Community Foundation of Sarasota County
SARASOTA, FL
$9MTax year 2023
Grant purpose
Nurture fund; season of sharing; the giving challenge 2024; pay it forward fund; tpf donor advised fund
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The Patterson Foundation Grants
Private foundation · EIN 65-6230256 · IRS 990-PF filings through tax year 2024
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This foundation reports on its 990-PF that it only makes contributions to preselected organizations and does not accept unsolicited applications.
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Original filing text
Reported organization name: THE PATTERSON FOUNDATION
Giving by tax year
Year-level totals across every reported grant in this profile — a summary, not a filter. The awards further down are the largest individual grants across all years, not each year's complete list.
| Tax year | Grants paid | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 12 | $9M |
| 2023 | 11 | $11M |
Where The Patterson Foundation gives
States of grant recipients reported on the foundation's 990-PF filings, by dollars received.
Largest reported grants
Historical awards reported to the IRS. These are examples of past giving, not open opportunities.
Community Foundation of Sarasota County
SARASOTA, FL
$5.4MTax year 2024
Grant purpose
Nurture fund; suncoast disaster recovery fund; season of sharing; pay it forward fund; tpf donor advised fund; roxanne g. Jerde leadership fund
The Bay Park Conservancy Inc
SARASOTA, FL
$2MTax year 2024
Grant purpose
Propelling positive momentum in fundraising effort
The Bay Park Conservancy Inc
SARASOTA, FL
$1MTax year 2023
Grant purpose
Propelling positive momentum in fundraising effort
Center for Disaster Philantropy
WASHINGTON, DC
$800KTax year 2024
Grant purpose
Atlantic hurricane recovery fund; national partner funding; california wildfires recovery fund; global recovery fund;
Showing 5 of the 23 largest grants (23 reported in all).
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Figures are aggregated from The Patterson Foundation's IRS Form 990-PF electronic filings (2 filings on file, most recent tax year 2024). Totals reflect grants the foundation reported as paid, and can lag the current year because foundations file annually and often on extension. Source: IRS 990-PF filing on ProPublica. Raw e-file archive (ZIP) — a large IRS yearly archive download.
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