The David and Lucile Packard Foundation is a U.S.-based family foundation established in 1964 and guided by the enduring business philosophy and personal values of Lucile and David Packard, who helped found one of the world’s leading technology companies. The David and Lucile Packard Foundation works with people and communities to create enduring solutions for just societies and a healthy, resilient natural world. It funds work domestically and around the world to build just societies, invest in families and communities, and protect and restore our natural world.
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David and Lucile Packard Foundation
Introduction
Private development finance
David and Lucile Packard Foundation provided USD 107.1 million for development in 2022. Compared to 2021, this amount represents a decrease of 50.7% in real terms. Grants represented 97.4% of the David and Lucile Packard Foundation’s gross disbursements, while the remainder was extended in the form of loans and equity investments.
Support to Ukraine
In 2022, the David and Lucile Packard Foundation provided USD 1.3 million of gross development finance to Ukraine to respond to the impacts of Russia’s war of aggression.
Bilateral and multilateral allocations
In 2022, the David and Lucile Packard Foundation channelled its development finance mostly through non-governmental organisations (NGOs) and civil society (USD 91.7 million), universities, research institutes or think-tanks (USD 5.8 million) and PPPs, networks and the private sector (USD 8.7 million).
Multilateral channels
In 2022, the David and Lucile Packard Foundation provided USD 0.7 million to the multilateral system, representing 0.7% of its development finance. All these contributions were extended to the United Nations, notably WHO and IFAD.
Civil society organisations
In 2022, civil society organisations (CSOs) received USD 91.7 million of the David and Lucile Packard Foundation’s gross bilateral finance. Of this, 52.3% was allocated to CSOs as core support, while 47.7% was earmarked to specific projects or programmes.
Learn more about the DAC Recommendation on Enabling Civil Society in Development Co-operation and Humanitarian Aid.
Geographic and thematic focus
In 2022, the David and Lucile Packard Foundation’s development finance was primarily focused on Asia (excluding the Middle East) and Africa. USD 25.1 million was allocated to Asia (excluding the Middle East) and USD 14.7 million to Africa, respectively, accounting for 23.4% and 13.7% of gross bilateral development finance. A sum of USD 59 million (55.1%) was unspecified by region in 2022, mainly including multi-regional programmes and core support. USD 0.3 million was provided in support of refugees and asylum-seekers in donor countries.
Figure. Bilateral private development finance by recipient country
In 2022, 37% of gross development finance went to the top 10 recipients, most notably Indonesia, Ethiopia, Mexico, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and India.
Least developed countries (LDCs) and other low-income countries (LICs) received USD 14.5 million (13.6%) of David and Lucile Packard Foundation’s gross disbursements in 2022. David and Lucile Packard Foundation allocated the highest share (20.6%) of its development finance to lower middle-income countries in 2022, noting that USD 62.7 million (58.5%) was unallocated by income group.
Notes: LDC: least developed country; LIC: low-income country; LMIC: lower middle-income country; UMIC: upper middle-income country; MADCTs: more advanced developing countries and territories.
Furthermore, the David and Lucile Packard Foundation allocated USD 10 million of its development finance to land-locked developing countries in 2022 and USD 0.3 million to small island developing states (SIDS) in 2022, notably Fiji, Kiribati and Palau.
Fragile contexts
Support to fragile contexts reached USD 13.7 million in 2022, representing 12.8% of the David and Lucile Packard Foundation’s development finance.
Notes: HDP: humanitarian-development-peace. The chart represents only gross bilateral contributions that are allocated by country.
Sectors
In 2022, 25.5% of the David and Lucile Packard Foundation’s contributions were allocated to social infrastructure and services, 27% to production sectors, and 43.6% to multi-sector and cross-cutting issues. In terms of sectors, David and Lucile Packard Foundation’s largest allocations went to general environmental protection (USD 46.7 million), agriculture, forestry and fishing (USD 28.8 million) and health and population policies (USD 24.5 million).
Additional resources
Official website: www.packard.org
The methodological notes provide further details on the definitions and statistical methodologies applied, including core and earmarked contributions to multilateral organisations, the Sustainable Development Goal focus of private development finance, channels of delivery, unspecified/unallocated allocations, the gender equality policy marker, and the environment markers.