Potts Memorial Foundation
Potts Memorial Foundation is a private foundation, based in Hudson, NY. IRS filing data is available from 2019 through 2025. As of 2025, the organization holds $5.6M in total assets. In 2025, it awarded 9 grants totaling $293K. Net investment income was $511K.
Potts Memorial Foundation at a glance
In short: Potts Memorial Foundation gave $293K across 9 grants in 2025 (avg $33K), mostly in New York. Source: 2025 IRS Form 990-PF.
- Annual giving (2025)
- $293,000
- +11.1% vs 2024
- Grants made (2025)
- 9
- +12.5% vs 2024
- Average grant
- $32,556
- -1.2% vs 2024
- Median grant
- $25,000
- Total assets
- $5,637,700
- +3.7% vs 2024
- Primary geography
- New York (57% of itemized 2025 grant dollars)
- Latest 990 filing
- Form 990-PF, 2025 View filing
Data from IRS Form 990-PF, 2025; updated September 2026.
Who Potts Memorial Foundation funds
How this funder distributes its grants
Top Recipients
Top 8 recipients in 2025
The largest 2025 recipient was Weill Cornell Medical College ($57K across 2 grants). Together the top 8 received $293K.
Grant Size Distribution
36 grants across all recorded years
The most common grant size was under $50K: 25 grants of 36 (69%).
Geographic Focus
Where this funder awards grants
Grant Distribution by State
Share of 2025 grant dollars across all 9 itemized grants.
Cities
How Potts Memorial Foundation gives
- Giving grew 23% from 2022 to 2025. Method
- In 2025 it paid out 102% of its IRS minimum distribution (the 5% rule). Method
From the foundation's IRS Form 990-PF filings. Methodology.
Giving History
Giving Over Time
Total grant dollars and number of grants per year
From 2019 to 2025, annual grant giving ranged from $212K (2023) to $293K (2025). In 2025 it made 9 grants totaling $293K.
Grants by year
Grant recipients and amounts by year
| Recipient | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Trustees of Tufts University Boston, MA | Research understanding regulation of calcium-mediated effects on mycobacterium tuberculosis growth. | $50,000 |
| The Rockefeller University New York, NY | Research pebble: sustaining and expanding a critical resource for crispr-based functional genomics in mycobacteria | $50,000 |
| Weill Cornell Medical College New York, NY | Research genic networks that prevent killing of mycobacterium tuberculosis by atp synthase inhibitors | $37,000 |
| Trustees of Columbia University New York, NY | Research early host biomarkers of clinical outcomes in mdr-tb and hiv co-infection using olink proteomics | $36,000 |
| Umass Chan Medical School Worcester, MA | Research understanding the role of high-frequency genetic variation in tuberculosis treatment failure | $25,000 |
| Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine Baltimore, MD | Researching the elimination of senescent cells with senolytic host-directed therapy reduces tuberculosis progression in susceptible mouse models. | $25,000 |
| Trudeau Institute Saranac Lake, NY | Support the Northeast Regional World TB Day Conference. | $25,000 |
| Washington University School of Medicine St. Louis, MO | Research the noncanonical and rapid ifn-1 induction by neutrophils in response to mycobacterium tuberculosis. | $25,000 |
| Weill Cornell Medical College New York, NY | Research of post-tuberculosis lung disease in people living with hiv: matrix metalloproteinases and the age-rage axis | $20,000 |
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Financial History
Multi-year comparison from IRS filings
| Filing year | Total Assets | Revenue | Expenses | Grants paid | Grants | Qualifying Distributions | Net Investment Income | Distributable Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $5,637,700 | $553,780 | $357,880 | $293,000 | 9 | $305,961 | $510,938 | $300,830 |
| 2024 | $5,436,695 | $443,174 | $315,558 | $263,722 | 8 | $274,016 | $402,673 | $290,311 |
| 2023 | $5,285,645 | $186,390 | $260,324 | $212,310 | 6 | $223,633 | $149,699 | $268,553 |
| 2022 | $5,309,579 | $258,987 | $282,886 | $237,875 | 6 | $248,605 | $224,706 | $273,129 |
| 2021 | $5,333,478 | $364,172 | $316,184 | $256,381 | 7 | $266,561 | $314,549 | $311,740 |
| 2020 | $5,285,490 | $633,694 | $303,881 | $261,000 | 6 | — | $600,659 | $255,554 |
| 2019 | $4,924,602 | $182,860 | $313,433 | $260,986 | 7 | — | $146,201 | $261,511 |
Under IRS private-foundation payout rules, Potts Memorial Foundation reported a distributable amount of $301K for 2025 — the minimum it must pay out in qualifying distributions.
Leadership & Key People
Officers and directors from IRS filings
Potts Memorial Foundation is led by Kathleen McDonough PhD, President on every filing since 2019; none of the 10 officers listed in 2025 report compensation.
Officers on the 2025 filing
Kathleen McDonough PhD
President
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Ananthakrishnan Ramani MD
Trustee
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Anthony Malanga MD
Trustee
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Donna O'Hare MD
Trustee
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Martin Pavelka Jr. PhD
Trustee
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Richard Gullot MD
Trustee
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Nancy Patzwahl
Trustee
On filings since 2021
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Donna Klose
Secretary
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
$8K (2019) → $0 (2025)
John Chan MD
Vice President
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Walt Brady
Treasurer
On filings since 2021
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Former officers (1)
- Former: Sidney Richter (2019–2020) — Treasurer
Data from IRS Form 990 filings, 2019–2025. "On filings since" is the earliest filing we hold that lists the person; hours are average hours per week as reported.
Compensation Overview
From 2023 IRS filing
The highest reported compensation on the 2023 filing was $8K, to Donna Klose (Secretary).
Frequently asked questions about Potts Memorial Foundation
How much does Potts Memorial Foundation give each year?
Potts Memorial Foundation gave $293K across 9 grants in 2025, according to its 2025 IRS Form 990-PF. In 2024 it gave $264K across 8 grants.
What is Potts Memorial Foundation's typical grant size?
Potts Memorial Foundation's median grant in 2025 was $25,000, and its average grant was $32,556, across 9 grants on its 2025 IRS Form 990-PF.
Where does Potts Memorial Foundation give grants?
Potts Memorial Foundation gives mostly in New York: 57% of the grant dollars itemized on its 2025 IRS Form 990-PF went to recipients there. The next largest states were Massachusetts (26%) and Maryland (9%). The most frequent recipient cities were New York, NY (4 grants).
Does Potts Memorial Foundation give general operating support?
Not in 2025: none of the 9 grants with a stated purpose on Potts Memorial Foundation's 2025 IRS Form 990-PF were described as general or operating support.
Who are Potts Memorial Foundation's largest grantees?
Potts Memorial Foundation's largest 2025 grantees include Weill Cornell Medical College ($57,000 across 2 grants), Trustees of Tufts University ($50,000) and The Rockefeller University ($50,000), according to its 2025 IRS Form 990-PF. Together they received 54% of its itemized 2025 grant dollars.
How large is Potts Memorial Foundation?
Potts Memorial Foundation reported $5.6M in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990-PF. It paid out $306K in qualifying distributions that year, against a required minimum of $301K (roughly 5% of its investment assets).
What is Potts Memorial Foundation's EIN?
Potts Memorial Foundation's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 14-1347714. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2019–2025.
Data last updated September 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990-PF filings.
Data update history
(3)
When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable
- Added Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2019 (received by the IRS May 13, 2020)
- Added Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS May 8, 2026)
- IRS filings on file for fiscal years 2020–2024
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