By Hannah Saeger Karnei, Inaugural Fellow, The Patterson Foundation At The Patterson Foundation (TPF), philanthropy is approached as a tool to discover possibilities rather than solutions. TPF stands, as of today, quite unique in the independent foundation world in that there are no grant cycles, no requests for proposals, no timing limitations to its funding… Read more »
Community foundations form an important piece of the nonprofit sector fabric in Indiana. We’ve explored the relationships between staff members at the Lilly Family School of Philanthropy and the Johnson County Community Foundation, as well as the partnership between The Fund Raising School and the Community Foundation of Boone County. Another recent partnership between the… Read more »
With a dual master’s degree in business administration and international agricultural economics and a professional background in nonprofit management, organizational effectiveness, human resources, and educational technology, Mickey Levitan has been marinating an idea to address major challenges facing promising nonprofits for the past 30 years. He first encountered these challenges as a country director for… Read more »