Since 1998, the David and Lucile Packard Foundation’s Population and Reproductive Health (PRH) program has granted more than $52 million to improve family planning and reproductive health services in Pakistan. Over the course of its engagement in Pakistan, PRH has supported a diverse set of grantees and engaged in a variety of beyond-the-check activities to … Continued
Pledge Marks Largest-ever Philanthropic Investment in Climate Mitigation San Francisco – Sept. 14, 2018 – Today 29 philanthropists pledged $4 billion over the next five years to combat climate change—the largest-ever philanthropic investment focused on climate change mitigation. The announcement, made at the Global Climate Action Summit (GCAS) in San Francisco, represents a broad global commitment to accelerate proven climate … Continued
Karen Kudelko
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View the Experience This year, the Packard Foundation Fellowships for Science and Engineering program is celebrating 30 years of supporting early-career scientists and engineers in their exploration of the unknown. By its very nature, science informs more science, and discoveries mount over time. The way science builds on itself means that Packard Fellows, their work, … Continued
Reprinted with permission from ImpactAlpha. You can link to the article on their website here. Climate change entrepreneurs and fund managers are developing innovative solutions to worldwide challenges. But too often, promising efforts languish on the drawing board because they lack access to the suitable capital they need to demonstrate their effectiveness. To amplify and … Continued
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At the David and Lucile Packard Foundation, we believe all children deserve a nurturing network of adults who have the knowledge and resources to provide the best experiences at home, in care settings, and in school, so that they can grow up healthy and ready to learn, and enter kindergarten prepared to succeed. In pursuit … Continued
Since 2013, the David and Lucile Packard Foundation’s Organizational Effectiveness team has provided support for capacity building through cohorts. When we embarked on this work, we believed that by learning together, a cohort of organizations or leaders could build individual capacity and foster relationships and networks that will strengthen their own work, while also strengthening … Continued
Walt Reid
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Reducing emissions alone will not secure a stable climate and avoid the worst impacts of climate change. Now is the time to recognize that carbon dioxide removal is a central strategy in the fight against climate change.
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Tips and tricks to help inform anyone thinking about their next convening, including how we brought informal caregivers together to expand their networks, generate new insights, and ideas for tangible next steps.
Since 2011, the Packard Foundation has supported the Imbuto Foundation (Imbuto) to improve adolescent sexual and reproductive health (ASRH) in Rwanda. This evaluation brief summarizes lessons learned from Imbuto’s policy work and community-level programming. The evaluation highlights the creation of a national ASRH technical working group as critical to drawing stakeholders’ attention to ASRH, reducing … Continued
With support from the Packard Foundation, the “Reversing the Stall in Fertility Decline in Western Kenya” project was launched in 2009 to counter stagnating and deteriorating reproductive health indicators in Western Kenya. Implemented by a consortium of partners, this six-year initiative aimed to strengthen the supply of and generate demand for family planning (FP) services—and … Continued
