In June, we announced a gift of $100M to Stanford Children's.

Now, Shirley and Anson share their journey and reflect on how these changes are going to revolutionize what it looks like to welcome babies to the world: bit.ly/3gIiGpa

📚 We shared these fundamental definitions awhile ago, but we return to them every day we do this work:

🫱🏽‍🫲🏾Diversity
⭕️Inclusion
❤️Belonging
✊🏿Equity
⚖️Justice

Read more ➡️bit.ly/3PVotmW

#DEI #JEDI #philanthropy

“In designing the hospital, Lucile Salter Packard had the then-revolutionary idea of keeping newborns with other children – and mothers with their babies. That decision catapulted Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital Stanford ahead” bit.ly/3Tz269O Packard Foundation

💡ICYMI:

'The breakthroughs we see in the #PackardFellows community provide not just hope for the future, but also real paths forward for some of the most critical challenges we face in healthcare, climate change, technology, and more.” --Walt Reid

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“I know how much these spaces will mean to moms & families,” Anson's mom Shirley said of the new, ambitious project at Stanford Children's.

She knows first-hand: Anson spent 10 weeks in the NICU when Shirley's water broke at just 24 weeks.

What happened next➡️bit.ly/3gIiGpa

“Stop trying to do everything yourself. There are wonderful communities of scientists around you... So don't be shy and reach out.”

👋 Welcome to the #PackardFellows community Felix Heide!

Learn more about Felix & the '22 class: bit.ly/PackardFellows…

With their new vision to create a  just and equitable world where both people and nature flourish, Packard Foundation needed data to ensure funding was going where it could do the most good.

Learn more about how they partnered with Candid to achieve this.
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🥹“Many scientists & engineers that I have respected & admired were #PackardFellows .”

Sho Takatori’s advice: “Work on the problems that you find to be the most exciting…Choose your own way!”🧭

This #FellowsFriday , learn more about Sho & the 2022 class: bit.ly/PackardFellows…

🎂This week marks the Monsterey Boo Ascaryum ❤️🧡💛🦑's 38th birthday

🧐What was it like to open in '84?

In 2019, Trustee @JuliePackard shared her story about how they anticipated 350k visitors the inaugural year, but 2.4M people showed up!

See the photos and learn more🐟bit.ly/2qvOMu3

On #FellowsFriday , we're reflecting on Kellie Ann Jurado's call to give yourself grace:
“Embrace moments of challenge as opportunities for growth. Remember past wins as evidence that I will be able to overcome'💪

Learn more about Kellie & '22 #PackardFellows : bit.ly/PackardFellows…

ICYMI: Who do we fund? That's a great question.

Here are our recent findings of the makeup of the organizations we fund, broken down by:

👋🏿Race
⚧️Gender
🏳️‍🌈Sexual orientation
♿️Disability status

Learn more: bit.ly/3ShUd7x #philanthropy

Today marks Monsterey Boo Ascaryum ❤️🧡💛🦑's 38th year of inspiring conservation of the ocean! So amazed at the impact of this institution -- far beyond what any of us imagined back in 1984. My deepest thanks to all!

🌟New for 2022 🌟

🌅ICYMI: Earlier this year, we shared our new vision, mission, & updated values that integrate justice and equity in all that we do.

🌎Read more about how we are reimagining our work to meet our ever-changing world: bit.ly/3ohnByb #philanthropy

✨“Identify an area of science that really excites you, and use that passion to drive your education.”✨

⛰️Wyatt Shields shares a message to young scientists from the foothills of the Rockies.

Learn more about Wyatt 👇and the 2022 #PackardFellows 👉 bit.ly/PackardFellows…

🔬“Being a scientist is SO much fun, exploring unknown things every day. But it’s also hard...It's okay to ask questions, to fail, to try new things...Eventually, you will get there!”

We agree, Rose!

Learn more about Rose Kennedy & the 2022 #PackardFellows : bit.ly/PackardFellows…

'I believe in you! You can do it. You're capable of so much more than you think.'

♥️Dianne's mentors believed in her when she didn't quite believe in herself, & now she is passing on that confidence. Learn more about Dianne Xiao & the '22 #PackardFellows : bit.ly/PackardFellows…

Excited to announce that I’m in the 2022 class of #PackardFellows , yay! This is a huge deal for my Princeton Lab as the award comes with almost $1 Mio in funding. bit.ly/PackardFellows…

I am beyond grateful to the Packard Foundation for the support.

I’m giddy to see the #PackardFellows family grow by 20 today. Congrats to the 2022 Fellows! 🎉