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.
For many families, the arrival of a baby is a joyous occasion that also brings a need for a strong support team.
In Oakland, @rootsempowers and @bananasbunch are meeting the needs of their community by bringing health care and child care together through a coordinated home-visiting program designed to help expectant parents get ready to welcome their babies.
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. Swipe through to see the numbers behind the work.
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Every mom deserves to feel supported, seen, and cared for throughout their pregnancy and beyond. Access to a full range of services and resources is key to making a healthy pregnancy and birth possible for every mom — and a healthy start possible for every child.
From finding a healthcare provider and arranging prenatal care to making a birth plan and lining up childcare: the list for moms to navigate is long, and the systems meant to help are often disconnected and difficult to navigate.
We believe these systems can be stronger, better connected, and better designed to meet the needs of all families. In fact, our grantees and partners are proving it, demonstrating what becomes possible when systems — such as childcare, healthcare and financial supports — are designed around the needs of families.
This Mother's Day, we're celebrating four of our grantee partners doing this work — and the moms at the center of it.
This #FreeThePill Day, we’re celebrating Opill—the first over-the-counter birth control pill in the United States—and what it represents for expanding access to reproductive health care.
Opill is more than a milestone. It's a story of how a coalition of grassroots organizers, advocates, youth activists, researchers, providers, philanthropists and a pharmaceutical company worked together to advance reproductive health care, and a roadmap for how innovation can expand access to essential healthcare.
Now more than ever we need to continue investing in transformative solutions that expand access to reproductive health.
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From preventing homelessness in California, to a global partnership working to stop tropical deforestation, and more — our grantees and partners show us that even when the path is unclear, people continue to innovate, collaborate, and find solutions to our most complex challenges.
A new approach to cleaner fuel could be sparked by something unexpected: lightning in a bottle⚡
Packard Fellow Dayne Swearer and his team at @northwesterneng have developed a method that uses low-temperature plasma—tiny bursts of “lightning”—to convert methane into methanol in a single step. This process avoids the extreme heat and pressure used today, which are energy intensive and a major source of carbon dioxide emissions.
Methanol is widely used in everyday products and is emerging as a cleaner fuel alternative. This new method could make production cleaner, more efficient, and decentralized, all while reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
Every baby deserves a healthy start in life, and that begins with healthy moms and healthy births.
@stanfordchildrens is the only healthcare system in the California Bay Area exclusively dedicated to pediatric and obstetric care. For families in our community, that means access to world-class support at every stage — from high-risk pregnancies and labor and delivery, to newborn intensive care and beyond.
Founded on Lucile Packard's belief that every child deserves the highest standard of care regardless of their circumstances, the hospital has served Bay Area babies, kids, and moms since 1991 — and continues to to be a beacon of hope and healing for children and families who need it most.
This #EarthDay, we’re reminded that lasting change takes all of us.
Across the globe, our grantees are advancing solutions that protect nature, support communities, and help create a healthy natural world—from tropical forests to coastal communities.
Here are a few of our grantees helping protect and restore the natural world for people and nature. 🌎 #EarthDay2026 #OurPowerOurPlanet
Access to reproductive health care is essential and for millions of people in the U.S., public health clinics are their only consistent access point for it.
What started as a bold idea to address rising birth control costs in the early 2000s has grown into a national lifeline for public health, supporting more than 10,000 health centers across the country in providing affordable and consistent reproductive care.
Today, Afaxys President and CEO Christian Bloomgren is focused on what comes next: reaching more clinics, more patients, and making a broader impact when it's needed most.
To help California families across Monterey, Santa Cruz, and San Benito counties find affordable homes that meet their needs, @mbepartnership is working to expand housing options, reduce barriers that slow development, and help move thousands of affordable homes through local approvals so more families can put down roots and stay in the communities they call home.
