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We work with people and communities to create enduring solutions for just societies and a healthy, resilient natural world.

The David and Lucile Packard Foundation is a family foundation. We are guided by the enduring business philosophy and personal values of Lucile and David, who helped found one of the world’s leading technology companies. We work on the issues our founders cared about most:

• Improving the lives of children
• Enabling the creative pursuit of science
• Advancing reproductive health
• Conserving and restoring the earth’s natural systems

11/02/2026

Together we can create a just and equitable world where both people and nature flourish ✨

10/31/2026

Happy Halloween from all of us at the Packard Foundation! 🎃

We believe that the work we do to advance our mission is made stronger by the community we build together. This week, our staff gathered for a Halloween celebration filled with creativity, laughter, and connection.

From costumes and pet parades to shared treats and plenty of smiles, it was a reminder that taking time to enjoy one another helps sustain the collaboration and care that fuel our work every day.

10/27/2026

Our partners at Climate Resilient Communities are creating spaces where people can come together to forge solutions that will make their cities safer and healthier.

Led by Founder and Executive Director Violet Saena, CRC works alongside residents right here in our own backyard, across San Mateo and Santa Clara counties, to make their communities more resilient to the effects of climate change.

Whether it’s a resilience fair where neighbors can share information and solutions for local climate challenges, a new rain garden that helps protect a home from flooding, or support making a house safer during extreme heat, CRC’s work, and the networks it’s part of, shows what climate resilience can look like when communities help shape the solutions themselves.

🔗 Learn more: https://www.packard.org/insights/grantee-story/what-community-led-climate-resilience-looks-like-in-california/

10/15/2026

We’re thrilled to introduce the 2026 class of for Science and Engineering — 20 innovative early-career scientists, mathematicians, and engineers whose bold ideas have the potential to deepen our understanding of the world and improve people’s lives.

Their research explores ambitions questions from how parasites navigate the human body, how to develop more affordable ways to store renewable energy, to whether the world's most biodiverse forests can evolve fast enough to survive a warming climate.

For nearly four decades, Packard Fellows have advanced our understanding of the natural world and pioneered discoveries that have transformed medicine, technology, and everyday life.

This year's Fellows will each receive $985,834 in flexible funding over five years, giving them the freedom to ask ambitions questions, explore new possibilities, and build on this legacy of pursuing bold ideas that shape our understanding of the world.

🔗 Meet the 2026 Packard Fellows: https://www.packard.org/insights/news/the-david-and-lucile-packard-foundation-announces-the-2026-class-of-packard-fellows-for-science-and-engineering/

10/06/2026

Mark your calendars! 📆

10/05/2026

Communities across California are taking the lead on making their neighborhoods more resilient to the effects of climate change. Across San Mateo and Santa Clara Counties, Climate Resilient Communities works alongside residents to design and enact creative solutions like resilience fairs, rain gardens, free home upgrades, and educational workshops to help families prepare for flooding, extreme heat, and wildfire smoke.

Learn more: https://www.packard.org/insights/grantee-story/what-community-led-climate-resilience-looks-like-in-california/

10/01/2026

We are committing $5 million to the new South America Fire Fund (SAFF).

This three-year effort, led by Renaissance Philanthropy and Conservation X Labs, aims to raise $100 million to test what works to reduce destructive fire across critical landscapes in South America — bringing together prevention and stewardship, early detection and rapid response, and better information for decision-making.

Rather than treating these as separate challenges, SAFF will test how they can work together across different landscapes and build evidence about what works.

As our vice president of Environment and Science J.R. Littlejohn puts it, “the future of wildfire prevention isn't about finding one breakthrough technology; it's about building a system that can learn."

Learn more: https://www.packard.org/insights/news/packard-foundation-commits-5-million-to-south-america-fire-fund/

09/30/2026

Climate progress depends on strong civil society and open civic space.

During the U.N. General Assembly and Climate Week in New York City, Jamaica Maxwell, who leads our Civil Society and Leadership initiative, and Nigel Sizer, who leads our Global Climate initiative, sat down to reflect on what they were hearing and what it takes for climate progress to take root and endure.

🔗 Read their full conversation: https://www.packard.org/insights/news/at-the-intersection-a-conversation-about-the-fundamental-role-of-civic-space-in-climate-progress/

09/29/2026

The best reproductive health care feels personal. It reflects local culture and meets a community's specific needs.

Local organizations are often best positioned to deliver that care. But many have long depended on international aid funding, leaving essential services vulnerable to funding cuts and policy shifts.

Fòs Feminista Org works to change that. Their Global South-led alliance supports 200 partner organizations across 40 countries, helping strengthen locally led care and expand consistent access to contraception, maternal health services, and the full range of high-quality care women and young people need to make decisions about their own lives.

Learn more about Fòs Feminista: https://www.packard.org/insights/grantee-story/fos-feminista-is-building-the-future-of-local-reproductive-health-care/

09/11/2026

From lizard backpacks to the ecology of brain activity, the 2026 Packard Fellows Meeting at the Monterey Bay Aquarium showcased Fellows driving scientific breakthroughs, forging cross-disciplinary collaborations, and celebrating the science that shapes our world every day. 🦎 🧠 🌊

Look out for the newest class of that we will announce on October 15!

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