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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
Cyber nonprofits ask billionaire philanthropists to show them some love
Foundation: Hewlett Foundation
Craig Newmark Philanthropies has historically committed funds to cybersecurity causes and signed a letter this month calling for large...more
Foundation: Hewlett Foundation
Craig Newmark Philanthropies has historically committed funds to cybersecurity causes and signed a letter this month calling for large...more
A Call For Solidarity and Collective Action: Asian American Philanthropy Letter of Intention
Foundation: Gates Foundation, Blue Shield of California Foundation, Boston Foundation, California Community Foundation, Central Indiana Community Foundation, Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan, Community Foundation of Greater Chattanooga, Essex County Community Foundation, Initiative Foundation, Jacobs Family Foundation, Kalamazoo Community Foundation, Liberty Hill Foundation, Maine Community Foundation, Marguerite Casey Foundation, Marguerite Casey Foundation, Mary Reynolds Babcock Foundation, Nellie Mae Education Foundation, New Hampshire Charitable Foundation, Northwest Area Foundation, Omaha Community Foundation, Public Welfare Foundation, Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors, Rose Community Foundation, Sierra Health Foundation, Silicon Valley Community Foundation, Southwest Initiative Foundation, Stanislaus Community Foundation, Surdna Foundation, California Endowment, Chicago Community Trust, Cleveland Foundation, Columbus Foundation, Community Foundation for Greater New Haven, Greater Tacoma Community Foundation, James Irvine Foundation, Kentucky Foundation for Women, Minneapolis Foundation, Missouri Foundation for Health, Nathan Cummings Foundation, Rockefeller Foundation, Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation, San Diego Foundation, San Francisco Foundation, Vermont Community Foundation, Wallace Foundation, Wallace Foundation, Wallace Foundation, Hewlett Foundation, William Penn Foundation, Washington Women's Foundation, Whatcom Community Foundation, William Caspar Graustein Memorial Fund, William T. Grant Foundation, Yakima Valley Community Foundation, Irvine Foundation, Wallace Foundation, Open Society Foundations, California Wellness Foundation, Simons Foundation, Central Valley Community Foundation
The New York Women's Foundation, the U.S.Grant Foundation and the Sierra Health Foundation are just a few of the organizations in the list.The United Way of Massachusetts Bay and Merrimack Valley is...more
Foundation: Gates Foundation, Blue Shield of California Foundation, Boston Foundation, California Community Foundation, Central Indiana Community Foundation, Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan, Community Foundation of Greater Chattanooga, Essex County Community Foundation, Initiative Foundation, Jacobs Family Foundation, Kalamazoo Community Foundation, Liberty Hill Foundation, Maine Community Foundation, Marguerite Casey Foundation, Marguerite Casey Foundation, Mary Reynolds Babcock Foundation, Nellie Mae Education Foundation, New Hampshire Charitable Foundation, Northwest Area Foundation, Omaha Community Foundation, Public Welfare Foundation, Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors, Rose Community Foundation, Sierra Health Foundation, Silicon Valley Community Foundation, Southwest Initiative Foundation, Stanislaus Community Foundation, Surdna Foundation, California Endowment, Chicago Community Trust, Cleveland Foundation, Columbus Foundation, Community Foundation for Greater New Haven, Greater Tacoma Community Foundation, James Irvine Foundation, Kentucky Foundation for Women, Minneapolis Foundation, Missouri Foundation for Health, Nathan Cummings Foundation, Rockefeller Foundation, Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation, San Diego Foundation, San Francisco Foundation, Vermont Community Foundation, Wallace Foundation, Wallace Foundation, Wallace Foundation, Hewlett Foundation, William Penn Foundation, Washington Women's Foundation, Whatcom Community Foundation, William Caspar Graustein Memorial Fund, William T. Grant Foundation, Yakima Valley Community Foundation, Irvine Foundation, Wallace Foundation, Open Society Foundations, California Wellness Foundation, Simons Foundation, Central Valley Community Foundation
The New York Women's Foundation, the U.S.Grant Foundation and the Sierra Health Foundation are just a few of the organizations in the list.The United Way of Massachusetts Bay and Merrimack Valley is...more
A Hefty New Study Looks Beyond AB-5 to the Future of Labor Policies and the Arts
Foundation: Hewlett Foundation
New solutions are needed that include independent workers in social-insurance programs in order to protect artists, reduce barriers to arts work...more
Foundation: Hewlett Foundation
New solutions are needed that include independent workers in social-insurance programs in order to protect artists, reduce barriers to arts work...more
There Is No One Answer to How Much Foundations Should Pay Out
Foundation: Hewlett Foundation
In both cases, philanthropic actions and money will follow. ... Complicating his analysis is that philanthropy exists in a complex ecosystem made up...more
Foundation: Hewlett Foundation
In both cases, philanthropic actions and money will follow. ... Complicating his analysis is that philanthropy exists in a complex ecosystem made up...more
Foundation Payout Policy in Economic Crises
Foundation: Hewlett Foundation
That inevitability poses a challenge for philanthropic organizations whose ... Where would philanthropy have been in the 1960s and 70s when...more
Foundation: Hewlett Foundation
That inevitability poses a challenge for philanthropic organizations whose ... Where would philanthropy have been in the 1960s and 70s when...more
China Cleantech Podcast Merges East and West
Foundation: Hewlett Foundation
Co-hosts Andrew (Shanghai) and Marilyn (Oakland) are East-West bridge builders when it comes to the innovations needed to solve climate...more
Foundation: Hewlett Foundation
Co-hosts Andrew (Shanghai) and Marilyn (Oakland) are East-West bridge builders when it comes to the innovations needed to solve climate...more
AJ Donors and Funders
Foundation: Aspen Community Foundation, Bohemian Foundation, General Service Foundation, Hewlett Foundation, Walton Family Foundation, Gates Family Foundation
Barbara Reese, via the Stargazer Advised Fund at Aspen Community Foundation Barbara Reid and David Hyman Curtis Robinson Jill Soffer, via...more
Foundation: Aspen Community Foundation, Bohemian Foundation, General Service Foundation, Hewlett Foundation, Walton Family Foundation, Gates Family Foundation
Barbara Reese, via the Stargazer Advised Fund at Aspen Community Foundation Barbara Reid and David Hyman Curtis Robinson Jill Soffer, via...more
Worth Books
Foundation: Black Belt Community Foundation, Charles Schwab Foundation, Community Foundation of Greater Dubuque, Hewlett Foundation
Philanthropy, like other sectors facing a moral reckoning on racial equity, continues to have a vital role ... So, there's a rural philanthropic capital...more
Foundation: Black Belt Community Foundation, Charles Schwab Foundation, Community Foundation of Greater Dubuque, Hewlett Foundation
Philanthropy, like other sectors facing a moral reckoning on racial equity, continues to have a vital role ... So, there's a rural philanthropic capital...more
Across America briefs
Foundation: Citi Foundation, MacArthur Foundation, Hewlett Foundation
$100 million in Citi Foundation grants to support community change agents addressing racial equity. — Houston Defender Network. Prince...more
Foundation: Citi Foundation, MacArthur Foundation, Hewlett Foundation
$100 million in Citi Foundation grants to support community change agents addressing racial equity. — Houston Defender Network. Prince...more
OpenStax Will Increase Its Library to 90 Free Textbooks After Receiving New Grants
Foundation: Gates Foundation, Hewlett Foundation
... million in new grants from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the William and ... the Charles Koch Foundation, and the Stand Together...more
Foundation: Gates Foundation, Hewlett Foundation
... million in new grants from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the William and ... the Charles Koch Foundation, and the Stand Together...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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Is Corporate Philanthropy Dead?
Senay Ataselim-Yilmaz, Chief Operating Officer, Turkish Philanthropy Funds, writes that philanthropy often solves the very problems that stems from market failure. Some social issues, however, cannot be tackled by questioning the return on investment.