Funding search · EIN 436041541 · Eagan, MN

Pott 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.

385
grants reported
$5.9M
total given
2022–2025
filing years
$10,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 20222025. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

scholarship

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Funding pattern

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Top recipients

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  • Washington University in St Louis4 grants · $300,000
  • St Louis Mercantile Library Assoc2 grants · $180,000
  • Children'S Home Society of Missouri2 grants · $170,000
  • Saint Louis University4 grants · $160,000
  • Carondelet Community Betterment Federati3 grants · $150,000
  • Operation Food Search4 grants · $145,000
  • The Salvation Army4 grants · $145,000
  • St Patrick Center4 grants · $120,000
  • Christian Activity Center4 grants · $120,000
  • Big Brothers Big Sisters of Eastern Miss2 grants · $100,000

Giving over time

$1.6M
2022
$1.4M
2023
$1.5M
2024
$1.4M
2025

Grant history

The 100 largest of 385 grants.

  • $90,000

    University of Missouri-St Louis · St Louis, MO · 2025

    Scholarship

  • $90,000

    St Louis Mercantile Library Assoc · St Louis, MO · 2024

    General operating

  • $90,000

    St Louis Mercantile Library Assoc · Saint Louis, MO · 2023

    General operating

  • $90,000

    St Louis Mercantile Library Association · Saint Louis, MO · 2022

    General operating

  • $87,500

    St Louis · Gallipolis, OH · 2022

    General operating

  • $85,000

    Children'S Home Society of Missouri · St Louis, MO · 2025

    General operating

  • $85,000

    Urban League of Metropolitan Saint Louis · St Louis, MO · 2025

    General operating

  • $85,000

    Children'S Home Society of Missouri · St Louis, MO · 2024

    General operating

  • $85,000

    Children'S Home Society of -- Missouri · Saint Louis, MO · 2023

    General operating

  • $85,000

    Childrens Home Society of Missouri · St Louis, MO · 2022

    General operating

  • $75,000

    Washington University in St Louis · St Louis, MO · 2025

    Scholarship

  • $75,000

    Washington University in St Louis · St Louis, MO · 2024

    General operating

  • $75,000

    Washington University in St Louis · St Louis, MO · 2023

    General operating

  • $75,000

    Washington University in St Louis · St Louis, MO · 2022

    General operating

  • $60,000

    Urban League of Metropolitan St Louis I · St Louis, MO · 2024

    General operating

  • $50,000

    Big Brothers Big Sisters of · St Louis, MO · 2025

    General operating

  • $50,000

    Carondelet Community Betterment Federati · Saint Louis, MO · 2025

    General operating

  • $50,000

    Big Brothers Big Sisters of Eastern Mo · St Louis, MO · 2024

    General operating

  • $50,000

    Carondelet Community - Betterment · St Louis, MO · 2024

    General operating

  • $50,000

    Big Brothers Big Sisters of Eastern Miss · St Louis, MO · 2023

    General operating

  • $50,000

    Carondelet Community Betterment Federati · Saint Louis, MO · 2023

    General operating

  • $50,000

    Big Brothers Big Sisters of Eastern Miss · St Louis, MO · 2022

    General operating

  • $50,000

    Carondelet Community Betterment Federati · Saint Louis, MO · 2022

    General operating

  • $40,000

    Ranken- Jordan Home for - · Maryland Heights, MO · 2025

    General operating

  • $40,000

    Saint Louis University · St Louis, MO · 2025

    Scholarship

  • $40,000

    St Louis Area Foodbank · Bridgeton, MO · 2025

    General operating

  • $40,000

    Operation Food Search · St Louis, MO · 2024

    General operating

  • $40,000

    Ranken- Jordan Home for - · Maryland Heights, MO · 2024

    General operating

  • $40,000

    Saint Louis University · St Louis, MO · 2024

    General operating

  • $40,000

    St Louis Area Food Bank · Bridgeton, MO · 2024

    General operating

  • $40,000

    The Salvation Army · St Louis, MO · 2024

    General operating

  • $40,000

    Ranken-Jordan Home for Convalescent Crip · Maryland Hts, MO · 2023

    General operating

  • $40,000

    Saint Louis University · St Louis, MO · 2023

    General operating

  • $40,000

    Ranken-Jordan Home for Convalescent Crip · Maryland Hts, MO · 2022

    General operating

  • $40,000

    Saint Louis University · St Louis, MO · 2022

    General operating

  • $35,000

    Operation Food Search · Saint Louis, MO · 2025

    General operating

  • $35,000

    The Salvation Army · Alexandria, VA · 2025

    General operating

  • $35,000

    Operation Food Search · Saint Louis, MO · 2023

    General operating

  • $35,000

    St Louis Area Foodbank · Bridgeton, MO · 2023

    General operating

  • $35,000

    The Salvation Army · Alexandria, VA · 2023

    General operating

  • $35,000

    Operation Food Search · Saint Louis, MO · 2022

    General operating

  • $35,000

    St Louis Area Food Bank · Bridgeton, MO · 2022

    General operating

  • $35,000

    The Salvation Army · Alexandria, VA · 2022

    General operating

  • $30,000

    Christian Activity Center · East St Louis, IL · 2025

    General operating

  • $30,000

    Saint Louis Crisis Nursery · St Louis, MO · 2025

    General operating

  • $30,000

    St Patrick Center · Saint Louis, MO · 2025

    General operating

  • $30,000

    Christian Activity Center · East St Louis, IL · 2024

    General operating

  • $30,000

    St Louis Crisis Nursery · St Louis, MO · 2024

    General operating

  • $30,000

    St Patrick Center · St Louis, MO · 2024

    General operating

  • $30,000

    Christian Activity Center · East St Louis, IL · 2023

    General operating

  • $30,000

    Saint Louis Crisis Nursery · St Louis, MO · 2023

    General operating

  • $30,000

    St Patrick Center · Saint Louis, MO · 2023

    General operating

  • $30,000

    United Way of Greater St Louis · Saint Louis, MO · 2023

    General operating

  • $30,000

    Christian Activity Center · E Saint Louis, IL · 2022

    General operating

  • $30,000

    Saint Louis Crisis Nursery · St Louis, MO · 2022

    General operating

  • $30,000

    St Patrick Center · Saint Louis, MO · 2022

    General operating

  • $30,000

    United Way of Greater St Louis · Saint Louis, MO · 2022

    General operating

  • $25,000

    Food Outreach · Saint Louis, MO · 2025

    General operating

  • $25,000

    American Red Cross of Greater Stl · St Louis, MO · 2024

    General operating

  • $22,000

    Nami St Louis · Saint Louis, MO · 2022

    General operating

  • $20,000

    Got Your Six Support Dogs · Collinsville, IL · 2025

    General operating

  • $20,000

    Guardian Angel Settlement Association · Saint Louis, MO · 2025

    General operating

  • $20,000

    Ranken Technical College · Saint Louis, MO · 2025

    Scholarship

  • $20,000

    The Womens Safe House · Saint Louis, MO · 2025

    General operating

  • $20,000

    United Way Worldwide · Alexandria, VA · 2025

    General operating

  • $20,000

    Food Outreach · St Louis, MO · 2024

    General operating

  • $20,000

    Got Your Six Support Dogs · Collinsville, IL · 2024

    General operating

  • $20,000

    Guardian Angel Settlement Assoc · St Louis, MO · 2024

    Scholarship

  • $20,000

    Missouri Girls Town Foundation · Kingdom City, MO · 2024

    General operating

  • $20,000

    Ranken Technical College · St Louis, MO · 2024

    General operating

  • $20,000

    United Way of Nc · Cary, NC · 2024

    General operating

  • $20,000

    Beyond Housing · Greenville, SC · 2023

    General operating

  • $20,000

    Food Outreach · Saint Louis, MO · 2023

    General operating

  • $20,000

    Got Your Six Support Dogs · Collinsville, IL · 2023

    General operating

  • $20,000

    Guardian Angel Settlement Assoc · St Louis, MO · 2023

    Scholarship

  • $20,000

    Missouri Girls Town Foundation · Kingdom City, MO · 2023

    General operating

  • $20,000

    Ranken Technical College · Saint Louis, MO · 2023

    General operating

  • $20,000

    The Women'S Safe House · Saint Louis, MO · 2023

    General operating

  • $20,000

    Beyond Housing · Greenville, SC · 2022

    General operating

  • $20,000

    Food Outreach · Saint Louis, MO · 2022

    General operating

  • $20,000

    Got Your Six Support Dogs · Collinsville, IL · 2022

    General operating

  • $20,000

    Guardian Angel Settlement Assoc · St Louis, MO · 2022

    General operating

  • $20,000

    Missouri Girls Town Foundation · Kingdom City, MO · 2022

    General operating

  • $20,000

    Ranken Technical College · Saint Louis, MO · 2022

    General operating

  • $20,000

    Womens Safe House · Saint Louis, MO · 2022

    General operating

  • $15,000

    A Million Stars · Saint Louis, MO · 2025

    General operating

  • $15,000

    City Academy · Saint Louis, MO · 2025

    General operating

  • $15,000

    Covenant House Missouri · Saint Louis, MO · 2025

    General operating

  • $15,000

    Emmaus Homes · Saint Charles, MO · 2025

    General operating

  • $15,000

    Homeworks the Teacher Home · St Louis, MO · 2025

    General operating

  • $15,000

    Independence Center · Saint Louis, MO · 2025

    General operating

  • $15,000

    Loyola Academy of Saint Louis · Saint Louis, MO · 2025

    General operating

  • $15,000

    Marian Middle School · Saint Louis, MO · 2025

    General operating

  • $15,000

    North Side Community School · St Louis, MO · 2025

    General operating

  • $15,000

    St Louis County Library Foundation · Saint Louis, MO · 2025

    General operating

  • $15,000

    St Vincent · Perryville, MO · 2025

    General operating

  • $15,000

    Variety the Childrens Charity of St Loui · Saint Louis, MO · 2025

    General operating

  • $15,000

    A Million Stars · St Louis, MO · 2024

    General operating

  • $15,000

    Aim High St Louis · St Louis, MO · 2024

    Scholarship

  • $15,000

    City Academy · St Louis, MO · 2024

    General operating

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Source: IRS Form 990-PF, Part XV, as filed by the foundation. These are grants already paid — a record of what this funder backs, not an open call.