The David and Lucile Packard Foundation

Packard Foundation Deepens Investment in Early-Career Scientists and Engineers

Christine Costa — Thu, 10 Sep 2026 17:15:44 +0000

Funding for the Packard Fellowships for Science and Engineering will increase to more than $1 million per Fellow, expanding flexible support for bold, innovative research. The David and Lucile Packard Foundation is increasing funding for the Packard Fellowships for Science and Engineering, deepening its investment in the next generation of leaders advancing science, engineering, and … Continued

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Ancient Viruses Hidden in Your Genome Could Reshape How We Treat Cancer

Caroline Roffe — Thu, 03 Sep 2026 21:03:20 +0000

Edward Chuong, a 2020 Packard Fellow at the University of Colorado Boulder, studies how ancient viral sequences embedded in our genome reactivate in cancer—research made possible by the Fellowship’s flexible funding that allowed him to pursue unexpected scientific directions. When Packard Fellow Edward Chuong was starting college, the first-ever sequence of the human genome was released. … Continued

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Clean Energy is Lowering Costs and Strengthening Resilience — Let’s Help it Scale

Christine Costa — Thu, 03 Sep 2026 16:57:05 +0000

When wildfires cause the power to go out in the Bay Area, I head to my parents’ house. Their lights stay on. Because both of my parents have limited mobility, a power outage isn’t just an inconvenience. A dark house can be dangerous to navigate. As outages became more frequent, they installed solar panels and … Continued

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Packard Foundation Directs Emergency Funding to Local Partners Responding to Ebola Outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Caroline Roffe — Wed, 02 Sep 2026 16:40:07 +0000

The David and Lucile Packard Foundation provided $700,000 to support local response to the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). These grants moved quickly to experienced international Ebola outbreak response teams in the DRC and to grantee partners already embedded in affected communities. The Ebola crisis in the DRC and Uganda … Continued

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The Packard Foundation Welcomes Nigel Sizer as Global Climate Initiative Director

Christine Costa — Wed, 26 Aug 2026 20:36:16 +0000

The David and Lucile Packard Foundation is pleased to welcome Nigel Sizer, who joined the Foundation in summer 2026 as director of the Global Climate initiative. Sizer brings more than three decades of experience working globally on climate change, tropical forests, food systems, human rights, and sustainable development. Throughout his career, he has brought together governments, civil … Continued

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New Report: Child Care as an Economic Development Imperative

Christine Costa — Tue, 25 Aug 2026 18:39:53 +0000

The Investing in America Child Care Partnership has released findings and recommendations from its first phase, drawing on work in six communities to show how local governments, employers, philanthropy, and child care providers can work together to expand child care supply and support economic growth. The report offers lessons and policy recommendations for communities across the country seeking to make affordable, high-quality child care part … Continued

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In Conversation: Nancy Lindborg and Helen Mountford on Climate, Development, and Where Philanthropy Goes From Here

Christine Costa — Wed, 05 Aug 2026 19:46:08 +0000

As geopolitical shocks and climate impacts continue to reshape lives and livelihoods around the world, climate and development goals are increasingly intertwined. Addressing these priorities together has never been more urgent. The solutions that deliver economic opportunity, build resilience, strengthen energy security, protect livelihoods, and cut emissions are increasingly affordable — and increasingly the same … Continued

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Birth Equity Across Three Counties: Common Themes From Community-Rooted Recommendations

Christine Costa — Mon, 20 Jul 2026 22:43:21 +0000

The Packard Foundation recently partnered with Shiree Teng at Teng & Smith to bring maternal health practitioners and parents together across Alameda, Fresno and Monterey counties in California. The collaborative process in each county helped map a more accessible, person-centered system of maternal care and identify specific funding priorities. Parents and practitioners in these three … Continued

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Health Care That Comes to You: How a Home-Visiting Program Reaches Families

Caroline Roffe — Tue, 07 Jul 2026 16:21:21 +0000

The David and Lucile Packard Foundation supports healthy families through grants and mission investments in organizations like Nest Health, which brings contraceptive care, prenatal care, and family-centered primary care directly to children and families through their home-visiting program. In rural Arizona, 29-year-old mother Shana had just had her third baby. Three months postpartum, she wanted … Continued

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The Most Powerful Innovation Isn’t Technology—It’s Community

Christine Costa — Wed, 01 Jul 2026 19:58:09 +0000

I’ve been thinking a lot lately about courage—what it looks like when it’s quiet, when it’s not heroic, when it’s just a person deciding to show up. A school board meeting. A neighborhood that starts talking. A coalition that holds together when holding together is hard. As the United States turns 250 this July, I … Continued

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