Together with our partners, we share resources and ideas, creating new realities through purposeful collaboration.
Our partners receive expertise and support to help them move beyond sustainability to achieve thrivability.
Our sparks of change, created with the help of our partners, have local, national and global impact.
As peers and leaders of foundations, we're in unique positions to contribute to philanthropy's evolution and its perception in society. The culture of our organizations, our ability to adapt to change, our willingness to ask authentic questions and learn in real time -- it's all part of creating ...
For more than a decade, he was at the epicenter of the convergence of technology and philanthropy to better serve the humanitarian world. From traveling to Davos as a member of the World Economic Forum to moderating discussions about education and employment at the Clinton Global Initiative, William ...
A recent Stanford Social Innovation Review article (and subsequent blog from The Patterson Foundation) brought into focus the opportunities and challenges of utilizing partnership models for mission impact. As hard as it may be to swallow the difficulties outlined in the article, parallel efforts ...
Editor's Note: SCOPE is one of four entrepreneurial nonprofits in our region working with No Margin, No Mission on earned-income business plans with support from The Patterson Foundation. As the SCOPE Board of Directors explores ways to be nimble in response to the needs of the community, they ...
At The Patterson Foundation, we embrace our values through purposeful partnerships in philanthropy. By working with multiple entities, we learn together as we develop new realities. These partnerships have resulted in EdExplore SRQ, Patriot Plaza at Sarasota National Cemetery, the Legacy of Valor ...
Over the years, we've heard the stories of the families on the edge of homelessness in our community. Those who were hit hard by the economic downturn. Hardworking parents who faced eviction while struggling to pay for their children's emergency medical bills. Older adults forced to make tough ...