David & Lucile Packard Foundation
Background
The Packard Foundation is a family operation, established in 1964 by David Packard, one of the founders (along with William R. Hewlett) of the Hewlett-Packard Company, and by his late wife Lucille Salter Packard.
Finances for tax year ending 12/31/2002 |
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| Total Assets | $4,793,893,254.00 | |
| Grants Awarded | $0.00 | |
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Officers and Other Supporters | |
| Name | Position |
| Nancy Packard Burnett | Vice Chairman |
| Robin Chandler Duke | Trustee |
| Dean O. Morton | Treasurer |
| Franklin M. Orr Jr. | Trustee |
| Susan Packard Orr | Chairman |
| Julie E. Packard | Vice Chairman |
| Lew Platt | Trustee |
| William K. Reilly | Trustee |
| Richard T. Schlosberg III | President, CEO |
| Robert Stephens | Trustee |
| Colburn S. Wilbur | Trustee |
| Barbara Wright | Secretary |
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Selected Grants |
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| Tides Foundation & Tides Center | |
| Grant | $150,000.00 in 2003 |
| Source | IRS Form 990 or 990-PF |
| Details | For Passionfish, a public education project on sustainable seafood issues. |
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| SeaWeb | |
| Grant | $500,000.00 in 2001 |
| Source | Donor's Website |
| Details | for Caviar Emptor: Science, Policy and Consumer Advocacy in Support of Sturgeon Conservation |
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| SeaWeb | |
| Grant | $32,000.00 in 1999 |
| Source | IRS Form 990 or 990-PF |
| Details | Grant originally made via the Natural Resources Defense Council. Support for SeaWeb to support the publication of a paper on aquaculture in an upcoming issue of the journal "Nature." |
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Top Grants Made |
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| Funding To Activist Groups | Total Donated | Time Frame |
| National Audubon Society | $25,122,375.00 | 1993 – 2002 |
| World Wildlife Fund | $16,882,218.00 | 1993 – 2002 |
| Tides Foundation & Tides Center | $14,703,359.00 | 1988 – 2005 |
| Environmental Defense | $13,381,000.00 | 1993 – 2005 |
| Public Health Institute | $13,172,779.00 | 1998 – 2005 |
| SeaWeb | $8,250,397.00 | 1999 – 2005 |
| Center for Resource Economics | $7,514,220.00 | 2001 – 2005 |
| National Fish and Wildlife Foundation | $6,047,460.00 | 1993 – 2000 |
| World Resources Institute | $5,955,957.00 | 1996 – 2002 |
| Marine Stewardship Council | $5,625,500.00 | 1999 – 2005 |
| Ocean Conservancy | $4,405,942.00 | 1993 – 2005 |
| Center on Budget and Policy Priorities | $4,065,500.00 | 1997 – 2002 |
| New America Foundation | $2,880,000.00 | 2000 – 2002 |
| Conservation International | $2,539,618.00 | 1993 – 2005 |
| Sierra Club | $2,260,000.00 | 2000 – 2002 |
| Natural Resources Defense Council | $2,252,000.00 | 1988 – 2005 |
| John Snow Institute (JSI) | $2,000,000.00 | 2001 – 2001 |
| Consumers Union of the United States | $1,845,858.00 | 1998 – 2002 |
| Environmental Media Services | $1,600,756.00 | 1999 – 2002 |
| Environmental Support Center | $1,497,936.00 | 1998 – 2002 |
| American Oceans Campaign | $1,461,640.00 | 1998 – 2002 |
| National Environmental Trust | $1,430,800.00 | 2001 – 2005 |
| Union of Concerned Scientists | $1,399,000.00 | 1998 – 2006 |
| David Suzuki Foundation | $1,177,100.00 | 1999 – 2005 |
| National Religious Partnership for the Environment | $1,000,000.00 | 2000 – 2000 |
| National Wildlife Federation | $908,900.00 | 1998 – 2005 |
| Environmental Working Group | $875,000.00 | 1991 – 1998 |
| Center for a New American Dream | $860,000.00 | 1999 – 2002 |
| Worldwatch Institute | $850,000.00 | 1998 – 2001 |
| American Farmland Trust | $651,500.00 | 1993 – 1999 |
| Forest Ethics | $650,000.00 | 2001 – 2005 |
| Earth Island Institute | $639,668.00 | 1994 – 2002 |
| Wilderness Society | $600,000.00 | 1997 – 2002 |
| Chefs Collaborative | $600,000.00 | 2000 – 2003 |
| Oceana | $550,000.00 | 2005 – 2005 |
| Surfrider Foundation | $490,000.00 | 2002 – 2004 |
| Greenpeace | $450,000.00 | 2000 – 2000 |
| Izaak Walton League of America | $375,000.00 | 2001 – 2002 |
| Sustainable Northwest | $330,000.00 | 1997 – 2000 |
| Consultative Group on Biological Diversity | $304,275.00 | 1993 – 2002 |
| Northwest Environment Watch | $275,000.00 | 2000 – 2001 |
| Environmental Grantmakers Association | $233,000.00 | 2001 – 2005 |
| Earth Day Network | $215,000.00 | 1999 – 2005 |
| League of Conservation Voters | $200,000.00 | 2001 – 2002 |
| Global Green USA | $182,500.00 | 2002 – 2002 |
| Earth Action Network | $150,000.00 | 2001 – 2001 |
| Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation | $135,000.00 | 1998 – 1998 |
| American Humane Association | $129,820.00 | 1999 – 2001 |
| Redefining Progress | $117,540.00 | 1998 – 2002 |
| Trauma Foundation | $100,000.00 | 1999 – 1999 |
| Essential Information | $90,000.00 | 1999 – 2000 |
| Winrock Int'l Institute for Agricultural Developmt | $71,202.00 | 2001 – 2001 |
| Consumer's Choice Council | $50,000.00 | 1998 – 1998 |
| Public Media Center | $50,000.00 | 1998 – 1998 |
| Center for Food Safety | $50,000.00 | 2002 – 2002 |
| Friends of the Earth | $45,000.00 | 1999 – 1999 |
| A SEED | $35,000.00 | 1997 – 1997 |
| Food Alliance | $20,000.00 | 2000 – 2000 |
| Waterkeeper Alliance | $12,000.00 | 2001 – 2001 |
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