As the U.S. approaches it's 250th Anniversary, Ruth Levine reflects on why this moment calls for us to shift our perspective from nostalgia to imagination — and how philanthropy can help create the conditions for collaboration, experimentation, and long-term thinking. 🔗 https://ow.ly/ISj050Z1JYw

In 2025, our grantmaking reached leaders and organizations across the United States and around the world working on some of our most complex and urgent challenges. 🔗 Read our full 2025 Impact Report: https://www.packard.org/2025-impact-report/

This Free the Pill Day, we’re celebrating Opill—the first over-the-counter birth control pill in the U.S— and what it represents for expanding access to reproductive health care. 🔗 https://ow.ly/SQCF50YWMCU

From preventing homelessness in California, to a global partnership working to stop tropical deforestation, and more — our grantees show us that even when the path is unclear, people continue to innovate, collaborate, and find solutions to our most complex challenges. https://ow.ly/JP3u50YWCCW

What started as a bold idea to address rising birth control costs in the early 2000s quickly expanded into a new kind of pharmaceutical company—one that prioritizes the needs of health clinics and their patients. 🔗 https://ow.ly/xC7o50YCU82

We are pleased to announce the recipients of the Packard Fellows Emergency Relief Fund, a $3.3M rapid-response initiative created to preserve the postdoctoral workforce by providing short-term support for Fellows that faced federal funding disruptions or cancellations. https://ow.ly/O1Iv50YBZvC

Roots Community Health and BANANAS are combining health care and child care services into a single, coordinated home-visiting program for families. 🔗 https://ow.ly/PNmN50YznOJ

When birth control prices became inaccessible, a group of leaders founded their own new kind of pharma company — that prioritized the needs of public health clinics and their patients. ➡️ https://www.packard.org/insights/grantee-story/how-one-bold-idea-for-birth-control-became-a-national-lifeline/

MBARI scientists have set out to map how warming temperatures are affecting the groundwater and gases moving beneath the seafloor. These hidden systems help shape the sea floor and support the stability of marine life. 🔗Learn more: https://ow.ly/fQEa50YxMq8

eDNA is changing the way we see the ocean by allowing scientist to track species without ever needing to see or catch them. 🐠

Join us in welcoming Courtney Chandler as our new Chief Operating Officer! 🎉 Courtney's leadership will be instrumental as we work together to build a just and equitable world where people and nature flourish. 🔗 Learn more: https://ow.ly/bg8f50YsoOc

eDNA allows scientist to track what lives in our oceans faster and more comprehensively than ever before. 🌊 🐠 🔗 Learn more: https://www.packard.org/insights/grantee-story/edna-is-changing-the-way-we-see-the-ocean/

Whales in a bottle of water? Yes… through eDNA. 🌊🐋 Nice feature on our research and the UW eDNA Collaborative by the Packard Foundation. @ednacollab.bsky.social Learn more here: www.packard.org/insights/gra... www.youtube.com/watch?v=C0H8... #eDNA #scicom #science #outreach

eDNA is changing the way we see the ocean 🌊 🐳 Learn more about Dr. Ryan Kelly and the eDNA Collaborative's research: https://www.packard.org/insights/grantee-story/edna-is-changing-the-way-we-see-the-ocean/

We’re partnering with Monterey Bay Economic Partnership as they work to expand housing options, reduce barriers that slow development, and help move thousands of affordable homes through local approvals so families can put down roots in the communities they call home. ➡️ https://ow.ly/BcCx50YcrRu

To help families across Monterey, Santa Cruz, and San Benito counties find high-quality homes they can afford, we are supporting the Monterey Bay Economic Partnership with a grant to expand housing options and remove barriers that slow development of new homes. Learn more: https://ow.ly/imKS50Y7LV6

Our President & CEO Nancy Lindborg reflects on recent events in Minnesota and why protecting civic space matters. ➡️ Read her full reflections: https://www.packard.org/insights/perspective/why-democracy-depends-on-all-of-us/

The dreaded strep throat test could soon be a thing of past thanks to Packard Fellow Ashleigh Theberge and her team at University of Washington. 🍭

Stay connected with us! Our newsletter brings you closer to the leaders, communities, and bold ideas creating enduring solutions for people and nature. Delivered straight to your inbox, it’s a window into the change we can make—together. 💌 Sign up today: https://www.packard.org/stay-connected/

Children and Families Program Officer Katie Harkin reflects on what we’re learning from parents and why listening to families and collaborating across child care, health services, and community programs is essential to creating care that works in real life. ➡️ Learn more: https://ow.ly/295L50XWh1z

As we start off 2026, we’re inspired by the leaders and organizations around the world who are committed to advancing a future where people and nature thrive.

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

As we close out the year, we’re grateful for our community who comes together to build a more just and equitable world where people and nature flourish. From all of us at the Packard Foundation, we wish you a holiday season and New Year filled with light and peace. 💛

Can we say goodbye to the dreaded strep throat swab? Packard Fellow Ashleigh Theberge and her team at the University of Washington are developing an alternative that includes a lollipop designed with tiny channels that collect saliva for at-home testing. Learn more: https://ow.ly/tZko50XIASI

Thank you for everything you bring to our shared vision. 💛

Packard Fellow and Johns Hopkins University scientist Dr. Jasmina Wiemann is working to understand how living organisms respond to planetary change by developing innovative ways to read molecular “memories” preserved in ancient organisms—helping fill some of the blank pages in the history of life.

2019 Packard Fellow Ashleigh Theberge and her team at the University of Washington are creating gentler, at-home diagnostic tools — from a saliva-collecting lollipop to painless mail-in blood kits that make testing more accessible for families everywhere. ➡️ Learn more: https://ow.ly/Oquu50XAW7b

Children and Families Program Officer Katie Harkin shares what we learned from listening to parents about the kinds of support that truly make a difference in their daily lives. ➡️ https://ow.ly/1zSr50XApY1

We’re thankful for the leaders, organizations, and communities who work every day to create a more just and equitable world — and for our dedicated staff who partner with them to make meaningful change possible. Together, we’re building a future where people and nature can thrive. 🧡

We are thrilled to welcome Christopher Burnett and Sarah Stephens to our Board of Trustees! ➡️ Learn more about them: https://ow.ly/W26I50XpFt6

Thirty years into global climate talks, progress is possible—but only with long-term commitment. Our President and CEO Nancy Lindborg reflects on what it will take to turn climate commitments into lasting progress. ➡️ https://ow.ly/aFE150XnsHb

We believe science is a public good that strengthens our society—and we're excited to see that vision reflected in Forbes’ feature on our 2025 #PackardFellows for Science and Engineering. Check out the full article to learn more.  ⬇️ https://ow.ly/NMIa50XgCFf

ICYMI: We announced our 2025 #PackardFellows for Science and Engineering last week! This year’s class features 20 innovative early-career scientists and engineers, who will each receive $875,000 over five years to pursue their research. Meet the 2025 Packard Fellows ⬇  www.packard.org/2025fellows

Congratulations to @jameststroud.bsky.social on being named a 2025 #PackardFellow by @packardfdn.bsky.social. Stroud will receive $875,000 over 5 years to fund his pioneering research in evolutionary biology — studying 1,000 backpack-wearing lizards in South Florida. Read more: bit.ly/3KNrVU5

I’m ✨ super excited and grateful ✨to announce that I'm part of the 2025 class of #PackardFellows (www.packard.org/2025fellows). The @packardfdn.bsky.social and this fellowship will allow me to explore exciting research directions towards culturally responsible and safe AI 🌍🌈

I’m thrilled to be a part of the 2025 class of #PackardFellows and I look forward to all the exciting & actionable discoveries at the interface of evolutionary biology, ecology, the geosciences, and chemistry that this award enables! @jhuartssciences.bsky.social www.packard.org/2025fellows

We’re thrilled to announce the 2025 class of Packard Fellows for Science and Engineering — 20 innovative early-career scientists who will each receive $875,000 over five years to pursue their research. Meet the 2025 Packard Fellows ⬇ www.packard.org/2025fellows

Mark your calendars! 📆 #PackardFellows

The 2025 PackardFellows 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 Packard Fellows on October 15!

For more than six decades, our values have grounded our commitment to working alongside leaders and organizations to create enduring solutions for just societies and a healthy, resilient natural world. ➡️ Learn more about our approach: https://www.packard.org/approach/

Since 2020, ‪@sccgov.bsky.social‬’s prevention efforts—including the Homelessness Prevention System—have helped 33,000 people stay in their homes, with more than 90% remaining housed two years later. Learn more about Destination: Home's collaborative approach: www.packard.org/insights/gra...

We are thrilled to welcome Dr. Sally M. Benson to our Board of Trustees! Her leadership and global perspective will an invaluable as we pursue a more just and sustainable future. ➡️ Learn more: www.packard.org/insights/new...

Stay connected with us! Our newsletter brings you closer to the leaders, communities, and bold ideas creating enduring solutions for people and nature. Delivered straight to your inbox, it’s a window into the change we can make—together. 💌 Sign up today: www.packard.org/stay-connect...

We partnered with Hovland Consulting and field experts to create tools that help conservation leaders and funders focus their efforts where they can make the biggest impact. ➡️ Explore the resources: www.packard.org/insights/pub...

Together we can build a world where families and communities have the power to shape their lives, societies are more just and inclusive, and all of nature is sustained by a healthy ocean and climate.

Protecting tropical forests is key to slowing the climate crisis, and it starts by supporting the people who have cared for these ecosystems for generations. J.R. Littlejohn shares why investing in Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities is a proven climate solution ⬇️

Big news from Northern California! 🌲🐟 Earlier this year, the Yurok Tribe secured the largest land back transfer in California history as the final section of more than 47,000 acres (about the size of Washington D.C.) was formally returned to their stewardship.

Our work is rooted in partnership with communities that rely most on a healthy ocean—working together to restore marine biodiversity, strengthen sustainable fisheries, and unlock ocean-based climate solutions. Here are 5 things you should know about our ocean strategy ⬇️

This #EarthDay we are celebrating the leaders and organizations who are working to build a world where nature is sustained by a healthy ocean and climate. Together we can build a healthy, resilient natural world. 🌍

Marine Prosperity Areas (MPpAs) are a new approach to marine conservation that balances ecological restoration with human well-being. By working together, we can protect and restore our oceans for both people and nature—now and for future generations. 🌊💙 Learn more: www.packard.org/insights/gra...