Avivar Capital (Avivar) is a U.S.-based SEC registered investment advisor focused exclusively on assisting institutional, public and private clients in the design, development and execution of impact investing strategies, portfolios and funds. Clients range from small to the nation's largest independent and community foundations, banks, institutional investors and families. Strategies range from place-based or thematic impact investing goals to values alignment for traditional portfolios targeting market-rate expected returns. Strategies typically seek to increase equitable access to opportunity across thriving and sustainable urban, rural and tribal communities.
The David and Lucile Packard Foundation is a family foundation guided by the enduring business philosophy and personal values of Lucile and David, who helped found one of the world’s leading technology companies. The Foundation works on the issues our founders cared about most, including improving the lives of children, enabling the creative pursuit of science, advancing reproductive health, and conserving and restoring the earth's natural systems.