Taylor Patrice
Writer, strategist, and nonprofit leader exploring belonging, mobility, identity, economic development, and civic engagement in contemporary American life.
Essays
My writing explores belonging, mobility, identity, and civic life in contemporary America through personal narrative, cultural observation, and lived experience across communities often overlooked by the national conversation. I also provide grant resources and strategic support for nonprofits and small businesses working in community and economic development.
- On moving, becoming, and the strange grace of starting again.
- Lets talk about importance of cool leaders, and how a soapbox issue led to SB0767
- What my grandmother passed down without ever naming it.
- $250 to $2.5M+ in funding inside – currently available for organizations supporting small businesses, workforce development, and community economic growth.
- Why We're Losing (& How We Stop) Part 2 to last week's 68$ newsletter.
Strategic Consulting
I partner with organizations navigating growth, transition, and long-term sustainability—particularly those embedded in local economies and civic life. My work focuses on strategy, funding, systems, and organizational development that strengthen both institutions and the communities they serve.
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in Partnership Value Secured
Grants Secured & Managed
Full-time Jobs Created & Sustained
Organizations Transformed
Years of Nonprofit Business Leadership
About
Over the past decade, I’ve lived across the United States and abroad as a military spouse, working in economic development offices, churches, refugee support organizations, historic downtowns, and communities navigating poverty, addiction, displacement, and institutional neglect. My work has ranged from nonprofit leadership and fundraising to advocacy, emergency response, and place-based economic development.
Through both writing and consulting, I’m interested in the tension between the stories communities tell about themselves and the systems that actually shape whether people are able to belong, stay, and build meaningful lives there.
For consulting, collaboration, or conversation, feel free to reach out.
I work with nonprofits, small businesses, and place-based organizations navigating growth and community impact, and welcome thoughtful collaborations and conversations about civic life, belonging, and local community development.