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Form 990-PFTax year 2024EIN 94-3038401

The Packard Humanities Institute

A private foundation in Los Altos, CA. Its return for tax year 2024 lists 8 grants and $3.7 million paid in grants.

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Tax year 2024 (period ending Dec 31, 2024), read from the IRS e-file on Nov 11, 2026. Returns reach the IRS 5 to 18 months after the year they describe.

How to apply

Preselected only

The return checks the box saying the foundation gives only to preselected organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests.

Assets and giving by year

7 returns on file
Grants paid by tax year. The latest year is in blue.

  • Tax year 2024

    $3,669,040

    Grants listed
    8
    Assets, end of year
    $918,496,536

  • Tax year 2023

    $9,835,277

    Grants listed
    17
    Assets, end of year
    $853,186,056

  • Tax year 2022

    $22,259,300

    Grants listed
    21
    Assets, end of year
    $833,843,798

  • Tax year 2021

    $9,878,309

    Grants listed
    21
    Assets, end of year
    $863,900,364

  • Tax year 2020

    $3,609,500

    Grants listed
    16
    Assets, end of year
    $841,661,728

  • Tax year 2019

    $6,726,361

    Grants listed
    14
    Assets, end of year
    $805,709,837

  • Tax year 2018

    $5,944,275

    Grants listed
    12
    Assets, end of year
    $779,549,724

Grants paid in 2024

8 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Irish Institute of Hellenic Studies AthensDublin, Ireland

    To support the purchase of building to house the irish isntitute

    $1,400,000
  2. Stanford Theatre FoundationLos Altos, CA

    To support stanford theatre building refurbishment

    $1,000,000
  3. University of OxfordOxford, United Kingdom

    Charitable donation

    $320,000
  4. American School in AthensAthens, Greece

    To support the agora excavations poject

    $312,000
  5. Leiden UniversityLeiden, Netherlands

    To support for the study of the hinterland of medieval chalkida

    $250,000
  6. Stanford Theatre FoundationLos Altos, CA

    To support stanford theatre general operating expenses.

    $200,000
  7. UCLA Film ArchiveSanta Clarita, CA

    To sof collection services staff salaries and benefits

    $100,000
  8. George Eastman MuseumRochester, NY

    To support funding of staffing positions

    $87,040

Approved for future payment

2 grants

Approved in 2024 and not yet paid.

  1. University of PennsylvaniaPhiladelphia, PA

    To support middle tiber valley project

    $520,000
  2. Harvard UniversityCambridge, MA

    To support harvard university i tatti renaissance library

    $290,000

Where the money goes

By cause: grants to organizations we matched to the IRS list of exempt organizations, by their category.

  1. Arts and culture1 grant $87,040100% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. California3 grants $1,300,000
  2. New York1 grant $87,040

Officers, directors and trustees

9 people as filed

As filed on the return, with average hours per week and pay from the foundation.

  • David W PackardPRES/CHAIR/DIR Hours 30Pay $0
  • Barbara P WrightSECRETARY Hours 1Pay $0
  • Si WhiteTREASURER/CFO Hours 25Pay $191,385
  • Walter B HewlettDIRECTOR Hours 1Pay $0
  • William A JohnsonDIRECTOR Hours 1Pay $0
  • Christoph J WolffDIRECTOR Hours 1Pay $0
  • Richard HodgesDIRECTOR Hours 1Pay $0
  • Arianna Packard MartellDIRECTOR Hours 1Pay $0
  • Woodley PackardDIRECTOR Hours 1Pay $0

The return

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