CaregiverCentral.org is a proven web application for caregivers in the Orlando market. Developed by Share the Care, with an initial investment by The Harry and Jeannette Weinberg Foundation,www.CaregiverCentral.org helps caregivers develop an understanding of the services available to them and their specific … Continue reading
What is the value of documenting the work you do? We live in a right-now age, when information moves at the speed of Twitter. Judging the value of our work by that standard, we wouldn’t care much about how we … Continue reading
The Patterson Foundation selected Sarasota National Cemetery as a place to honor the Patterson family legacy of military service. Dorothy and Jim Patterson retired to Sarasota in the late seventies, quietly impacting the community in many positive ways. The military … Continue reading
In December, The Patterson Foundation and the Investigative News Network invited representatives from national foundations that have been supporting independent and non-profit journalism to participate in a February conversation about financial sustainability for journalism’s startups. The idea for this meeting … Continue reading
Inspire. Connect. Learn. Share. Engage. All are words frequently used to describe The Patterson Foundation, and we demonstrate them every day through the work of our initiatives. Through TPF’s blog network, we are able to share our lessons learned with … Continue reading
**Senior Friendship Centers is collaborating with Sarasota Memorial Health Care System and the Sarasota County Health Department to address Sarasota’s health care safety net for the uninsured and underinsured. The Patterson Foundation is funding a consulting team to help create … Continue reading
I had the pleasure of presenting as part of a panel on social media at the Council on Foundations’ Family Philanthropy Conference in Miami. The session, “Tools of Engagement: Family Dynamics and Social Networking,” covered social networking as a critical … Continue reading
By Myriam Springuel, Executive Director of Science and Environment Council of Sarasota County We are looking forward to the STEMposium, bringing together teachers, administrators, and area organizations working in STEM – Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math. This Thursday, we will look … Continue reading
The 2012 Florida Philanthropic Network Statewide Summit on Philanthropy theme came through very clear: The new social economy calls for new ways of thinking, connecting and communicating beyond the usual suspects. This concept is noble in theory, but in practice … Continue reading
By Michael Corley, The Patterson Foundation When Dorothy Patterson created The Patterson Foundation (TPF) she gave no specifics as to how the money must be spent – other than to “do good” with it. Her unrestricted approach gave TPF the … Continue reading