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.
Catalytic Capital: Impact investors unlock off-grid energy financing with first-loss guarantees.Off-grid solar ventures last year provided improved energy access to an estimated 73 million...more
The Santa Cruz County Human Race hosted by the Volunteer Center, is now in it's 38th year, and as such is the longest running Human Race event in the country.In the last five years alone, event...more
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Construction continued Thursday on the elevator addition at W.D. Packard Music Hall. The not-for-profit W.D. Packard Foundation received a $500,000 grant from the ACI Senior Development Corp., an...more
It is worth noting that for an allegedly “secret” group, Tides is pretty open on its website, where the foundation writes, “Tides is a leader in global grantmaking and social change work,...more
... ($11.1 million); the Novo Foundation ($10.7 million); the Blue Shield of California Foundation ($9.6 million); the David and Lucile Packard Foundation ($7.75 million); the California Community...more
In the world of social enterprises, failure is a cringe-worthy moment nobody wants to talk about. But, social entrepreneurs can benefit from their failures.