For The Patterson Foundation (TPF), a fully endowed charitable foundation in Sarasota, Florida, a strong commitment to bringing people, organizations, and communities together illustrates how the foundation hopes to create impact. This commitment didn’t spring out of just anywhere, though. It was carefully developed and nurtured by President and CEO Debra Jacobs when she first… Read more »
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 »
By Hannah Saeger Karnei In April 2019, Courtney Baugh (M.A./M.P.A. ‘19) and I presented at the Lilly Family School of Philanthropy Board of Visitors lunch about The Patterson Foundation Fellows Program. Courtney had decided to take a great opportunity with CCS Fundraising and I had decided to accept the offer to become the inaugural… Read more »
By Hannah Saeger Karnei Originally published on The Patterson Foundation’s blog The global refugee crisis is an overwhelming, ongoing event the world urgently needs to face. It seems impossible, but as of now, there are more than 70 million displaced humans. As philanthropists, our hearts bleed because we each have an area of focus, and… Read more »
Originally published on The Patterson Foundation’s blog. When The Patterson Foundation proposed a partnership specifically for our master’s degree students to compete for a fellowship at The Foundation after graduation, we did not yet know that we had found a natural partner. Philanthropic partnering is not usually this easy. However, I think the fact that… Read more »