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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
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Recent News from Hewlett Foundation
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
Toward a new economic paradigm: Jed Emerson on theory, practice and community
Foundation: Hewlett Foundation
Recent discussions and reflections taking place within philanthropy and ... if not all, of their capital—ranging from philanthropic to near-market...more
Foundation: Hewlett Foundation
Recent discussions and reflections taking place within philanthropy and ... if not all, of their capital—ranging from philanthropic to near-market...more
A charitable legacy, ensured
Foundation: Packard Foundation, Packard Humanities Institute
Considered an icon in the philanthropy world, Susan Packard Orr frequently is the ..... "She was brought up in (a) very philanthropic manner and...more
Foundation: Packard Foundation, Packard Humanities Institute
Considered an icon in the philanthropy world, Susan Packard Orr frequently is the ..... "She was brought up in (a) very philanthropic manner and...more
Bill Gates gives $44M to influence state education plans
Foundation: Gates Foundation, Carnegie Corporation of New York
His non-profit, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, has given about $44 ... The groups receiving the recent ESSA-related grants said the money...more
Foundation: Gates Foundation, Carnegie Corporation of New York
His non-profit, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, has given about $44 ... The groups receiving the recent ESSA-related grants said the money...more
Bill Gates gives $44M to states navigating new education law
Foundation: Gates Foundation, Carnegie Corporation of New York
In the two years prior to May 1, 2018, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has spent about $44 million on grants related to the Every...more
Foundation: Gates Foundation, Carnegie Corporation of New York
In the two years prior to May 1, 2018, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has spent about $44 million on grants related to the Every...more
Never Mind Those Stingy Techies. These Funders Keep Giving for "Highbrow" Arts
Foundation: Hewlett Foundation
It also maps perfectly to the Bowes Foundation's "big giving, low profile" brand of philanthropy, as we've described it in the past. Bowes was a...more
Foundation: Hewlett Foundation
It also maps perfectly to the Bowes Foundation's "big giving, low profile" brand of philanthropy, as we've described it in the past. Bowes was a...more
Arts Council Napa Valley awarded $150000 fire recovery grant
Foundation: Hewlett Foundation
The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation announced that it has awarded a one-time $150,000 grant to Arts Council Napa Valley as part of a larger $1.2 ... The Arts Council, the local arts agency for...more
Foundation: Hewlett Foundation
The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation announced that it has awarded a one-time $150,000 grant to Arts Council Napa Valley as part of a larger $1.2 ... The Arts Council, the local arts agency for...more
Social Investment Scotland moves forward with social startup fund plans
Foundation: Hewlett Foundation
ImpactAlpha, April 25 – The Scottish community development financial institution has formed a subsidiary, SIS Ventures, to seed social startups. SIS Ventures is looking to raise a £5 million fund...more
Foundation: Hewlett Foundation
ImpactAlpha, April 25 – The Scottish community development financial institution has formed a subsidiary, SIS Ventures, to seed social startups. SIS Ventures is looking to raise a £5 million fund...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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