Patrick's Purpose Foundation

About Patrick's Purpose Foundation

Patrick's Purpose Foundation ties its grantmaking to a memorial mission: honoring Patrick's legacy and character by promoting mental wellness in schools and building a student-driven culture of kindness. That purpose shows up in both education and mental health funding, with awards to school and community-serving organizations as well as scholarships for students heading to community college or trade school. The foundation’s recent grants also show a willingness to fund work beyond scholarships, including counseling, recovery, and mental health education. Among the larger recent awards, Patrick's Purpose Foundation gave $50,000 to Working Wardrobes in Santa Ana and $50,000 to Minding Your Mind in Bryn Mawr. It also supported Penn St Counseling & Psychological in University Park with a $50,000 grant, reflecting a mix of educational and mental health-oriented recipients. On the scholarship side, the foundation maintains named programs for graduating seniors and for high school students attending community college or trade school, reinforcing its focus on youth transitions and student support. The foundation’s recent giving includes repeated support for some recipients, suggesting a relationship-based pattern rather than isolated one-off awards. Its grantmaking centers on students, schools, and organizations connected to mental wellness, kindness, and awareness.

What Patrick's Purpose Foundation Funds

One clear thread in the foundation’s work is teen mental health education. In 2025, Patrick's Purpose Foundation gave $50,000 to Minding Your Mind in Bryn Mawr for educational work, and it supported Tad Health in Newport Beach with a $10,000 grant in 2023. Those awards sit alongside the foundation’s stated interest in mental health education and suicide prevention and awareness. A second theme is student pathways after high school. The foundation’s scholarship programs are aimed at graduating seniors and high school seniors planning to attend community college or trade school. That same emphasis appears in the grant to Scripps College in Claremont, which received $25,000 in 2023 for educational purposes. The foundation also backs community-facing support services. Working Wardrobes in Santa Ana received $50,000 in 2025, and One Recoveryone on Campus in Sierra Madre received $10,000 in 2025, both showing attention to transition support and recovery-related education.

How Patrick's Purpose Foundation Gives