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.
Reflecting the foundation's longstanding commitment to the performing arts in the San Francisco Bay Area, 10 local nonprofit organizations will receive grants of $150,000 each to commission...more
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Fresh approaches to philanthropy's urgent problems will be essential in the year ahead. Here are some of the best pieces from The Chronicle's opinion section to get up to speed on new thinking. The...more
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The Anchorage-based Rasmuson Foundation has announced grants totaling more than $6.6 million to fourteen nonprofit organizations in the state. Grant recipients include Set Free Alaska, which was...more
Pershing noted that we've seen some progress in philanthropy, and he's encouraged in particular by local outfits like the Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation in Texas and the Barr Foundation in...more
These grants provide vital financial support to opera companies developing new American opera and music-theater works. ... the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation,...more
The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation is proud to increase its commitment to creating a clean energy system, and we urge all leaders – whether in philanthropy, business, or government – to...more
In 2014, the Hewlett Foundation, a large US philanthropic organisation, decided to end its US$12 million Nonprofit Marketplace Initiative that started in 2006. Its ambitious goal was that, ... of...more
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