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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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Foundation: East Bay Community Foundation, Silicon Valley Community Foundation, San Francisco Foundation, Hewlett Foundation, Walter and Elise Haas Fund
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Foundation: East Bay Community Foundation, Silicon Valley Community Foundation, San Francisco Foundation, Hewlett Foundation, Walter and Elise Haas Fund
Philanthropy may also find ways to partner with private developers like real estate investor Chris Foley, who recently filed an application to...more
An Insider's Guide to the CEP Conference
Foundation: Ford Foundation, Johnson Foundation, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Hewlett Foundation, Walton Family Foundation
Tags: 2017 Conference, CEP conference, leading effective foundations · Phil Buchanan · Previous post Influencing Philanthropic Practice...more
Foundation: Ford Foundation, Johnson Foundation, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Hewlett Foundation, Walton Family Foundation
Tags: 2017 Conference, CEP conference, leading effective foundations · Phil Buchanan · Previous post Influencing Philanthropic Practice...more
The Critical Country: Foundations and the Struggle for Nigeria
Foundation: Gates Foundation, MacArthur Foundation, Ford Foundation, Rockefeller Foundation, Open Society Foundations
American foundations have sought to improve life in Nigeria—Africa's most populous country—for at least half a century, with the Ford Foundation...more
Foundation: Gates Foundation, MacArthur Foundation, Ford Foundation, Rockefeller Foundation, Open Society Foundations
American foundations have sought to improve life in Nigeria—Africa's most populous country—for at least half a century, with the Ford Foundation...more
Opera AMERICA Announces THE OPERA FUND: AUDIENCE DEVELOPMENT GRANTS Recipients
Foundation: Knight Foundation, Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, Hewlett Foundation
Applications for The Opera Fund's Audience Development grants were ... Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, The William and Flora Hewlett...more
Foundation: Knight Foundation, Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, Hewlett Foundation
Applications for The Opera Fund's Audience Development grants were ... Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, The William and Flora Hewlett...more
Joint Foundation Statement on Immigration
Foundation: Barr Foundation, California Community Foundation, Carnegie Corporation of New York, Consumer Health Foundation, General Service Foundation, Headwaters Foundation for Justice, Marguerite Casey Foundation, Marguerite Casey Foundation, Marin Community Foundation, Mary Reynolds Babcock Foundation, Meyer Memorial Trust, Cricket Island Foundation, Philadelphia Foundation, Russell Family Foundation, San Francisco Foundation, Spencer Foundation, Vilcek Foundation, Hewlett Foundation, Zellerbach Family Foundation, Unbound Philanthropy, Unbound Philanthropy, Wallace Alexander Gerbode Foundation, Weingart Foundation, Westchester Community Foundation, Simons Foundation
Buck, Founder of the Aloha Foundation, is a member of the New York City Philanthropy Board.The board is made up of members who are involved in philanthropic work in New York, New Jersey, California,...more
Foundation: Barr Foundation, California Community Foundation, Carnegie Corporation of New York, Consumer Health Foundation, General Service Foundation, Headwaters Foundation for Justice, Marguerite Casey Foundation, Marguerite Casey Foundation, Marin Community Foundation, Mary Reynolds Babcock Foundation, Meyer Memorial Trust, Cricket Island Foundation, Philadelphia Foundation, Russell Family Foundation, San Francisco Foundation, Spencer Foundation, Vilcek Foundation, Hewlett Foundation, Zellerbach Family Foundation, Unbound Philanthropy, Unbound Philanthropy, Wallace Alexander Gerbode Foundation, Weingart Foundation, Westchester Community Foundation, Simons Foundation
Buck, Founder of the Aloha Foundation, is a member of the New York City Philanthropy Board.The board is made up of members who are involved in philanthropic work in New York, New Jersey, California,...more
Influencing Philanthropic Practice Responsibly
Foundation: Hewlett Foundation
CEP's focus is on influencing foundations to be more effective. We seek to do that through rigorous research, based on data. But sometimes,...more
Foundation: Hewlett Foundation
CEP's focus is on influencing foundations to be more effective. We seek to do that through rigorous research, based on data. But sometimes,...more
Using Knowledge to Improve Funder Practice
Foundation: Hewlett Foundation
But they, like us, find that measuring their influence on philanthropic practice is a ... Lindsay Louie (@lindsaylouie) is a program officer for...more
Foundation: Hewlett Foundation
But they, like us, find that measuring their influence on philanthropic practice is a ... Lindsay Louie (@lindsaylouie) is a program officer for...more
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
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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