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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
Peer to peer: At the heart of influencing more effective philanthropy
Foundation: Hewlett Foundation
When staff and board members at foundations need trusted information about philanthropic practice, there's one source that tops their list: their...more
Foundation: Hewlett Foundation
When staff and board members at foundations need trusted information about philanthropic practice, there's one source that tops their list: their...more
An environmental program officer on the future of philanthropy
Foundation: Hewlett Foundation
An environmental program officer on the future of philanthropy. By Matt ... Phil Buchanan, president of the Center for Effective Philanthropy, shares new ... Despite all the challenges, I'm hopeful...more
Foundation: Hewlett Foundation
An environmental program officer on the future of philanthropy. By Matt ... Phil Buchanan, president of the Center for Effective Philanthropy, shares new ... Despite all the challenges, I'm hopeful...more
Philanthropy Seeks Scientific Rigor on the Battlefield of American Elections
Foundation: Joyce Foundation, Hewlett Foundation
But that's one outcome that a new philanthropy-backed research center at MIT hopes to achieve. Thanks to a $1.4 million establishing grant from...more
Foundation: Joyce Foundation, Hewlett Foundation
But that's one outcome that a new philanthropy-backed research center at MIT hopes to achieve. Thanks to a $1.4 million establishing grant from...more
Big Funders, Big Data: The Growing Quest to Learn More About Global Health
Foundation: Gates Foundation, Hewlett Foundation, Bloomberg Philanthropies
That's right: Public health officials don't know exactly why most of the ... $279 million grant to expand its work tracking how global health dollars...more
Foundation: Gates Foundation, Hewlett Foundation, Bloomberg Philanthropies
That's right: Public health officials don't know exactly why most of the ... $279 million grant to expand its work tracking how global health dollars...more
In wake of Ghost Ship fire: New grant program for safe arts spaces invites applications
Foundation: Hewlett Foundation
OAKLAND — Thanks to a $1.7 million grant funded by the Kenneth Rainin Foundation and the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, established...more
Foundation: Hewlett Foundation
OAKLAND — Thanks to a $1.7 million grant funded by the Kenneth Rainin Foundation and the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, established...more
Openness by Default
Foundation: Gates Foundation, Hewlett Foundation
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation now requires all its grant recipients to ... The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation in 2014 expanded its...more
Foundation: Gates Foundation, Hewlett Foundation
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation now requires all its grant recipients to ... The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation in 2014 expanded its...more
Leonardo DiCaprio Foundation writes a check for Bears Ears 'engagement' fund
Foundation: Hewlett Foundation
SALT LAKE CITY — Movie star and environmental activist Leonardo DiCaprio's foundation joined other philanthropic groups to cut a check for...more
Foundation: Hewlett Foundation
SALT LAKE CITY — Movie star and environmental activist Leonardo DiCaprio's foundation joined other philanthropic groups to cut a check for...more
"We All Need Wikipedia." Why This Foundation Is Giving Millions for Open Knowledge
Foundation: Knight Foundation, Hewlett Foundation
One of the biggest beneficiaries has been the Wikimedia Foundation, the nonprofit ... Earlier grants from Sloan were more Wikipedia-centric,...more
Foundation: Knight Foundation, Hewlett Foundation
One of the biggest beneficiaries has been the Wikimedia Foundation, the nonprofit ... Earlier grants from Sloan were more Wikipedia-centric,...more
Free To Fail? Foundations Face Few External Performance Pressures
Foundation: Arcus Foundation, Hewlett Foundation
The central paradox of The Future of Foundation Philanthropy can be found in one fact: while two out of three ... Philanthropic & Nonprofit...more
Foundation: Arcus Foundation, Hewlett Foundation
The central paradox of The Future of Foundation Philanthropy can be found in one fact: while two out of three ... Philanthropic & Nonprofit...more
Hewlett Foundation Celebrates 50 Years with $8 Million Grant Initiative
Foundation: Hewlett Foundation
Each year the grant-making will focus on a different performing arts discipline: music, theater, dance, folk and traditional arts, and film and...more
Foundation: Hewlett Foundation
Each year the grant-making will focus on a different performing arts discipline: music, theater, dance, folk and traditional arts, and film and...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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