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.
The University of California, Los Angeles, has named a new president.
Paco Retana will take over for Ann Wang, who will serve as alumni regent-designate on the University of California Board of...more
A leading California children's hospital is looking for a director of development to help it raise $600 million over the next decade, the San Jose Mercury News reports.
The director of...more
The Community Foundation of Jackson Hole in Wyoming has been named one of the nation's top 100 not-for-profit organizations by the Chronicle of Higher Education.
The Jackson Hole News & Guide...more
In 2014, the Hewlett-Packard Foundation launched the Cyber Initiative, a five-year, $160 million effort to create a more "robust and capable" field of cyber policy.
Its 10-year run ended in 2023,...more
Sohrab Ahmari's new book, Tyranny, Inc.: How Private Power Crushed American Liberty and What to Do About It, isn't exactly a ringing endorsement of free enterprise.
In fact, the co-founder and...more
There are believed to be only 340 North Atlantic right whales left, and they're in danger of dying out before that number is reached.
The National Fish and Wildlife Foundation estimates there are...more
A year after the Supreme Court's landmark decision to overturn Roe v.
Wade, abortion rights groups are finding themselves short of cash.
"The 'rage giving' did not last," the executive...more
... Philanthropy Institute at Indiana University's Lilly Family School of Philanthropy. ... Philanthropic support has surged to states such as New...more
Ronn Richard, president and CEO of the Cleveland Foundation, is stepping down at the end of the year, he announced yesterday.
The reason? He wants to spend more time with his family, he tells the...more
The David and Lucile Packard Foundation is kicking off its fourth Quality Innovation Challenge, and it's looking for "visionary innovators who are courageous in their pursuit of everyone's right to...more
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