We are in a period of unprecedented growth in conservation philanthropy. How will this influx of private funding affect conservation agendas? Inspired by a collaborative research co-design process, this paper addresses questions about how foundations influence conservation agendas in the places they work. We draw from a case study of the world’s largest philanthropic funder of marine conservation, the David and Lucile Packard Foundation and their 20 years of investment in marine conservation in Palau and Fiji. Conservation practitioners in both countries universally agreed that the Packard Foundation had a significant and positive influence on the agenda, which they attribute to both how the foundation worked and what they chose to fund. Specifically, our study reveals how the Packard Foundation shaped conservation agendas in Palau and Fiji in partnership with its grantees through a grant-making process characterized by relationship building, collaborative decision making, convening and promoting of collective action, flexibility, and long-term funding. Packard’s approach was often identified as unique, and contrasted with numerous other donors, including foundations and other types of donors, who use a more top-down approach. By describing a relative success story in how philanthropic foundations can work with conservation practitioners to co-design a shared conservation agenda, our work provides timely guidance for donors and practitioners.

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我们正处于保护慈善事业空前增长的时期。私人资金的涌入将如何影响保护议程？受协作研究共同设计过程的启发，本文解决了有关基金会如何影响其工作地点的保护议程的问题。我们借鉴了世界上最大的海洋保护慈善资助者戴维和露西尔·帕卡德基金会的案例研究，以及他们 20 年来对帕劳和斐济海洋保护的投资。两国的保护从业者普遍认为帕卡德基金会对议程具有重大而积极的影响，他们将其归因于基金会的运作方式和他们选择的资助对象。具体来说，我们的研究揭示了帕卡德基金会如何与受赠者合作，通过以建立关系、协作决策、召集和促进集体行动、灵活性和长期资助为特征的赠款过程，制定帕劳和斐济的保护议程。帕卡德的方法通常被认为是独特的，与许多其他捐助者形成鲜明对比，包括基金会和其他类型的捐助者，他们使用更自上而下的方法。通过描述慈善基金会如何与保护从业者合作共同设计共享保护议程的相对成功的故事，我们的工作为捐助者和从业者提供了及时的指导。召集和促进集体行动、灵活性和长期资助。帕卡德的方法通常被认为是独特的，与许多其他捐助者形成鲜明对比，包括基金会和其他类型的捐助者，他们使用更自上而下的方法。通过描述慈善基金会如何与保护从业者合作共同设计共享保护议程的相对成功的故事，我们的工作为捐助者和从业者提供了及时的指导。召集和促进集体行动、灵活性和长期资助。帕卡德的方法通常被认为是独特的，与许多其他捐助者形成鲜明对比，包括基金会和其他类型的捐助者，他们使用更自上而下的方法。通过描述慈善基金会如何与保护从业者合作共同设计共享保护议程的相对成功的故事，我们的工作为捐助者和从业者提供了及时的指导。

谁在制定议程？慈善捐助者对海洋保护的影响首先出现在《生态与社会》杂志上。