Funding search · EIN 943268717 · Hockessin, DE

Patterson Family Foundation

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

120
grants reported
$1.8M
total given
2022–2025
filing years
$10,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 20222025. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

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Top recipients

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  • Harvard Business School1 grant · $250,000
  • Neighbors for a Better San Francisco3 grants · $229,000
  • Greenhouse E33 grants · $145,000
  • One Plympton Preservation Foundation1 grant · $100,000
  • Alder Graduate School of Education3 grants · $70,000
  • President and Fellows of Harvard College2 grants · $60,000
  • Spark Sf Public Schools1 grant · $50,000
  • Regents of the University of California1 grant · $50,000
  • The Common Good Institute2 grants · $50,000
  • Lawrence and Memorial Hospital1 grant · $50,000

Giving over time

$666,400
2022
$281,500
2023
$493,000
2024
$360,000
2025

Grant history

The 100 largest of 120 grants.

  • $250,000

    Harvard Business School · Boston, MA · 2022

    HBS Fund for Faculty, Case Writing and Research

  • $100,000

    One Plympton Preservation Foundation · Cambridge, MA · 2024

    General & Unrestricted

  • $100,000

    Greenhouse E3 · Portland, TX · 2022

    General & Unrestricted

  • $87,000

    Neighbors for a Better San Francisco · San Rafael, CA · 2024

    RCV Education Project

  • $75,000

    Neighbors for a Better San Francisco · San Rafael, CA · 2025

    2025 Annual Fund

  • $67,000

    Neighbors for a Better San Francisco · San Rafael, CA · 2023

    General & Unrestricted

  • $50,000

    President and Fellows of Harvard College · Boston, MA · 2025

    Professor Jeffrey Macklis' Research on ALS

  • $50,000

    Spark Sf Public Schools · San Francisco, CA · 2025

    General & Unrestricted

  • $50,000

    Regents of the University of California · Santa Cruz, CA · 2024

    Big Creek Reserve (Big Sur)

  • $50,000

    Lawrence and Memorial Hospital · New London, CT · 2022

    For renovation and expansion of the emergency department (fishers island campaign)

  • $30,000

    Alder Graduate School of Education · Redwood City, CA · 2022

    General & Unrestricted

  • $30,000

    Peer Health Exchange · Oakland, CA · 2022

    General & Unrestricted

  • $25,000

    San Francisco Film Society · San Francisco, CA · 2024

    General & Unrestricted

  • $25,000

    Greenhouse E3 · Portland, TX · 2023

    General & Unrestricted

  • $25,000

    The Common Good Institute · New York, NY · 2023

    General & Unrestricted

  • $25,000

    St Marks School of Southborough · Southborough, MA · 2022

    FBO Thomas H. KEan '53 Fellowship Fund

  • $25,000

    The Common Good Institute · New York, NY · 2022

    General & Unrestricted

  • $20,000

    Vassar College · Poughkeepsie, NY · 2025

    Capital Campaign in Honor of President Bradley

  • $20,000

    Alder Graduate School of Education · Redwood City, CA · 2024

    General & Unrestricted

  • $20,000

    Campaign Legal Center · Washington, DC · 2024

    General & Unrestricted

  • $20,000

    Greenhouse E3 · Portland, TX · 2024

    General & Unrestricted

  • $20,000

    Alder Graduate School of Education · Redwood City, CA · 2023

    General & Unrestricted

  • $20,000

    Naral Pro-Choice America Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2022

    General & Unrestricted

  • $15,000

    Campaign Legal Center · Washington, DC · 2025

    General & Unrestricted

  • $15,000

    Center for Reproductive Rights · New York, NY · 2025

    General & Unrestricted

  • $15,000

    Reproductive Freedom for All Foundation · Washington, DC · 2025

    General & Unrestricted

  • $15,000

    Aspire Public Schools · Oakland, CA · 2024

    General & Unrestricted

  • $15,000

    42nd Street Moon · San Francisco, CA · 2023

    Charitable Event

  • $15,000

    Foodcorps · Portland, OR · 2023

    General & Unrestricted

  • $15,000

    Save the Bay · Oakland, CA · 2023

    Capital Campaign

  • $15,000

    Big Sur Volunteer Fire Brigade · Big Sur, CA · 2022

    General & Unrestricted

  • $12,500

    Regents of the University of California at Santa C · Santa Cruz, CA · 2022

    Big Creek Reserve Trail Repair

  • $10,000

    Big Sur Food & Wine Foundation · Big Sur, CA · 2025

    General & Unrestricted

  • $10,000

    Emile Norman Arts Foundation · Big Sur, CA · 2025

    General & Unrestricted

  • $10,000

    Grabhorn Institute · San Francisco, CA · 2025

    General & Unrestricted

  • $10,000

    Keep Big Sur Wild · Big Sur, CA · 2025

    General & Unrestricted

  • $10,000

    President and Fellows of Harvard College · Boston, MA · 2025

    ALS related research in honor of Mr. Leif Larson directed by Professor Macklis

  • $10,000

    San Francisco Parents Coalition · San Francisco, CA · 2025

    General & Unrestricted

  • $10,000

    Ten Strands · San Rafael, CA · 2025

    General & Unrestricted

  • $10,000

    Aspire Public Schools · Oakland, CA · 2024

    Don Shalvey: Changing the Odds Scholarship Fund

  • $10,000

    Big Sur Food & Wine Foundation · Big Sur, CA · 2024

    General & Unrestricted

  • $10,000

    Big Sur Volunteer Fire Brigade · Big Sur, CA · 2024

    General & Unrestricted

  • $10,000

    Center for Reproductive Rights · New York, NY · 2024

    General & Unrestricted

  • $10,000

    Ct Cycling Advancement Program · Middletown, CT · 2024

    General & Unrestricted

  • $10,000

    Friends of Musique & Vin Au Clos Vougeot · New York, NY · 2024

    General & Unrestricted

  • $10,000

    Fulbright University Vietnam USA · Needham, MA · 2024

    General & Unrestricted

  • $10,000

    Multiplying Good · New York, NY · 2024

    General & Unrestricted

  • $10,000

    Outward Bound California · San Francisco, CA · 2024

    Meet the Match Campaign

  • $10,000

    Ten Strands · San Rafael, CA · 2024

    General & Unrestricted

  • $10,000

    Big Sur Food & Wine Foundation · Big Sur, CA · 2023

    General & Unrestricted

  • $10,000

    Naral Pro-Choice America Foundation- Reproductive · Washington, DC · 2023

    General & Unrestricted

  • $10,000

    New Zealand Olympic Committee America · New York, NY · 2023

    General & Unrestricted

  • $10,000

    Pennys Flight Foundation · Glen Cove, NY · 2023

    General & Unrestricted

  • $10,000

    San Francisco Parents Coalition · San Francisco, CA · 2023

    General & Unrestricted

  • $10,000

    The Stone Research Foundation for Sports Medicine · San Francisco, CA · 2023

    General & Unrestricted

  • $10,000

    U C Santa Cruz Foundation · Santa Cruz, CA · 2023

    General Purpose

  • $10,000

    Uncommon Org · Amagansett, NY · 2023

    General & Unrestricted

  • $10,000

    Big Sur Food & Wine Foundation · Big Sur, CA · 2022

    Charitable Event

  • $10,000

    Harvard Lampoon Trust Under Declaration of Trust · Cambridge, MA · 2022

    General & Unrestricted

  • $10,000

    International Center for Journalists · Washington, DC · 2022

    General & Unrestricted

  • $10,000

    Ten Strands · San Rafael, CA · 2022

    General & Unrestricted

  • $10,000

    The Stone Research Foundation for Sports Medicine · San Francisco, CA · 2022

    General & Unrestricted

  • $9,500

    Uncommon Org · Amagansett, NY · 2024

    General & Unrestricted

  • $7,000

    Uncommon Org · Amagansett, NY · 2025

    General & Unrestricted

  • $7,000

    Uncommon Org · Amagansett, NY · 2022

    General & Unrestricted

  • $5,000

    Aspire Public Schools · Oakland, CA · 2025

    General & Unrestricted

  • $5,000

    Hasty Pudding Club the Institute of 1770 · Cambridge, MA · 2025

    Harvard Hasty Pudding Theatricals' 177th Campaign

  • $5,000

    Kqed · San Francisco, CA · 2025

    General & Unrestricted

  • $5,000

    Marin Country Day School · Corte Madera, CA · 2025

    General & Unrestricted

  • $5,000

    Peninsula Community Rowing Club · Redwood City, CA · 2025

    Pacific Island Rowing Initiative

  • $5,000

    19th News · Austin, TX · 2024

    General & Unrestricted

  • $5,000

    A2z Exploration · San Francisco, CA · 2024

    A2Z Exploration Fund

  • $5,000

    Center for Independent Documentary · Newton, MA · 2024

    Support Producing Documentary Film

  • $5,000

    Grabhorn Institute · San Francisco, CA · 2024

    General & Unrestricted

  • $5,000

    Kqed · San Francisco, CA · 2024

    General & Unrestricted

  • $5,000

    St John'S Episcopal Church · Fishers Island, NY · 2024

    Stewardship Appeal Fund

  • $5,000

    Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Bay Area · Oakland, CA · 2023

    General & Unrestricted

  • $5,000

    Garden Conservancy · Garrison, NY · 2023

    General & Unrestricted

  • $5,000

    Multiplying Good · New York, NY · 2023

    General & Unrestricted

  • $5,000

    Center for Reproductive Rights · New York, NY · 2022

    General & Unrestricted

  • $5,000

    Nextgen Climate America · San Francisco, CA · 2022

    General & Unrestricted

  • $5,000

    Save the Bay · Oakland, CA · 2022

    General & Unrestricted

  • $4,000

    Marin Country Day School · Corte Madera, CA · 2024

    General & Unrestricted

  • $3,000

    Orkeeswa · Orlando, FL · 2024

    General & Unrestricted

  • $3,000

    Aspire Public Schools · Oakland, CA · 2022

    General & Unrestricted

  • $3,000

    Global Health Corps · New York, NY · 2022

    General & Unrestricted

  • $3,000

    International Commission On Violence Against Women · North Bergen, NJ · 2022

    General & Unrestricted

  • $3,000

    Kqed · San Francisco, CA · 2022

    General & Unrestricted

  • $3,000

    Multiplying Good · New York, NY · 2022

    General & Unrestricted

  • $2,500

    Harvard Lampoon Trust Under Declaration of Trust · Cambridge, MA · 2025

    Lampoon's 2025 Annual Appeal Fund

  • $2,500

    Pacific Rowing Club · Daly City, CA · 2025

    General & Unrestricted

  • $2,500

    Harvard Lampoon Trust Under Declaration of Trust · Cambridge, MA · 2024

    General & Unrestricted

  • $2,500

    Keep Big Sur Wild · Big Sur, CA · 2024

    General & Unrestricted

  • $2,500

    Harvard Lampoon Trust Under Declaration of Trust · Cambridge, MA · 2023

    For annual appeal

  • $2,500

    Harvard Lampoon Trust Under Declaration of Trust · Cambridge, MA · 2022

    2022 Annual Appeal

  • $2,500

    Open Up Resources · Menlo Park, CA · 2022

    Ignite! Reading

  • $2,500

    Smuin Ballets-Sf · San Francisco, CA · 2022

    General & Unrestricted

  • $2,400

    Orkeeswa · Pine Bluffs, WY · 2022

    General & Unrestricted

  • $2,000

    Fishers Island Recreational Path Foundation · Fishers Island, NY · 2025

    General & Unrestricted

  • $2,000

    For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Tec · Manchester, NH · 2025

    General & Unrestricted

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