The David and Lucile Packard Foundation (CA)



The David and Lucile Packard Foundation has been operating for more than 45 years now, working with partners worldwide to improve lives of families, children, and communities, as well as restoring and protecting the planet.


They follow the core values of integrity, respect, leadership, commitment, and critical thinking.


The values of the foundation reflect the personal vale of Lucile and David Packard. Today, their children and grandchildren are now guiding the foundation.

Web Address

www.packard.org

Social Media Links

Twitter - @PackardFdn

Foundation Grants and Resources





    

Recent News from Packard Foundation


The brains of pairs of animals synchronize during social interaction
Foundation: Packard Foundation

The study was supported by grants from the National Institutes of Health and the National Science Foundation, an ARCS Fellowship, a Marion...more

Follow the Talent: Agents of Impact Special Report For May. 10
Foundation: Packard Foundation

The Low Income Investment Fund promotes COO Kimberly Latimer-Nelligan to president.Kapor Capital outperforms by 'closing gaps' for communities of color.LeapFrog Investments closes $700 million fund...more

Philanthropic Investors Multiply Their Impact Assets With Beyond Meat's Ipo
Foundation: Packard Foundation

Blackstone's impact strategy, unshackling immigrant founders, fintech for low-income South Africans, donor-advised fund windfall with Beyond Meat IPO.Hacking community lending, crop insurance in...more

'Impact alpha' fund managers seek co-investors to scale impact investing
Foundation: Packard Foundation

ImpactAlpha, May 7 – What lies beyond tradeoffs? “Smart growth,” says Marieke Spence, the new executive director of Impact Capital Managers,...more

Mapping investors across the continuum of impact investing (infographic)
Foundation: Packard Foundation

Beyond Trade-offs is an ImpactAlpha podcast series, produced in partnership with Omidyar Network, in which impact investors look across the...more

Colorado River's biggest champion: Walmart heirs
Foundation: Packard Foundation, Walton Family Foundation

The first philanthropic interest to dive in was the David and Lucile Packard .... It has worked to get more philanthropy dollars into the basin...more

Packard grant fund gets $20 million endowment
Foundation: Packard Foundation

Among recent local Packard grant recipients were the Colorado Health Network, the Alzheimers Association and the Friendly Harbor mental...more

Make a gift that counts
Foundation: El Pomar Foundation, Packard Foundation

... David and Lucile Packard Foundation; Temple Hoyne Buell Foundation; El Pomar Foundation; the Southern Colorado Community Foundation;...more

10 Exceptional Women Who Influenced America Through Their Giving
Foundation: Packard Foundation

This same desire to improve African American lives revealed itself in her philanthropy; her first philanthropic endeavor was to open a YMCA in...more

Illustrative Grants from Packard Foundation



Abundantia Consulting-$73,600

Acterra Action for a Sustainable Earth-$50,000

Action Against Crime and Violence Education Fund Fight Crime: Invest in Kids-$400,000

Action Against Crime and Violence Education Fund Fight Crime: Invest in Kids-$50,000

Action Against Crime and Violence Education Fund Fight Crime: Invest in Kids-$35,000

Action Canada for Population and Development-$325,000

Action Health Incorporated-$577,718

Advancement Project-$250,000

African Population and Health Research Centre-$200,000

African Population and Health Research Centre-$155,000



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