%1 http://coloradoencyclopedia.org/ en Pat Stryker http://coloradoencyclopedia.org/article/pat-stryker <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--node--title--encyclopedia-article.html.twig x field--node--title.html.twig * field--node--encyclopedia-article.html.twig * field--title.html.twig * field--string.html.twig * field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap_barrio/templates/field/field--node--title.html.twig' --> <span class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">Pat Stryker</span> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap_barrio/templates/field/field--node--title.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--node--uid--encyclopedia-article.html.twig x field--node--uid.html.twig * field--node--encyclopedia-article.html.twig * field--uid.html.twig * field--entity-reference.html.twig * field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap_barrio/templates/field/field--node--uid.html.twig' --> <span class="field field--name-uid field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden"> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'username' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap_barrio/templates/user/username.html.twig' --> <span lang="" about="/users/yongli" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">yongli</span> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap_barrio/templates/user/username.html.twig' --> </span> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap_barrio/templates/field/field--node--uid.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--node--created--encyclopedia-article.html.twig x field--node--created.html.twig * field--node--encyclopedia-article.html.twig * field--created.html.twig * field--created.html.twig * field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap_barrio/templates/field/field--node--created.html.twig' --> <span class="field field--name-created field--type-created field--label-hidden"> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'time' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap_barrio/templates/field/time.html.twig' --> <time datetime="2020-07-06T15:29:31-06:00" title="Monday, July 6, 2020 - 15:29" class="datetime">Mon, 07/06/2020 - 15:29</time> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap_barrio/templates/field/time.html.twig' --> </span> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap_barrio/templates/field/field--node--created.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'addtoany_standard' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * addtoany-standard--node--encyclopedia-article.html.twig * addtoany-standard--node.html.twig x addtoany-standard.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'modules/contrib/addtoany/templates/addtoany-standard.html.twig' --> <span class="a2a_kit a2a_kit_size_32 addtoany_list" data-a2a-url="http://coloradoencyclopedia.org/article/pat-stryker" data-a2a-title="Pat Stryker"><a class="a2a_dd addtoany_share" href="https://www.addtoany.com/share#url=http%3A%2F%2Fcoloradoencyclopedia.org%2Farticle%2Fpat-stryker&amp;title=Pat%20Stryker"></a><a class="a2a_button_facebook"></a><a class="a2a_button_twitter"></a><a class="a2a_button_email"></a></span> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'modules/contrib/addtoany/templates/addtoany-standard.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--node--body--encyclopedia-article.html.twig * field--node--body.html.twig x field--node--encyclopedia-article.html.twig * field--body.html.twig * field--text-with-summary.html.twig * field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/custom/encyclopedia/templates/field/field--node--encyclopedia-article.html.twig' --> <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item" id="id-body"><p>Patricia “Pat” Stryker (1956–) is a Colorado-based businesswoman and philanthropist. With an estimated net worth of $2.6 billion, Stryker has donated more than $195 million to charity in her lifetime, mostly through the <strong>Bohemian Foundation</strong>, her <a href="https://coloradoencyclopedia.org/article/fort-collins"><strong>Fort Collins</strong></a>–based nonprofit. In addition to charity, Stryker is known for her large donations to liberal political candidates and causes. Along with fellow Colorado billionaires <a href="https://coloradoencyclopedia.org/article/jared-polis"><strong>Jared Polis</strong></a>, <strong>Tim Gills</strong>, and <strong>Rutt Bridges</strong>, Stryker’s outsized political influence has made her one of the so-called Gang of Four—a coalition of influential political donors in Colorado. In 2019 <em>Forbes </em>ranked Pat Stryker number 264 on its list of the nation’s wealthiest women.</p>&#13; &#13; <h2>Early Life</h2>&#13; &#13; <p>Patricia A. Stryker was born on April 6, 1956, in Kalamazoo, Michigan, to Lee and Betty Stryker. Along with her two siblings—younger brother Jon and older sister Ronda—Pat is an heir to the family fortune amassed by her paternal grandfather, Homer Stryker. In the mid-twentieth century, Homer, an orthopedic surgeon, patented several medical devices and launched Stryker Corporation, now a multibillion-dollar medical-supply company.</p>&#13; &#13; <p>Pat Stryker has credited her philanthropic spirit to her grandfather, who made his fortune inventing devices that helped other people and who gave millions to charitable causes throughout his life, especially in Michigan. Stryker’s maternal grandparents, meanwhile, were educational missionaries in China, providing her with another example of a life dedicated to service.</p>&#13; &#13; <p>Stryker attended the <strong>University of Northern Colorado</strong> in <a href="/article/greeley"><strong>Greeley</strong></a> but did not graduate. In 1976, when she was twenty, her father, Lee, was killed in an airplane crash in Wyoming. In 1980 Stryker moved to Fort Collins, a city she had known from summer camps as a girl.</p>&#13; &#13; <h2>Bohemian Foundation and Charity</h2>&#13; &#13; <p>In 2001 Stryker established the nonprofit Bohemian Foundation in Fort Collins. The group funds a large variety of programs, the most famous being the <strong>Bohemian Nights at NewWestFest</strong>, a three-day music festival in downtown Fort Collins held each August.</p>&#13; &#13; <p>In addition to music programs, the Bohemian Foundation supplies grants for community, civic, and global programs. Its grantees have included media groups such as <em>Chalkbeat</em>, the <em>Colorado Independent</em>, and <em>Democracy Now!</em> as well as other charities and groups in Fort Collins, including the Fort Collins <strong>Museum of Discovery</strong>, Food Bank for <a href="/article/larimer-county"><strong>Larimer County</strong></a>, and the Poudre School District.</p>&#13; &#13; <p>Beyond its many grants and initiatives, the Bohemian Foundation also serves as Stryker’s conduit for her other charitable contributions, including a 2017 pledge to match up to $2 million in donations from northern Coloradans to help victims of Hurricane Harvey along the Gulf of Mexico.</p>&#13; &#13; <p>For her contributions to the Fort Collins community, Stryker has received numerous awards, including an honorary doctorate in 2011 from <strong>Colorado State University</strong>, to which she has given more than $30 million. She received the Fort Collins Rotary Club’s Service Above Self award in 2015.</p>&#13; &#13; <p>In 2016 Stryker joined her brother Jon in giving a combined $10 million toward the construction of a national memorial to the victims of lynching and racial terror located in Montgomery, Alabama.</p>&#13; &#13; <h2>Political Donations</h2>&#13; &#13; <p>Stryker is a frequent donor to Democratic politicians and causes, both within and outside of Colorado. <em>Ballotpedia</em>, a nonprofit website that tracks the nation’s political activity, has identified Stryker as a “top influencer” within Colorado. During the 2016 election, <em>USA Today</em> ranked Stryker among the top 107 “mega-donors.”</p>&#13; &#13; <p>Stryker has frequently put money into referenda and ballot initiative campaigns. In 2005 she gave $280,000 to the successful Referendum C campaign, which boosted funding for transportation, education, and health care in the state. In 2006 she gave $250,000 to the successful campaign opposing Amendment 43, which would have defined marriage in Colorado as only between one man and one woman. In 2008 she gave $350,000 in opposition of Amendment 47, a so-called right-to-work law that would allow employers to avoid negotiating with labor unions. Amendment 47 was defeated by about 200,000 votes.</p>&#13; &#13; <p>The outsized political donations of Stryker and Colorado’s other ultrawealthy progressives—the above-mentioned “gang of four”—in the early aughts led many observers to credit these donors with helping turn the state “purple,” that is, a state where Democrats and Republicans have similar levels of support among voters.</p>&#13; &#13; <p>Stryker has also supported progressive causes and candidates outside of Colorado. In 2006, while helping to defeat Amendment 43 in Colorado, she gave $1 million in support of Proposition 82, a California ballot initiative that would have raised taxes on the state’s wealthiest residents to fund half-day preschool for all Californians. The measure was defeated.</p>&#13; &#13; <p>In 2012 Stryker gave more than $2 million to Priorities USA, the <strong>Political Action Committee</strong> (PAC) working to reelect President Barack Obama. Over the next several years, Stryker gave millions to Democratic PACs and candidates. During the 2016 elections, she was Colorado’s largest single donor, giving more than $3 million toward the election of Democrats.</p>&#13; &#13; <h2>Businesses</h2>&#13; &#13; <p>In addition to her charitable and political donations, Stryker operates Bohemian Companies, a real estate firm that owns property in Fort Collins. Stryker also owned Stryker Sonoma Winery in Alexander Valley, California, until she sold it to another winemaker in 2016.</p>&#13; </div> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/custom/encyclopedia/templates/field/field--node--encyclopedia-article.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--node--field-author--encyclopedia-article.html.twig * field--node--field-author.html.twig x field--node--encyclopedia-article.html.twig * field--field-author.html.twig * field--entity-reference.html.twig * field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/custom/encyclopedia/templates/field/field--node--encyclopedia-article.html.twig' --> <div class="field field--name-field-author field--type-entity-reference field--label-above" id="id-field-author"> <div class="field__label" id="id-field-author">Author</div> <div class='field__items'> <div class="field__item" id="id-field-author"><a href="/author/encyclopedia-staff" hreflang="und">Encyclopedia 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<!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap_barrio/templates/navigation/links--inline.html.twig' --> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap_barrio/templates/navigation/links--inline.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--node--field-references-html--encyclopedia-article.html.twig * field--node--field-references-html.html.twig x field--node--encyclopedia-article.html.twig * field--field-references-html.html.twig * field--text-long.html.twig * field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/custom/encyclopedia/templates/field/field--node--encyclopedia-article.html.twig' --> <div class="field field--name-field-references-html field--type-text-long field--label-above" id="id-field-references-html"> <div class="field__label" id="id-field-references-html">References</div> <div class="field__item" id="id-field-references-html"><p><a href="https://www.forbes.com/profile/pat-stryker/#6a006b333542">“#1063 Pat Stryker</a>,” <em>Forbes</em>, May 10, 2020.</p>&#13; &#13; <p>Ballotpedia, “<a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Patricia_A._Stryker">Patricia A. Stryker</a>,” n.d.</p>&#13; &#13; <p><a href="https://bohemianfoundation.org/">Bohemian Foundation</a>, n.d.</p>&#13; &#13; <p>Joey Bunch, “<a href="https://www.coloradopolitics.com/news/pat-stryker-puts-up-million-to-match-donations-for-hurricane/article_6d4c2d48-63e8-58d3-bcf1-5675db2c1ac1.html">Pat Stryker Puts up $2 Million to Match Donations for Hurricane Relief</a>,” Coloradopolitics.com, September 4, 2017.</p>&#13; &#13; <p>Coloradoan staff, “<a href="https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2016/02/08/pat-stryker-ranked-top-mega-donor-presidential-race/80022162/">Pat Stryker’s Political Donations Top $1 Million</a>,” <em>USA Today</em>, February 8, 2016.</p>&#13; &#13; <p>Coloradoan staff, “<a href="https://www.coloradoan.com/story/announcements/2014/06/18/fort-collins-notable-residents/10808273/">Fort Collins’ Most Notable Residents</a>,” <em>Coloradoan </em>(Fort Collins), November 28, 2014.</p>&#13; &#13; <p>Colorado State University, “<a href="https://newsmediarelations.colostate.edu/2011/05/09/philanthropist-pat-stryker-to-receive-honorary-degree-at-colorado-state-may-14/">Philanthropist Pat Stryker to Receive Honorary Degree at Colorado State May 14</a>,” Press Release, May 9, 2011.</p>&#13; &#13; <p>Nick Coltrain, “<a href="https://www.coloradoan.com/story/news/2016/09/01/fort-collins-stryker-spends-3m-2016-election/89666238/">Fort Collins’ Stryker Spends $3M on 2016 Elections</a>,” <em>Coloradoan </em>(Fort Collins), September 1, 2016.</p>&#13; &#13; <p>Julie Mack, “<a href="https://www.mlive.com/news/kalamazoo/2013/05/ronda_stryker_to_receive_ywca.html">Ronda Stryker’s Sense of Passion and Purpose Make Her Recipient of 2013 YWCA Lifetime Woman of Achievement Award</a>,” <em>Michigan Live</em>, May 19, 2013.</p>&#13; &#13; <p>Rotary Fort Collins, “<a href="https://rotarycluboffortcollins.org/stories/pat-stryker-service-above-self-award-honoree-2014-2015">Pat Stryker—Service Above Self Award Honoree 2014–2015</a>,” April 14, 2015.</p>&#13; &#13; <p>Western Michigan University, “<a href="https://wmich.edu/news/2014/03/14108">Dr. Homer Hartman Stryker Biography</a>,” WMU News, March 10, 2014.</p>&#13; &#13; <p>MaryAnn Worobiec, “<a href="https://www.winespectator.com/articles/foley-family-wines-buys-stryker-sonoma-53047">Foley Family Wines Buys Stryker Sonoma</a>,” <em>Wine Spectator</em>, April 21, 2016.</p>&#13; </div> </div> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/custom/encyclopedia/templates/field/field--node--encyclopedia-article.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--node--field-additional-information-htm--encyclopedia-article.html.twig * field--node--field-additional-information-htm.html.twig x field--node--encyclopedia-article.html.twig * field--field-additional-information-htm.html.twig * field--text-long.html.twig * field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/custom/encyclopedia/templates/field/field--node--encyclopedia-article.html.twig' --> <div class="field field--name-field-additional-information-htm field--type-text-long field--label-above" id="id-field-additional-information-htm"> <div class="field__label" id="id-field-additional-information-htm">Additional Information</div> <div class="field__item" id="id-field-additional-information-htm"><p><a href="https://bohemiannights.org/bohemian-nights-at-newwestfest.html">Bohemian Nights at NewWestFest</a>.</p>&#13; &#13; <p>Pat Ferrier, “<a href="https://www.coloradoan.com/story/money/business/2017/06/30/stryker-buys-up-more-old-town-land/439038001/">Stryker Buys up More Old Town Land</a>,” <em>Coloradoan </em>(Fort Collins), June 29, 2017.</p>&#13; &#13; <p>Michael Roberts, “<a href="https://www.westword.com/news/meet-colorados-ten-billionaires-8895174">Meet Colorado’s Ten Billionaires</a>,” <em>Westword</em>, March 21, 2017.</p>&#13; </div> </div> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/custom/encyclopedia/templates/field/field--node--encyclopedia-article.html.twig' --> Mon, 06 Jul 2020 21:29:31 +0000 yongli 3359 at http://coloradoencyclopedia.org