Pennsylvania · Private foundation
George & Rita Patterson Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $207k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 18
- Grants FY2024
- 17
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 12%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $3,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $51,250
- Organizations funded a year
- 15 to 23
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 9
- Total assets, FY2024
- $4.4M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 12% of the organizations George & Rita Patterson Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 2% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 98% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $5k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 16 | $201k | 13% |
| FY2023 | 17 | $211k | 12% |
| FY2022 | 19 | $224k | 32% |
| FY2021 | 17 | $216k | 12% |
| FY2020 | 18 | $214k | 33% |
| FY2019 | 15 | $230k | 40% |
| FY2018 | 21 | $270k | 52% |
| FY2017 | 23 | $268k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| United Way of the Capital Region | $473,110 | 8 | 1% |
| Villanova University | $164,500 | 5 | 0% |
| The Wildcat Foundation | $45,000 | 3 | 4% |
| Central Pennsylvania Food Bank | $44,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Peyton Walker Foundation | $39,000 | 7 | 1% |
| Pennsylvania Wounded Warriors Inc | $35,945 | 8 | 0% |
| Judicial Watch Inc | $26,250 | 6 | 0% |
| Citizens for Self-Governance | $25,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Monmouth University Inc | $25,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation | $19,000 | 4 | 0% |
Show all 37 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 21 recipients with no EIN on record ($788k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget George & Rita Patterson Foundation supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
Co-funders
Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
Open a dossier: United Way of the Capital Region · The Foundation for Enhancing Communities · Lawrence L & Julia Z Hoverter Charitable Foundation · Schwab-Silfen Foundation · The Donald B and Dorothy L Stabler Foundation · Joseph T and Helen M Simpson Foundation · Hall Foundation · McCormick Family Fdn Agent 80397 · Kenneth Bankert Foundation Inc · John Crain Kunkel Foundation · The S Wilson and Grace M Pollock Foundation · Letort Trust Foundation 600001010
How this is measured
Compare George & Rita Patterson Foundation with peer funders
About George & Rita Patterson Foundation
- How much does George & Rita Patterson Foundation give?
- George & Rita Patterson Foundation reported 18 grants totaling $207,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 15 and 23 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does George & Rita Patterson Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Philanthropy (54%), Education (17%), Health (6%).
- Who are George & Rita Patterson Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: United Way of the Capital Region ($473k), Villanova University ($165k), The Wildcat Foundation ($45k).
- Does George & Rita Patterson Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 12% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does George & Rita Patterson Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as George & Rita Patterson Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include United Way of the Capital Region, The Foundation for Enhancing Communities, Lawrence L & Julia Z Hoverter Charitable Foundation.
- Where is George & Rita Patterson Foundation based?
- George & Rita Patterson Foundation is based in PA.
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