The David and Lucile Packard
Foundation
Annual Report
The David and Lucile Packard
Foundation
Annual Report
Messages
Susan Packard Orr, Chairman
Richard T. Schlosberg III, President
The Packard Foundation’s Investment in Leadership
Science Program
Population Program
Population and Environment Initiative
Conservation Program
Children, Families, and Communities Program
Arts Program
Cross-Cutting Initiatives
Organizational Effectiveness and Philanthropy Program
Information for Applicants
Foundation Directory
Condensed Financial Statements
Index
Cover Photo: Dr. Krishna Foster, Assistant Professor of
Physical Chemistry, California State University, Los Angeles
and
Graduate Scholar
Table of Contents
The David and Lucile Packard Foundation 1
Statement
The David and Lucile Packard Foundation was created in
by
David Packard (
‒), co-founder of the Hewlett-Packard Company,
and Lucile Salter Packard (
‒).
The Foundation provides grants at the national and international level
in the following program areas: Conservation; Population; Science;
Children, Families, and Communities; Arts; and Organizational
E
ffectiveness and Philanthropy. We also maintain a special focus on
San Mateo, Santa Clara, Santa Cruz, and Monterey Counties in
Northern California.
Now in our thirty-ninth year, we continue to be guided by the legacies
of David and Lucile Packard and the core values they passed on to
the Foundation—integrity, respect for all people, a belief in individual
leadership, an enduring commitment to e
ffectiveness, and the capacity
to think big.
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Foundation
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The challenges of the past year have had a profound impact on the Packard
Foundation and many of the nonprofit organizations we support. These
di
ffi
cult times have brought into sharp focus the essential role that lead-
ership plays in e
ff
orts to strengthen communities, conserve the earth’s
resources, reduce population growth, and improve our quality of life
through scientific inquiry.
The belief in the power of leadership to motivate individuals and organ-
izations to greater purpose—in di
ffi
cult or abundant times—was a core
value deeply held by my mother and father, Lucile and David Packard.
They knew that individuals of talent, insight, and commitment can be
found in any corner of society and that leaders come in many forms.
Whether it is an organization with a novel approach to provide repro-
ductive health education to women and families, a scholar with the
determination to pursue graduate studies in the sciences, or a coalition
with the courage to address the conservation of critical habitats in
the face of strenuous opposition, leadership can inspire change in our
communities, the nation, and the world.
Today, at the Foundation, this knowledge continues to guide our work.
It shapes our grantmaking, informs our planning, and spurs our pursuit
of long-term solutions to deeply rooted, complex problems. As our non-
profit partners work to find solutions to the issues that a
ffect us, the
Packard Foundation will continue to support and promote their leader-
ship in the hope that these e
ff
orts can build a better future for us all.
Susan Packard Orr
Chairman
Message from the Chairman
In a year of dramatic and unexpected change, we have worked at the
Packard Foundation to adapt to new circumstances, a
ffi
rm focus on our
core mission, and redouble e
ff
orts to align and strengthen the e
ff
ectiveness
of our programs.
To ensure that we advance our understanding of program impact, better
share knowledge and ideas, and integrate as much and as appropriately
as possible across programs, we hired new directors of evaluation and
communications and promoted a senior sta
ff member to lead cross-
cutting initiatives.
Within our programs, we questioned past assumptions and reached for
new learning. If this past year taught the world anything, it is that our
deepest challenges cut widely across cultures, geography, and spheres of
understanding. To be most e
ff
ective in this new global community, we must
support organizations, leaders, and approaches that bridge those chasms.
In this light, it seems appropriate in the pages that follow to share our past
year with you through selected stories of leadership from our grantees.
Much of the credit for the growth and learning in our own organiza-
tion must be attributed to leadership from our own sta
ff
. I continue to
learn from these capable and dedicated people. It is a pleasure and an
honor to work alongside them.
David Packard once said, “There can be no place for half-hearted inter-
est or half-hearted e
ff
ort.” At the Packard Foundation, we are privileged
to invest all of our heart in this vital enterprise of improving lives and
protecting the earth—for today and tomorrow.
Richard T. Schlosberg III
President and CEO
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Message from the President
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The David and Lucile Packard Foundation
Science Program
Dr. Krishna Foster, Assistant Professor of Physical Chemistry,
California State University, Los Angeles and
Graduate Scholar
Los Angeles, California
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The Packard Foundation’s
Investment in Leadership
Science
Program
In
, Professor Wolfgang Ketterle of the Massachusetts Institute of
Technology received the Nobel Prize in Physics for his study of matter
at ultralow temperatures. Professor Ketterle’s discovery of a new state
of matter—the Bose-Einstein condensate, in which atoms “sing in uni-
son”—was immediately hailed for its potential to revolutionize fields
such as precision measurement and nanotechnology.
As a
Packard Fellow in Science and Engineering, Professor Ketterle
was already immersed in the research that would eventually lead to his
recognition by the Nobel Committee. Now in its fifteenth year, the
Packard Fellows Program seeks out promising young researchers in the
fields of science and engineering to pursue innovative lines of scientific
inquiry and to inspire and train the next generation of young scientists
and engineers.
At the Packard Foundation, we embrace a belief in individual leader-
ship as one of our core values. The Nobel Committee’s recognition of
Dr. Ketterle’s achievement is a straightforward example, but in the
broadest sense all of our grantmaking is an endorsement of the power of
individuals—from all walks of life and from every corner of the globe—
to be leaders. Whether it is leading scientific discovery or prompting
social change, we also recognize from
years of experience that effective
leadership takes many forms and often emerges from surprising sources.
The Packard Fellows Program is just one of some recent examples we
would like to share with you.
Our support for educational programs to stimulate the scientific inter-
ests of young American Indian students and our targeted assistance
to scientific scholars from Historically Black Colleges and Universities
(HBCUs) typifies another kind of leadership we support. Our goal is to
infuse the next generation of science leaders with individuals who have
traditionally been underrepresented in the scientific enterprise.
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Population Program
Margaret Crosby, Reproductive Freedom Project,
American Civil Liberties Union Foundation
Sacramento, California
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Underwriting laboratories, equipment, and scholarships provides these
students with tools that can open up new realms of possible achievement
and spark previously unimaginable contributions.
“In high school, I was the only African-American female taking advanced
placement calculus,” recalls Dr. Krishna Foster, who earned her Ph.D. in
physical chemistry at the University of Colorado as a participant in the
Foundation’s Graduate Scholars Program. “As an undergraduate at
Spelman College, I took science classes for the first time with other
African-American women. Now as a science professional, it’s my job to
question reality, to ask what’s true, to think beyond what’s safe.”
The Science Program also continued its historic support of ocean science
through the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI).
Widely recognized as a leader in the area of oceanographic research,
MBARI provides a unique collaborative environment for scientists and
engineers to work together to develop innovative equipment, instrumen-
tation, and methods for traversing and measuring the deep ocean.
Over the years, Foundation grantees have frequently demonstrated their
eagerness to breach limiting conventions to achieve the greatest possible
impact. Our Population Program, which provides grants in eight focus
countries around the world—Ethiopia, India, Mexico, Myanmar, Nigeria,
Pakistan, the Philippines, and Sudan—recognizes the power of these
nonprofit partners to make a di
fference.
In
, at Mexico’s Instituto de Liderazgo Simone de Beauvoir, young
women began training for prominent new roles in civic life. Through
comprehensive programs, the institute works to strengthen the leader-
ship capacities of young adults involved in directing civil, social, and
cultural e
fforts. Intensive workshops also equip young advocates with the
skills to shape opinion, influence networks, and contribute to progressive
public discourse and policies on sexual and reproductive health and
rights—helping to transform a society strategically positioned to advance
reproductive rights throughout Latin America.
Population
Program
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Conservation Program
California Rangeland Trust, The Nature Conservancy,
and Sierra Business Council
Truckee, California
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Beyond this critically important e
ffort, our Population Program’s goal of
expanding reproductive health options has provided support for advo-
cates, service providers, health professionals, and researchers on five con-
tinents—thereby working with others to build the leadership base for
progress in reproductive health throughout the world.
Our support of the Public Health Institute has enabled established and
emerging leaders from our eight focus countries to participate in a three-
week course and a one-year a
ffiliation with the International Family
Planning Leadership Program, which is jointly funded by the Packard and
the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundations. During the course, Packard-Gates
fellows update their knowledge of family planning and reproductive
health, improve specific leadership skills, envision how they can use these
skills to make a di
fference in their countries, and develop and implement
team action plans to begin realizing that vision once they return home. At
the heart of this program lies a basic recognition of our shared humanity
and the necessity of learning from one another in order to achieve our
common goals.
Indeed, strategies employed to promote family planning and reproductive
health services and secure reproductive rights in one nation often help
inform and sharpen corresponding e
fforts elsewhere. By coming together to
share perspectives, brainstorm tactics, and build skills, the Packard-Gates
fellows return home more rigorously prepared to pursue their goals.
Ideas Leading to Action
Sometimes leadership arises in the leap from original thinking to transfor-
mative action. Our support for Ashoka, as a joint project of the Population
and Conservation Programs, is currently aiding a remarkable cadre of
social entrepreneurs in countries throughout the world who work with
their neighbors to put into practice compelling ideas to advance social
change. By providing these leaders with expert counsel on technical issues,
opportunities to network with like-minded associates, and a sustaining
stipend, Ashoka helps simultaneously advance environmental protection
and reproductive health.
Population
and
Environment
Initiative
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Conservation Program
Jay Caputo, Lunch Chef, Farallon Restaurant
Seafood Choices Campaign
San Francisco, California
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The strategic dissemination of ideas and information plays a central role
in much of the work supported by our Conservation Program. We know
from grantmaking and monitoring over the years that scientific knowledge
shapes sound conservation policies and practices around the world—from
open space preservation in California to the cultivation of renewable energy
sources in China. Unfortunately, many scientific experts have inadequate
training or experience to communicate e
ffectively with the policymakers
and industry leaders whose decisions a
ffect the health of our planet.
To address this problem head-on, the Conservation Program is underwrit-
ing the work of the Aldo Leopold Leadership Program, a groundbreaking
e
ffort that trains top-level scientists working in biodiversity and critical
resource issues to e
ffectively inject the best scientific information into the
public policy debate. Fellows learn how to better communicate with the
media and the general public, testify before legislative bodies, and consult
with industry and government agencies. Following their extensive training
and experience in the field, the scientists return to their home institu-
tions—usually top universities in the United States—and pass on the
knowledge and skills they have acquired to their colleagues and students.
This type of intellectual leadership is essential in meeting our long-range
conservation goals. In other instances, such leadership comes from less
obvious sources. Our e
fforts to protect marine ecosystems and fisheries
have included support for the Seafood Choices Campaign, which is build-
ing on the success of a number of grantees to educate top chefs and other
food industry leaders about sustainable practices and seafood selection.
Not only have hundreds of stores and restaurants moved to provide
sustainable seafood choices for consumers, but many chefs have become
trusted and vocal authorities for the news media and general public on
what to eat and why. Their leadership harnesses the power of the market-
place to advance an important conservation goal.
Conservation
Program
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Children, Families, and Communities Program
Lucile Salter Packard Children’s Hospital at Stanford
Palo Alto, California
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New Voices, New Leaders
Given the complex problems facing children in our rapidly changing socie-
ty, e
fforts to build strong families and sustain nurturing communities are
inseparable from e
ffective leadership.
In
, our Children, Families, and Communities Program provided sup-
port to establish promising new avenues to expand quality out-of-school
time opportunities for children. With Foundation funding, the Action
Against Crime and Violence Education Fund: Fight Crime, Invest in Kids
Program has furthered public education and advocacy e
fforts in California
and nationwide to promote the preventive benefits of after-school pro-
grams. Using a novel strategy, Fight Crime has e
ffectively engaged more
than
, sheriffs, police chiefs, prosecutors, and crime victims to speak
out on the importance of child care and after-school programs to give
young people the right start in life and avoid future costs associated with
crime and violence.
Armed with research and data that demonstrate the measurable societal
benefits of investing in children and youths, Fight Crime members gain
access to policymakers by virtue of their leadership in local communities.
Fight Crime California also works in concert with the Foundation
Consortium, as well as other organizations such as Children Now, the
California Council of Churches, and the California School-Age Consort-
ium, in a leadership role to educate stakeholders and the public about
these issues. Last year, these persistent e
fforts were victorious when an
additional
million in California budget funds were committed to
before- and after-school program expansion.
While building the base of national and statewide leadership, the
Foundation is also striving to cultivate new legions of community activists
within our local region—San Mateo, Santa Clara, Santa Cruz, and
Monterey Counties—particularly among young people. We know from
recent research that youths who regularly perform community service are
percent less likely to engage in risky behaviors, such as vandalism, truan-
cy, drinking, and drug use. Beyond staving o
ff personal crises and family
Children, Families,
and Communities
Program
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Arts Program
Arts camp, Community School of Music and Arts
Mountain View, California
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catastrophe, the mobilization of young people endowed with a sense of
competence, belonging, and power inevitably proves an enormous asset to
our communities.
To this end, our support for the Volunteer Centers of Santa Cruz County
has underwritten an array of enterprising youth-led service and leadership
programs. In the past year, young people have teamed up on volunteer
e
fforts drawing more than of their peers into projects such as painting
over gra
ffiti on public fences, cooking dinner for local homeless shelters,
and cleaning up city neighborhoods. In addition, these young leaders have
advocated successfully for the founding of a downtown teen center; organ-
ized public “Speak Outs” on juvenile justice, discrimination, and homo-
phobia; and presented a set of recommendations for reducing substance
abuse among local youths.
Finally, to ensure that children have access to the best possible health care,
the Foundation continued our long-term assistance to the Lucile Salter
Packard Children’s Hospital at Stanford. Our support for the Campaign
for Packard Children’s Hospital—administered through the Lucile Packard
Foundation for Children’s Health—reflects our commitment to sustaining
the hospital’s leadership role in providing medical diagnosis and treatment
to young people in California and around the world.
Training Tomorrow’s Leaders Today
Support for emerging leaders is an investment in the future. Our work to
foster sustained institutional leadership in the national and regional arts
communities has been a prime strategy of the Arts Program’s grantmaking
for nearly two decades.
Last year, the Arts Program contributed to the maturation of local leader-
ship in dance, music, drama, and visual arts institutions with grants to the
Management Center in San Francisco. By blending traditional university
arts management courses with a new values-based approach to leadership,
the Management Center teaches artists how to replicate the often elusive
Arts Program
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Arts Program
Kids ArtSunday, San Jose Museum of Art
San Jose, California
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qualities that result in institutional excellence and flexibility. Selected
leaders receive training tailored to the demands of their disciplines and
constituencies, visit model arts groups in other parts of the country, and
work alongside mentors of national prominence. They are now better
prepared to assist their performing companies and educational centers in
weathering the heights and depths of a roller coaster economy.
To bolster opportunities for arts professionals throughout the country, we
also made a series of grants to Chicago’s Columbia College for its work
in the new field of Arts in Community Development. This lively mix of
disciplines can find professional artists working alongside young people to
design and paint a mural reflecting the encounter of di
ffering cultures in
a changing community, or to write and produce an original drama that
speaks to a sudden neighborhood crisis or the latent potential of a com-
munity. This powerful nexus of artistic excellence and youthful commit-
ment has demonstrated its power to revitalize troubled communities. It is
also the training ground for a new generation of civic leaders who grasp
the power of the arts to articulate our hopes and fears and help realize
our common dreams.
Leadership from Learning
E
ffective leaders are curious and adaptive—open to information and expe-
riences that may challenge their own beliefs or the conventional wisdom of
the time. Often they must press on in the face of strenuous opposition.
To extend the reach of new ideas in such a climate, the Packard Foundation
has sought to support institutions that enable leadership to flourish. In
the area of cross-cutting initiatives, we partnered with the New America
Foundation to bring fresh voices to many of the crucial public policy
debates a
ffecting our society.
The New America Foundation provides financial and professional support
to young public intellectuals whose views do not fit squarely in one ideo-
logical camp or another. Recruited from journalism, business, the military,
Cross-Cutting
Initiatives
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Organizational Effectiveness and Philanthropy Program
Leadership seminar, Interaction Institute
San Francisco, California
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scientific research centers, and environmental organizations, they pursue
an open-ended search for pragmatic solutions to our most pressing prob-
lems and write extensively on the issues. Their articles are then positioned
to reach decision makers through placement in major media outlets and
high-profile publications, such as The New York Times, The Atlantic Monthly,
and Foreign A
ffairs.
We understand that organizational leadership is an asset as vital to the
success of voluntary organizations as it is to businesses or government
agencies, and we recognize that nonprofit institutions face unique stresses.
Through our Organizational E
ffectiveness and Philanthropy (OEP)
Program, we seek to infuse the nonprofit sector with skilled profession-
alism, self-reflection, and entrepreneurial spirit equal to any sector in
American society.
Recent grants to Stanford University’s Graduate School of Business and
its Center for Social Innovation are underwriting the Executive Program
for Nonprofit Leaders—an intensive management course with participants
drawn from human services, health care, community development, and
education. Over two weeks, these nonprofit executives steep themselves
in a curriculum based on recent research and management cases taught
in Stanford’s core MBA program by Stanford Business School faculty.
Additional presentations cover the intricacies of nonprofit leadership and
governance; organizational vision, strategy, and marketing; and the cultiva-
tion of earned income sources.
The OEP Program also supported Portland State University’s Institute for
Nonprofit Management, where people of color are now training to assume
demanding new leadership roles within a voluntary sector beset by change.
Fellows join study groups, class discussions, team projects, and research
trips, furthering their own capabilities both within the nonprofit realm and
the larger community. Upon completion of the program, many graduates
enroll in advanced management courses, while taking on new responsibil-
ities as peer coaches for other individuals and organizations—a multifac-
eted strategy crafted to increase local leadership capital for years to come.
Organizational
E
ffectiveness
and Philanthropy
Program
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Population Program
Women’s Planning Meeting of Pakistan
Lahore, Pakistan
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More E
ffective Support for Tomorrow’s Leaders
Each of these profiles illustrates the ability of e
ffective leaders to mobilize
communities and improve lives, but these stories have also broadened and
enriched our ongoing conversation about leadership—and challenged us
to ask essential questions:
How can we better identify, recruit, train, and support the
next generation of leaders?
How can we best measure their impact and allocate our
support appropriately?
How can we continue to learn from other individuals and
organizations—from other services and sectors—who share
our commitment to supporting leadership?
How can we support new models of leadership for tomorrow’s
more interconnected organizations?
We are encouraged that so many organizations committed to the health
of the nonprofit and philanthropic sectors are exploring these issues
of leadership. Working together to examine and refine the role that lead-
ership plays in all our e
fforts—both successes and missteps—can only
improve our chances of making a di
fference.
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