The funder's latest Form 990-PF says it accepts applications. Read the instructions below before you write.
How to apply
Deadlines
Restrictions
Send applications to
Not publishedLOS GATOS, CA, 95030The filing names a person as the application contact. We publish role-based contacts (a committee, an office, a shared inbox) but not named individuals.An email address and a phone number for applications is on the filing. On the filing, not published; see “How to reach them” for any published channel.
Application policy: Accepts applications, as stated on the FY2023 return.
What its returns show
Stated the same way on all 8 Form 990-PF returns on record (FY2016 to FY2023).
On its FY2023 Form 990-PF return this foundation listed grants to 2 named recipients.
These lines count this foundation's own Form 990-PF returns that the IRS has published as data. An amended return replaces its original. They describe past returns only.
This is a count from past returns. It does not say the foundation will consider a new request. How it is counted: names are compared as written on the returns, without "The" at the start, without endings such as "Inc" or "LLC", and without spaces and punctuation. A recipient also counts as already listed when our records link it to the same organization as an earlier recipient, or when its name is almost the same as an earlier name (a trigram similarity of 0.8 or more, where 1 means identical). The state on the grant row is not compared. Grants that the foundation marked as paid to an individual, such as a scholarship, are left out of both numbers, and no count is shown when most of its grants are marked that way. A person whom the foundation did not mark as an individual is still counted as a recipient. A recipient can still look new when its name is written very differently from year to year, and two different recipients with almost the same name can be counted as one.
Application guidance comes from the funder's own Form 990-PF, Part XV (the section where a private foundation says how to apply), shown as filed. It is the funder's words, not ours. These fields are free text and the IRS form cuts them short. Filers sometimes put whole sentences in the contact-name box. Shown exactly as filed.
Financials
Giving
$316K
FY2023 · qualifying distributions
Total assets
$0
FY2023 · end of year
Revenue
$25K
FY2023
Expenses
$336K
FY2023
Giving by year
Total assets by year
Year
Form
Revenue
Expenses
Giving
Assets
Net assets
FY2023
990-PF
$24,957
$336,303
$316,492
$0
Figures are as reported on the e-filed return, with no restatement. Fiscal years are the funder's own tax year, labelled by the calendar year the period ends in. A blank line means the return does not carry that figure; a real zero shows as $0. When an amended return replaces an original, every figure here uses the amended return. The original is not shown. Giving is what the funder actually paid out toward its charitable purpose in the year (qualifying distributions on Form 990-PF, charitable disbursements otherwise). Assets are what it holds; giving is what moves.
What they fund
Recipient focus areas
Human services$56K · 19
Public safety$8,000 · 4
Philanthropy and grantmaking$2,500 · 1
Mental health$200 · 1
Where recipients are
CA$430K · 42
OH$100K · 1
DC$60K · 16
TN$6,000 · 6
MD$4,000 · 1
NC$2,500 · 1
FL$500 · 1
NY$200 · 1
Based on the 36% of grant rows we could match to an organization record. The rest stay as reported. The IRS assigns the NTEE category when it grants exemption. It often reflects the original filing, not today's giving.
Grants paid
69 on file
Recipient
Purpose
Amount
Year
Source
ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAMEMPHIS, TN
CHILDREN'S HEALTH
$1,000
2018
Recipients are shown as the funder wrote them on the return. A recipient with a link was matched to an organization record; the rest stay as reported and are never guessed. Some links come from other funders' returns: when three or more of them wrote the same name and state with one EIN, and the city on this row matches, we use that EIN. The name on this row is still shown as this funder wrote it.
Officers and directors
Name
Title
Hours / week
Compensation
Lani Sutherland
PRESIDENT
2.00
$0
From the officer list on the latest e-filed return. Compensation is as reported there; a blank means the return carries no figure.
$0
FY2022
990-PF
$27,630
$150,640
$125,262
$309,577
$309,008
FY2021
990-PF
$66,598
$53,579
$25,192
$432,542
$432,083
FY2020
990-PF
$25,421
$58,866
$31,923
$421,103
$419,064
FY2019
990-PF
$25,817
$56,250
$27,109
$454,548
$452,509
FY2018
990-PF
$36,118
$59,395
$27,300
$495,481
$482,942
FY2017
990-PF
$20,899
$82,097
$46,345
$512,827
$506,219
FY2016
990-PF
$59,357
$78,495
$42,492
$570,525
$567,417
Sky's The Limit Fund
Los Altos, CA
at-risk youth rehab
$1,000
2018
LUCILLE PACKARD FOUNDATIONPALO ALTO, CA
CHILDREN'S HEALTH
$1,000
2019
ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAMEMPHIS, TN
CHILDREN'S HEALTH
$1,000
2019
ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAMEMPHIS, TN
CHILDREN'S HEALTH
$1,000
2016
LUCILLE PACKARD FOUNDATIONPALO ALTO, CA
CHILDREN'S HEALTH
$1,000
2020
Canine CompanionsMatched to this organization because 12 grant-making charities wrote this name with its EIN. Source: Schedule I of their Form 990 returns, fiscal years 2020 to 2025. Counted Oct 9, 2026.Santa Rosa, CA
enhances the lives of people with disabilities by providing highly trained assistance dogs and ongoing support to ensure quality partnerships.
$1,000
2017
LUCILLE PACKARD FOUNDATIONPALO ALTO, CA
CHILDREN'S HEALTH
$1,000
2018
SKY'S THE LIMITLos Altos, CA
at-risk youth rehab
$1,000
2019
LUCILLE PACKARD FOUNDATIONPALO ALTO, CA
CHILDREN'S HEALTH
$1,000
2021
LUCILLE PACKARD FOUNDATIONPALO ALTO, CA
CHILDREN'S HEALTH
$1,000
2017
CANINE COMPANIONSMatched to this organization because 12 grant-making charities wrote this name with its EIN. Source: Schedule I of their Form 990 returns, fiscal years 2020 to 2025. Counted Oct 9, 2026.SANTA ROSA, CA
Places serviced dogs for adults and children
$1,000
2019
ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAMEMPHIS, TN
CHILDREN'S HEALTH
$1,000
2017
ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAMEMPHIS, TN
CHILDREN'S HEALTH
$1,000
2021
DC DREAM CENTERMatched to this organization because 4 grant-making charities wrote this name with its EIN. Source: Schedule I of their Form 990 returns, fiscal years 2020 to 2024. Counted Oct 9, 2026.Washington, DC
Provides mentoring, tutoring,personal development, and legal assistance to the community
$1,000
2021
LUCILLE PACKARD FOUNDATIONPALO ALTO, CA
CHILDREN'S HEALTH
$1,000
2016
WALKING FOR KIDS FOUNDATIONLongwood, FL
CHILDREN'S FUNDRAISING
$500
2019
Loma Prieta Volunteer Fire RescueLOS GATOS, CA
Volunteer Fire and Rescue for Santa Cruz Mnts
$250
2016
HEADSTRONG PROJECTMatched to this organization because 4 grant-making charities wrote this name with its EIN. Source: Schedule I of their Form 990 returns, fiscal years 2020 to 2025. Counted Oct 9, 2026.NEW YORK, NY