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

Foundation Grants and Resources





    

Recent News from Hewlett Foundation


Nonprofit Capacity Building: A Multiple-Capitals Approach
Foundation: Hewlett Foundation

Nonprofit Capacity Building: A Multiple-Capitals Approach ... This article comes from the summer 2019 edition of the Nonprofit Quarterly. ... norms, resource procurement, management practices, and...more

Strategy Done Wrong
Foundation: Gates Foundation, Hewlett Foundation

The result can be a kind of charade, in which the giver never hears what people really think about the strategy du jour, and in which nonprofits...more

Strategy Done Wrong
Foundation: Gates Foundation, Hewlett Foundation

Philanthropy has been a defining, if under-appreciated, strength in the U.S. However, in recent decades, too many givers have sought to...more

Don't Trust the Messenger: Forget Profit
Foundation: Gates Foundation, Carnegie Corporation of New York, MacArthur Foundation, Knight Foundation, California Endowment, Ford Foundation, Hewlett Foundation, Kellogg Foundation, Open Society Foundations, Laura and John Arnold Foundation, Sunlight Foundation

According to the authors, the “great majority” of nonprofit media outlets “rely heavily on foundation grants for their revenue.” And in their...more

Women Missing From Research on Fake News and Politics
Foundation: Hewlett Foundation, Laura and John Arnold Foundation

The Social Science Research Council (SSRC) has awarded its first round of “Social Media and Democracy Research Grants.” The 12 projects...more

The Edna McConnell Clark Foundation's Plans for Sunsetting
Foundation: Duke Endowment, Edna McConnell Clark Foundation, Edna McConnell Clark Foundation, Hewlett Foundation

This article originally appeared in Philanthropy Daily on March 28, 2019. As a rule, we should applaud any perpetual foundation that decides to...more

3 Glen Ellen artists win grants from Creative Sonoma
Foundation: Hewlett Foundation

3 Glen Ellen artists win grants from Creative Sonoma .... by the National Endowment for the Arts, California Arts Council and the Hewlett...more

MIT Sloan Sustainability Initiative awarded $750000 grant from the Hewlett Foundation
Foundation: Hewlett Foundation

One of the largest philanthropic institutions in the United States, the Hewlett Foundation awarded roughly $400 million in grants in 2017...more

21 institutions partner to grow 'public interest technology' field
Foundation: Ford Foundation, Hewlett Foundation

... field of public interest technology, which bridges the areas of digital innovation and public policy in order to use technology to better serve...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.




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