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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
Community Arts Stabilization Trust Appoints First Executive Director
Foundation: Hewlett Foundation
Ms. Eng has worked for over three decades in the philanthropic sector as a grantmaker, consultant and senior manager in areas as diverse as arts,...more
Foundation: Hewlett Foundation
Ms. Eng has worked for over three decades in the philanthropic sector as a grantmaker, consultant and senior manager in areas as diverse as arts,...more
Can Hewlett Really Break New Ground With Its Cybersecurity Initiative? Looks Like It
Foundation: Hewlett Foundation
So it sounds like cybersecurity is an area where philanthropy can take a pass, ... a field that needs attention but is largely new to private...more
Foundation: Hewlett Foundation
So it sounds like cybersecurity is an area where philanthropy can take a pass, ... a field that needs attention but is largely new to private...more
Hewlett Foundation Should Be More Open About Shuttered Program
Foundation: Hewlett Foundation
But it was clear that strategic philanthropy couldn't claim success until it had begun to influence the 70 percent of giving in ... to conceal this harsh, irrational, but unavoidable fact of...more
Foundation: Hewlett Foundation
But it was clear that strategic philanthropy couldn't claim success until it had begun to influence the 70 percent of giving in ... to conceal this harsh, irrational, but unavoidable fact of...more
Giving in the Midst of a Polarized Economy
Foundation: Edna McConnell Clark Foundation, Edna McConnell Clark Foundation, Ford Foundation, Kresge Foundation, Hewlett Foundation, Oishei Foundation
Summarizing the increased complexity that has come to define philanthropy in an ... Continued Growth on Two Sides of the Philanthropic...more
Foundation: Edna McConnell Clark Foundation, Edna McConnell Clark Foundation, Ford Foundation, Kresge Foundation, Hewlett Foundation, Oishei Foundation
Summarizing the increased complexity that has come to define philanthropy in an ... Continued Growth on Two Sides of the Philanthropic...more
Los Altan of the Year: The David and Lucile Packard Foundation ...
Foundation: Silicon Valley Community Foundation, Packard Foundation, Packard Humanities Institute, Hewlett Foundation, Los Altos Community Foundation
The foundation awards approximately 700 grants annually. Forty percent of the grants benefit people and organizations in the United States, and...more
Foundation: Silicon Valley Community Foundation, Packard Foundation, Packard Humanities Institute, Hewlett Foundation, Los Altos Community Foundation
The foundation awards approximately 700 grants annually. Forty percent of the grants benefit people and organizations in the United States, and...more
Paul Brest on Strategic Philanthropy | Hewlett Foundation
Foundation: Hewlett Foundation
President's Statements · Strategic Philanthropy Talk · Evaluating Our Work · Strategy · Twitter icon Follow us on Twitter. ... Paul Brest on Strategic Philanthropy...more
Foundation: Hewlett Foundation
President's Statements · Strategic Philanthropy Talk · Evaluating Our Work · Strategy · Twitter icon Follow us on Twitter. ... Paul Brest on Strategic Philanthropy...more
A billion-dollar year for Silicon Valley foundation
Foundation: Gates Foundation, Silicon Valley Community Foundation, Packard Foundation, Hewlett Foundation
A contribution worth $500 million from Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg last December helped propel the Silicon Valley Community Foundation to...more
Foundation: Gates Foundation, Silicon Valley Community Foundation, Packard Foundation, Hewlett Foundation
A contribution worth $500 million from Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg last December helped propel the Silicon Valley Community Foundation to...more
WorkHands: online network for skilled trades
Foundation: Moore Foundation, Hewlett Foundation
According to the Chronicle of Philanthropy, senior executives at 10 percent of the more than 300 charities it surveyed made more than $1 million in...more
Foundation: Moore Foundation, Hewlett Foundation
According to the Chronicle of Philanthropy, senior executives at 10 percent of the more than 300 charities it surveyed made more than $1 million in...more
Top 10 Foundation Grants Fund Big Green
Foundation: Robert W. Wilson Charitable Trust, Moore Foundation, Oak Foundation, Rockefeller Brothers Fund, Rockefeller Family Fund, Packard Foundation, Denver Foundation, Pew Charitable Trusts, Sierra Club Foundation, Hewlett Foundation, Walton Family Foundation
Washington Examiner columnist, Ron Arnold, tracked foundation grants that serve as the backbone of Big Green environmental movement. Arnold's survey details the top 7 foundations that create Big...more
Foundation: Robert W. Wilson Charitable Trust, Moore Foundation, Oak Foundation, Rockefeller Brothers Fund, Rockefeller Family Fund, Packard Foundation, Denver Foundation, Pew Charitable Trusts, Sierra Club Foundation, Hewlett Foundation, Walton Family Foundation
Washington Examiner columnist, Ron Arnold, tracked foundation grants that serve as the backbone of Big Green environmental movement. Arnold's survey details the top 7 foundations that create Big...more
California Education Policy Fund Announces Open Call for Letters of Inquiry to ...
Foundation: Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors, Hewlett Foundation
With thoughtful and effective philanthropy as its only mission, RPA has grown into one of the world's largest philanthropic service organizations and, as a whole, has facilitated more than $3...more
Foundation: Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors, Hewlett Foundation
With thoughtful and effective philanthropy as its only mission, RPA has grown into one of the world's largest philanthropic service organizations and, as a whole, has facilitated more than $3...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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