The David and Lucile Packard Foundation

In August 2006, the California Department of Fish And Game designated a broad network of 29 marine protected areas (MPAs) along California's central coast. This decision, made possible in part with Foundation support, will help to protect more than 200 square miles—roughly 55,000 average city blocks—of waters along the state's shoreline from Pigeon Point to Point Conception. >>

Foundation Coalition Report on 2009 Grantmaking Activities

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We are a family foundation that for over 40 years has been guided by the business philosophy and values of our founders, David and Lucile Packard. >>

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We work to improve the lives of children, enable the creative pursuit of science, advance reproductive health, and conserve and restore the earth's natural systems. >>