Funding search · EIN 256719662 · Harrisburg, PA

George & Rita Patterson Foundation

Name: George & Rita Patterson Foundation grants, 2022–2024
Creator: PaperOrbit
License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.

57
grants reported: $645,000
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $3,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

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Funding pattern

What this funder pays for, at what size, and how to position adjacent work. Read from their filings, with every number checked against the record.

Top recipients

Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.

Paa Foundation3 grants · $160,750
Vanguard Charitable Endowment Prog3 grants · $160,750
United Waycapital Region3 grants · $160,750
Citizens for Self Governance3 grants · $25,000
Pennsylvania Wounded Warriors3 grants · $13,000
Three Fold School House1 grant · $10,000
Jdrf2 grants · $10,000
True the Vote2 grants · $9,800
Preborn2 grants · $9,000
Bethesda Mission3 grants · $9,000

Giving over time

$226,000

2022

$212,000

2023

$207,000

2024

Grant history

All 57 reported grants, largest first.

$56,500
Paa Foundation · Harrisburg, PA · 2022
Contribution
$56,500
United Waycapital Region · Enola, PA · 2022
Contribution
$56,500
Vanguard Charitable Endowment Prog · Warwick, RI · 2022
Contribution
$53,000
Paa Foundation · Harrisburg, PA · 2023
Contribution
$53,000
United Waycapital Region · Enola, PA · 2023
Contribution
$53,000
Vanguard Charitable Endowment Prog · Warwick, RI · 2023
Contribution
$51,250
Paa Foundation · Harrisburg, PA · 2024
Contribution
$51,250
United Waycapital Region · Enola, PA · 2024
Contribution
$51,250
Vanguard Charitable Endowment Prog · Warwick, RI · 2024
Contribution
$10,000
Citizens for Self Governance · Houston, TX · 2024
Contribution
$10,000
Citizens for Self Governance · Houston, TX · 2023
Contribution
$10,000
Three Fold School House · Mechanicsburg, PA · 2022
Contribution
$5,000
Jdrf International · New York, NY · 2024
Contribution
$5,000
Mayo Clinic · Rochester, MN · 2024
Donation
$5,000
Pennsylvania Wounded Warriors · Camp Hill, PA · 2024
Contribution
$5,000
Preborn · Indianapolis, IN · 2024
Contribution
$5,000
Jdrf · New York, NY · 2023
Contribution
$5,000
Pennsylvania Wounded Warriors · Camp Hill, PA · 2023
Contribution
$5,000
Citizens for Self Governance · Houston, TX · 2022
Contribution
$5,000
Jdrf · New York, NY · 2022
Contribution
$5,000
True the Vote · Houston, TX · 2022
Contribution
$4,800
True the Vote · Houston, TX · 2023
Contribution
$4,200
West Shore Christian Academy · Harrisburg, PA · 2023
Contribution
$4,200
West Shore Christian Academy · Harrisburg, PA · 2022
Contribution
$4,000
Preborn · Indianapolis, IN · 2023
Contribution
$3,000
Bethesda Mission · Harrisburg, PA · 2024
Contribution
$3,000
Central Pennsylvania Food Bank · Harrisburg, PA · 2024
Contribution
$3,000
The Payton Walker Foundation · Camp Hill, PA · 2024
Contribution
$3,000
Tunnels To Towers · Staten Island, NY · 2024
Contribution
$3,000
Bethesda Mission · Harrisburg, PA · 2023
Contribution
$3,000
Central Pennsylvania Food Bank · Harrisburg, PA · 2023
Contribution
$3,000
The Payton Walker Foundation · Camp Hill, PA · 2023
Contribution
$3,000
Tunnels To Towers · Staten Island, NY · 2023
Contribution
$3,000
Bethesda Mission · Harrisburg, PA · 2022
Contribution
$3,000
Central Pennsylvania Food Bank · Harrisburg, PA · 2022
Contribution
$3,000
Pennsylvania Wounded Warriors · Camp Hill, PA · 2022
Contribution
$3,000
The Payton Walker Foundation · Camp Hill, PA · 2022
Contribution
$3,000
Tunnels To Towers · Staten Island, NY · 2022
Contribution
$2,250
Commonwealth Foundation · Harrisburg, PA · 2024
Contribution
$2,000
Central Penn College · Summerdale, PA · 2024
Contribution
$2,000
Judicial Watch · Washington, DC · 2024
Contribution
$2,000
Philly House · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
Donation
$2,000
St Judes Research Hospital · Memphis, TN · 2024
Donation
$2,000
Central Penn College · Summerdale, PA · 2023
Contribution
$2,000
Commonwealth Foundation · Harrisburg, PA · 2023
Contribution
$2,000
Judicial Watch · Washington, DC · 2023
Contribution
$2,000
Central Penn College · Summerdale, PA · 2022
Contribution
$2,000
Commonwealth Foundation · Harrisburg, PA · 2022
Contribution
$2,000
Hospice of Central Pa · Harrisburg, PA · 2022
Contribution
$2,000
Judicial Watch · Washington, DC · 2022
Contribution
$1,300
Hillsdale College · Hillsdale, MI · 2022
Contribution
$1,000
The Leadership Institute · Arlington, VA · 2024
Contribution
$1,000
Cleve Fredrickson Library · Camp Hill, PA · 2023
Contribution
$1,000
The Leadership Institute · Arlington, VA · 2023
Contribution
$1,000
Harrisburg University · Harrisburg, PA · 2022
Contribution
$1,000
The Leadership Institute · Arlington, VA · 2022
Contribution
$1,000
United Celebral Palsey of Cpa · Camp Hill, PA · 2022
Contribution

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