The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation (CA)
The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation was established by entrepreneur William R. Hewlett with his wife, Flora Lamson Hewlett, and eldest son Walter B. Hewlett.
The foundation's programs aim to help reduce global poverty, limit risk of climate change, improve educations for students in California and elsewhere, improve reproductive health and rights worldwide, support vibrant performing arts in the community, promote philanthropy, and support disadvantaged communities in the San Francisco Bay Area.
The foundation is classified as a private foundation under section 509(a) of the Internal Revenue Code. Hence, it is independent of the Hewlett packard Company and the Hewlett Packard Company Foundation.
Web Address
www.hewlett.org
Social Media Links
Facebook - www.facebook.com/HewlettFoundation
Twitter - @Hewlett_Found
The foundation's programs aim to help reduce global poverty, limit risk of climate change, improve educations for students in California and elsewhere, improve reproductive health and rights worldwide, support vibrant performing arts in the community, promote philanthropy, and support disadvantaged communities in the San Francisco Bay Area.
The foundation is classified as a private foundation under section 509(a) of the Internal Revenue Code. Hence, it is independent of the Hewlett packard Company and the Hewlett Packard Company Foundation.
Web Address
www.hewlett.org
Social Media Links
Facebook - www.facebook.com/HewlettFoundation
Twitter - @Hewlett_Found
Foundation Grants and Resources
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Foundation: MacArthur Foundation, Knight Foundation, Ford Foundation, Hewlett Foundation
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Foundation: MacArthur Foundation, Knight Foundation, Ford Foundation, Hewlett Foundation
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Foundation: Gates Foundation, Foundation to Promote Open Society, Ford Foundation, Hewlett Foundation
As Ben Paynter writes in Fast Company, in 2015, US foundations gave $9.3 billion in grants to groups working outside the US out of total giving of...more
Foundation: Gates Foundation, Foundation to Promote Open Society, Ford Foundation, Hewlett Foundation
As Ben Paynter writes in Fast Company, in 2015, US foundations gave $9.3 billion in grants to groups working outside the US out of total giving of...more
US foundations are spending more and more on international aid
Foundation: Foundation to Promote Open Society, Ford Foundation, Hewlett Foundation
“Just 12% of international grant dollars from U.S. foundations went directly to organizations based in the country where programs were...more
Foundation: Foundation to Promote Open Society, Ford Foundation, Hewlett Foundation
“Just 12% of international grant dollars from U.S. foundations went directly to organizations based in the country where programs were...more
Growing number of big US funders based on the West Coast
Foundation: Gates Foundation, Silicon Valley Community Foundation, Packard Foundation, Hewlett Foundation
The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, David and Lucile Packard Foundation, and Silicon Valley Community Foundation are among the top...more
Foundation: Gates Foundation, Silicon Valley Community Foundation, Packard Foundation, Hewlett Foundation
The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, David and Lucile Packard Foundation, and Silicon Valley Community Foundation are among the top...more
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Foundation: Annie E. Casey Foundation, Ford Foundation, Hewlett Foundation
A coalition of more than 300 philanthropic groups, including the Annie E. Casey Foundation, the Ford Foundation and the Hewlett Foundation,...more
Foundation: Annie E. Casey Foundation, Ford Foundation, Hewlett Foundation
A coalition of more than 300 philanthropic groups, including the Annie E. Casey Foundation, the Ford Foundation and the Hewlett Foundation,...more
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Foundation: Rockefeller Foundation, Hewlett Foundation
... practice division dedicated to working with the country's leading philanthropic organizations. The Foundations and Philanthropy Practice will...more
Foundation: Rockefeller Foundation, Hewlett Foundation
... practice division dedicated to working with the country's leading philanthropic organizations. The Foundations and Philanthropy Practice will...more
Paul Brest: Are impact investors settling for too little impact?
Foundation: Hewlett Foundation
Impact investing is the single biggest change in philanthropy since the first ... investors a value alignment strategy, not an impact investment...more
Foundation: Hewlett Foundation
Impact investing is the single biggest change in philanthropy since the first ... investors a value alignment strategy, not an impact investment...more
Arts Council Napa Valley releases Summer 2018 Community Fund grant recipients
Foundation: Hewlett Foundation
In collaboration with teachers and students at Willow Elementary School, Hunt has designed a year-long arts partnership exploring how...more
Foundation: Hewlett Foundation
In collaboration with teachers and students at Willow Elementary School, Hunt has designed a year-long arts partnership exploring how...more
Liberal Philanthropy Is Dooming the Planet to Climate Disaster, Documents Reveal
Foundation: Hewlett Foundation
The UN's 2017 Emissions Gap Report says far deeper and more extensive emissions cuts are required twenty years earlier.The Hewlett Foundation's strategic goal to work toward cutting global carbon...more
Foundation: Hewlett Foundation
The UN's 2017 Emissions Gap Report says far deeper and more extensive emissions cuts are required twenty years earlier.The Hewlett Foundation's strategic goal to work toward cutting global carbon...more
You Never Give Me Your Money
Foundation: Skoll Foundation, Hewlett Foundation
Last August, the Chronicle of Philanthropy estimated that foundations had ... And while the philanthropic community in recent years has devoted...more
Foundation: Skoll Foundation, Hewlett Foundation
Last August, the Chronicle of Philanthropy estimated that foundations had ... And while the philanthropic community in recent years has devoted...more
Illustrative Grants from Hewlett Foundation
Center on Education Policy-$100,000
Northeast States Center for a Clean Air Future-$20,000
Transportation and Land Use Coalition-$32,000
International Center for Not-for-Profit Law-$300,000
Somos Mayfair-$28,010
Somos Mayfair-$28,010
Transportation and Land Use Coalition-$32,000
Reproductive Health Technologies Project-$32,000
Reproductive Health Technologies Project-$32,000
MBA-Nonprofit Connection-$55,000
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