The Packard Foundation

Criterion Ventures is working with the Marine Fisheries Program of the Packard Foundation to conduct a summative evaluation of grantmaking effectiveness in the last five years and to build a strategic framework for grantmaking over the next five years.  This summative evaluation will be a meta-level evaluation looking at impacts and lessons learned so as to inform strategy going forward. 

The forward-looking component of the project will include a number of dialogues to explore the overlaying system of human institutions that affects the health of marine ecosystems.  The dialogues will explore questions related to overarching rules of the game – both those that affect policies and markets; enterprise level finance structures and industry level financing; and conservation tools and how they might be paired for increased leverage.  During the forward look, the team will stretch thinking and look for new opportunities and strategies not traditionally thought about while remaining grounded in appropriate conservation targets and goals. 

For all inquiries, please contact Joy Anderson at anderson(at)criterionventures.com.