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David and Lucile Packard Foundation

Overview

Principal Office: USA

Key Words:  marine fisheries, marine birds, coastal ecosystems, climate change, agriculture, California, Pacific Basin

Website: Link

The David and Lucile Packard Foundation aims to partner with innovative people and organizations to improve the lives of children; enable the creative pursuit of science; advance reproductive health; and conserve and restore the earth’s natural systems.

The program area of principal significance in the Terra Viva Grants Directory is “Conservation and Science.” This is among Packard’s largest programs.
Grant Programs for Agriculture, Energy, Environment, and Natural Resources

Conservation and Science. The program in Conservation and Science makes grants in the USA and internationally in several thematic areas.
  • Marine Fisheries: Grant making in marine fisheries is mainly for activities in the USA and Canada, but Packard also funds some projects which are global.
  • Marine Birds: The emphasis is conservation of species that rely on coastal and island habitats in the eastern and central Pacific.
  • Coastal Ecosystems: Grants in coastal ecosystems are for the California coast, Gulf of California (Mexico and USA), and selected areas of the western Pacific.
  • Climate Change: Grants for climate change focus on policies for low-carbon energy, and on land use in tropical forested regions.
  • Agriculture: Grants in agriculture are for policy-related change in the USA and internationally to improve environmental practices, and to address climate change.
  • Conservation in Western North America: Grants for conservation in western North American include coastal areas of northwestern Mexico.
  • Other Themes: The Foundation supports oceanography programs at the Monterey Bay Aquarium in California, as well as other programs in conservation and science.
About themes. -- Link

The Foundation makes grants to charitable, educational, and scientific organizations in the USA and other countries. Most grants range from US$20 thousand to US$500 thousand. A few grants reach multi-million dollars (usually over multiple years).

APPLICATION:   Potential applicants should consult Packard’s website for each program and theme that is open to accepting letters of inquiry (LOIs). The instructions -- which vary by programs and themes -- indicate the criteria, guidelines, and restrictions of grant making.

Packard subsequently invites full proposals from applicants whose LOIs fit the Foundation’s priorities.

Geographical Distribution of Grant Activities in Developing Countries

Packard’s grants in Conservation and Science fund activities in the developing regions indicated below.

Southeast Asia and Pacific Islands

East Asia

Eastern Europe and Russia (i.e., referring to Russia’s Pacific coast)

Latin America and Caribbean
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Packard has a grants database that can be searched by program, year, and grant amount. --  Link

In 2010, the Foundation’s grants expenditure in Conservation and Science was US$108 million for 170 grants.

Most of Packard’s funding for climate change is through the following two organizations:
  • ClimateWorks Foundation -- Link
  • Climate and Land Use Alliance -- Link
In addition to making grants, Packard makes program-related investments (PRIs) to support its goals and objectives. The PRIs include loans, guarantees, social deposits, lines of credit, and equity investments. With rare exceptions, PRIs are available only to organizations that are Foundation grantees. – Link
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January 2012

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