving Carolina3 grants · $5,500
Givewell3 grants · $5,500
Intl Rescue Committee3 grants · $4,000
United Way of Henderson County2 grants · $3,500
Pisgah Legal Services3 grants · $2,867
Homeward Bound3 grants · $2,750
American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty To Animals2 grants · $2,500
Humane Society of the United States2 grants · $2,500
Alzheimer'S Disease Research1 grant · $2,250
Givedirectly3 grants · $2,250

Giving over time

$7,697

2023

$14,520

2024

$31,834

2025

Grant history

All 65 reported grants, largest first.

$2,500
Givewell · Oakland, CA · 2025
Contribution provided
$2,500
Intl Rescue Committee · New York, NY · 2025
Contribution provided
$2,500
United Way of Henderson County · Hendersonville, NC · 2025
Contribution provided
$2,250
Alzheimer'S Disease Research · Clarksburg, MD · 2024
Contribution provided
$2,000
Charities Aid Foundation Caf of America · Alexandria, VA · 2025
Contribution provided
$2,000
Homeward Bound · Woodfin, NC · 2025
Contribution provided
$2,000
Manna Foodbank · Mills River, NC · 2025
Contribution provided
$2,000
Mountain Housing Opportunities · Asheville, NC · 2025
Contribution provided
$2,000
National Network of Abortion Funds · Beaverton, OR · 2025
Contribution provided
$2,000
Pisgah Legal Services · Hendersonville, NC · 2025
Contribution provided
$2,000
Conserving Carolina · Hendersonville, NC · 2024
Contribution provided
$2,000
Conserving Carolina · Hendersonville, NC · 2023
Contribution provided
$2,000
Givewell · Oakland, CA · 2023
Contribution provided
$1,500
American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty To Animals · New York, NY · 2025
Contribution provided
$1,500
Conserving Carolina · Hendersonville, NC · 2025
Contribution provided
$1,500
Givedirectly · New York, NY · 2025
Contribution provided
$1,500
Humane Society of the United States · Washington, DC · 2025
Contribution provided
$1,250
California Community Foundation · Los Angeles, CA · 2025
Contribution provided
$1,000
Doctors Without Borders · New York, NY · 2025
Contribution provided
$1,000
Planned Parenthood Federation of America · Washington, DC · 2025
Contribution provided
$1,000
St Judes Childrens Research Hospital · Memphis, TN · 2025
Contribution provided
$1,000
American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty To Animals · New York, NY · 2024
Contribution provided
$1,000
Community Foundation of Henderson County · Hendersonville, NC · 2024
Contribution provided
$1,000
Givewell · Oakland, CA · 2024
Contribution provided
$1,000
Humane Society of the United States · Washington, DC · 2024
Contribution provided
$1,000
Intl Rescue Committee · New York, NY · 2024
Contribution provided
$1,000
United Way of Henderson County · Hendersonville, NC · 2024
Contribution provided
$500
National Public Radio · Washington, DC · 2025
Contribution provided
$500
Parkinsons Foundation · Miami, FL · 2025
Contribution provided
$500
Pbs North Carolina · Research Triangle Park, NC · 2025
Contribution provided
$500
Center for Reproductive Rights · New York, NY · 2024
Contribution provided
$500
Doctors Without Borders · New York, NY · 2024
Contribution provided
$500
Givedirectly · New York, NY · 2024
Contribution provided
$500
Homeward Bound · Woodfin, NC · 2024
Contribution provided
$500
Pisgah Legal Services · Hendersonville, NC · 2024
Contribution provided
$500
Doctors Without Borders · New York, NY · 2023
Contribution provided
$500
Intl Rescue Committee · New York, NY · 2023
Contribution provided
$367
Pisgah Legal Services · Hendersonville, NC · 2023
Contribution provided
$332
Women On Waves · 2023
Contribution provided
$300
Planned Parenthood Federation of America · Washington, DC · 2024
Contribution provided
$300
World Central Kitchen · Washington, DC · 2024
Contribution provided
$300
Planned Parenthood Federation of America · Washington, DC · 2023
Contribution provided
$260
Elevated Access · Wilmington, DE · 2023
Contribution provided
$250
Daniel Boone Council Boy Scouts of America · Asheville, NC · 2024
Contribution provided
$250
Fair Vote Foundation · Silver Springs, MD · 2024
Contribution provided
$250
Fair Vote Foundation · Silver Springs, MD · 2023
Contribution provided
$250
Givedirectly · New York, NY · 2023
Contribution provided
$250
Homeward Bound · Woodfin, NC · 2023
Contribution provided
$250
Womens Center of the New River Valley · Radford, VA · 2023
Contribution provided
$200
Friends of Claytor Lake · Fairlawn, VA · 2025
Contribution provided
$200
Tilden Presbyterian Church · Tilden, IL · 2025
Contribution provided
$200
American Cancer Society · Atlanta, GA · 2024
Contribution provided
$200
Friends of Claytor Lake · Fairlawn, VA · 2024
Contribution provided
$200
Friends of Claytor Lake · Fairlawn, VA · 2023
Contribution provided
$120
Pbs North Carolina · Research Triangle Park, NC · 2024
Contribution provided
$120
Pbs North Carolina · Durham, NC · 2023
Contribution provided
$104
Blue Ridge Bicycle Club · Flat Rock, NC · 2025
Contribution provided
$100
Jubilee Community · Asheville, NC · 2024
Contribution provided
$61
Distinguished Gentleman'S Ride · Culver City, CA · 2023
Contribution provided
$50
Asheville On Bikes · Asheville, NC · 2025
Contribution provided
$50
Wikimedia · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Contribution provided
$31
Wikimedia · San Francisco, CA · 2023
Contribution provided
$30
Community Foundation of Henderson County · Hendersonville, NC · 2025
Contribution provided
$26
The Pisgah Conservancy · Brevard, NC · 2023
Contribution provided
$0
Ballotpedia · Middleton, WI · 2023
Contribution provided

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