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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
Grant funds opera inspired by Holocaust-era Violins of Hope
Foundation: Hewlett Foundation
The commission was made possible by a $150,000 grant from the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation — one of 10 such grants Hewlett made...more
Foundation: Hewlett Foundation
The commission was made possible by a $150,000 grant from the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation — one of 10 such grants Hewlett made...more
Averting Extinction: Can Institutional Funders Save the Arts in the Bay Area?
Foundation: Hewlett Foundation
It also underscores the frustrating limits of philanthropy. ... Any philanthropic ecosystem runs on a finite commodity—e.g. wealth—and with techies on the sidelines, that leaves the occasional...more
Foundation: Hewlett Foundation
It also underscores the frustrating limits of philanthropy. ... Any philanthropic ecosystem runs on a finite commodity—e.g. wealth—and with techies on the sidelines, that leaves the occasional...more
Creative Sonoma seeks to fund artists who are victims of the Sonoma County fires
Foundation: Hewlett Foundation
Thanks to a donation of $100,000 from the Hewlett Foundation, that fund has now grown to $125,000. Since announcing, more than 50 artists...more
Foundation: Hewlett Foundation
Thanks to a donation of $100,000 from the Hewlett Foundation, that fund has now grown to $125,000. Since announcing, more than 50 artists...more
Bay Area Artists Receiving Millions from Two National Foundations
Foundation: Hewlett Foundation
The Bay Area arts scene is anticipating an injection of millions of dollars after two national foundations announced the recipients of hundreds of...more
Foundation: Hewlett Foundation
The Bay Area arts scene is anticipating an injection of millions of dollars after two national foundations announced the recipients of hundreds of...more
Opera Parallele Receives Hewlett Grant for Laura Kaminsky, Kimberly Reed & Mark Campbell's ...
Foundation: Hewlett Foundation
Opera Parallele Receives Hewlett Grant for Laura Kaminsky, Kimberly Reed ... Arts beginning in May 2018, which will host in-depth music...more
Foundation: Hewlett Foundation
Opera Parallele Receives Hewlett Grant for Laura Kaminsky, Kimberly Reed ... Arts beginning in May 2018, which will host in-depth music...more
Hewlett Foundation announces grant winners
Foundation: Hewlett Foundation
Ten Bay Area nonprofit organizations, including Mountain View's Community School of Music and Arts (CSMA), will receive grants of $150,000...more
Foundation: Hewlett Foundation
Ten Bay Area nonprofit organizations, including Mountain View's Community School of Music and Arts (CSMA), will receive grants of $150,000...more
Music at Kohl Mansion Announces Bay Area-Wide 'Violins of Hope' Initiative
Foundation: Hewlett Foundation
Music at Kohl Mansion's Violins of Hope San Francisco Bay Area is designed to ... With the support of a $150,000 Hewlett 50 Arts Commissions...more
Foundation: Hewlett Foundation
Music at Kohl Mansion's Violins of Hope San Francisco Bay Area is designed to ... With the support of a $150,000 Hewlett 50 Arts Commissions...more
Hewlett Foundation Announces First 10 Awards in $8 Million Arts Initiative
Foundation: Hewlett Foundation
MENLO PARK, Calif., Nov. 14, 2017 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation announced today the first 10...more
Foundation: Hewlett Foundation
MENLO PARK, Calif., Nov. 14, 2017 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation announced today the first 10...more
Around the Valley | Grants awarded, GOP meets, fundraisers
Foundation: Hewlett Foundation, Central Valley Community Foundation
The Central Valley Community Foundation, in partnership with the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation and Anthem, awarded seven...more
Foundation: Hewlett Foundation, Central Valley Community Foundation
The Central Valley Community Foundation, in partnership with the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation and Anthem, awarded seven...more
Streamlining a Foundation Initiative's Grant Practices
Foundation: Hewlett Foundation
How the Hewlett Foundation's Madison Initiative has redesigned its grantmaking process to make life easier for both its staff and its...more
Foundation: Hewlett Foundation
How the Hewlett Foundation's Madison Initiative has redesigned its grantmaking process to make life easier for both its staff and its...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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