The Power of Building a Brand
This guest post on the transformative power of a new brand strategy comes from Hannah Walker at the Roundtable on Sustainable Biomaterials (RSB), a Packard Foundation grantee partner based in Switzerland. RSB is a global, multi-stakeholder independent organisation that drives the development of a new world bioeconomy through sustainability solutions, certification, innovation, and collaborative partnerships. Over the past…
Supporting and Measuring a Robust Reproductive Health Ecosystem in Mississippi and Louisiana
In 2014, the Packard Foundation’s Population and Reproductive Health (PRH) program began providing funding in Louisiana and Mississippi—two southern states where the regulatory environment has hampered reproductive health, rights, and reproductive justice efforts, and where there are also inspiring, passionate communities of advocates and organizations working toward reproductive health, rights, and justice. In the Packard…
Learn Foundation Law: New Resources on Advocacy & Lobbying
Today’s post is written by the Office of the General Counsel at the Packard Foundation. The legal and compliance teams are responsible for helping program staff get good grants out the door and into the hands of the organizations with whom we partner. This team is excited to share a new resource for grantee partner…
Learning Together: Building Capacity and Relationships
No one can solve the world’s problems alone, yet often it feels easier and more efficient to get through our long to-do list by ourselves. It is time consuming to find others doing similar work, and to really collaborate you need to build relationships first (see my previous blog post on this topic!). We, the…
Becoming One of the Best NGOs to Work for in India
The Organizational Effectiveness team is delighted to share this post from Jyoti Puri, the Human Resources Director at Ipas Development Foundation (IDF), on her experience in implementing a talent management OE project that not only boosted staff morale but also impacted IDF’s ability to attract new and better talent. The Ipas Development Foundation (IDF) is…