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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
Foundation Grants and Resources
Recent News from Hewlett Foundation
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
A Nonprofit Channeling Charitable Giving to Clean Energy Tech Startups
Foundation: Boston Foundation, Hewlett Foundation
In response, an up-and-coming nonprofit is mobilizing philanthropy to fix this gap in the market, turning charitable giving into investments in...more
Foundation: Boston Foundation, Hewlett Foundation
In response, an up-and-coming nonprofit is mobilizing philanthropy to fix this gap in the market, turning charitable giving into investments in...more
Why openness, not technology alone, must be the heart of the digital economy
Foundation: Hewlett Foundation, Open Society Foundations
... and research funding as well as grants from foundations such as the Omidyar Network, Hewlett Foundation, Open Society Foundations and...more
Foundation: Hewlett Foundation, Open Society Foundations
... and research funding as well as grants from foundations such as the Omidyar Network, Hewlett Foundation, Open Society Foundations and...more
US, Mexico reach deal to conserve Colorado River water
Foundation: Moore Foundation, International Community Foundation, Hewlett Foundation, Walton Family Foundation
... William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, the International Community Foundation and the Water...more
Foundation: Moore Foundation, International Community Foundation, Hewlett Foundation, Walton Family Foundation
... William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, the International Community Foundation and the Water...more
Oakland wants ideas on supporting the arts
Foundation: Hewlett Foundation
Oakland's Cultural Affairs Division, which oversees grant funding and public art, is holding a series of community workshops on strengthening the...more
Foundation: Hewlett Foundation
Oakland's Cultural Affairs Division, which oversees grant funding and public art, is holding a series of community workshops on strengthening the...more
Are Gifts for Cybersecurity the Next Gold Rush for Campus Fundraisers?
Foundation: Hewlett Foundation
Allocating philanthropic dollars in this area with an eye towards helping ... Meanwhile, followers of T. Denny Stanford's philanthropy shouldn't be...more
Foundation: Hewlett Foundation
Allocating philanthropic dollars in this area with an eye towards helping ... Meanwhile, followers of T. Denny Stanford's philanthropy shouldn't be...more
Christian Ministry Sues Southern Poverty Law Center
Foundation: Hewlett Foundation
David Callahan, writing in Fortunes of Change: The Rise of the Liberal Rich and the Remaking of America, stated, “Hewlett Foundation awards...more
Foundation: Hewlett Foundation
David Callahan, writing in Fortunes of Change: The Rise of the Liberal Rich and the Remaking of America, stated, “Hewlett Foundation awards...more
A Funders' Group Brings a Wide-Angle Lens to Democracy Issues
Foundation: McCormick Foundation, Hewlett Foundation
Philanthropy in the United States has long been concerned with democracy: how to protect it, understand it, and make it work better. Whether or...more
Foundation: McCormick Foundation, Hewlett Foundation
Philanthropy in the United States has long been concerned with democracy: how to protect it, understand it, and make it work better. Whether or...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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Employers For Childcare Charitable Group (EFCG), a Lisburn-based charity, has been crowned top Social Enterprise at the Ulster Final of 2014’s Ulster Bank Business Achievers Awards. EFCG seeks to “make it easier for parents with dependent children to get into work and to stay in work.”