This spring, undergraduate and graduate students will travel to Sarasota, Florida to connect with The Patterson Foundation through a hands-on learning experience. This for-credit class will help engage students with a private foundation and the various organizations that The Patterson Foundation works with. What encouraged these 10 students to apply for this experiential learning experience?… Read more »
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 »
Developing thoughtful leaders through innovative partnerships Amir Pasic, Dean, Indiana University Lilly Family School of Philanthropy, IUPUI The Lilly Family School of Philanthropy is proud to announce our new “study away” course, “The Future of Work in the Philanthropic Sector.” The course gives 10 bachelor’s and master’s degree students the opportunity to learn about how… 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 »
