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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
The Speed of Trust in An Anxious Era: Recap of the 2019 Nonprofit Management Institute
Foundation: Hewlett Foundation
Session 3: Innovation and Scaling for Impact in the Social Sector.Session 4: Leveraging Talent: The Power of Skills-Based Volunteering.Session 7: Keynote: Trust, Power, Equity: Telling a Better Story...more
Foundation: Hewlett Foundation
Session 3: Innovation and Scaling for Impact in the Social Sector.Session 4: Leveraging Talent: The Power of Skills-Based Volunteering.Session 7: Keynote: Trust, Power, Equity: Telling a Better Story...more
How Nonprofits Can Help Donor Advised Fund Philanthropists Listen and Learn
Foundation: Hewlett Foundation
In an article, which is a part of a series that was produced for Stanford Social Innovation Review (SSIR) by Milway Media with the support of the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, addresses the...more
Foundation: Hewlett Foundation
In an article, which is a part of a series that was produced for Stanford Social Innovation Review (SSIR) by Milway Media with the support of the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, addresses the...more
'All for Earth' podcast features climate and clean-energy finance expert Marilyn Waite
Foundation: Hewlett Foundation
Climate change solutions aren't free, but we know how much saving the ... What we can do is use our capital in innovative ways to show the...more
Foundation: Hewlett Foundation
Climate change solutions aren't free, but we know how much saving the ... What we can do is use our capital in innovative ways to show the...more
How the Valley can get philanthropy right with former Hewlett Foundation president Paul Brest
Foundation: Hewlett Foundation
It had good philanthropic practices, but it was not very strategically focused. ... Have those sort of technocratic practices made philanthropy...more
Foundation: Hewlett Foundation
It had good philanthropic practices, but it was not very strategically focused. ... Have those sort of technocratic practices made philanthropy...more
Conflict of Interest: Study Claiming Abortion Is Safe Was Funded by Those Who Profit From It ...
Foundation: Susan Thompson Buffett Foundation, Packard Foundation, Hewlett Foundation
NASEM's report, "The Safety and Quality of Abortion Care in the United States," was financed in part by foundations with possible profit motives.Warren Buffett and the Packard Foundation seeded the...more
Foundation: Susan Thompson Buffett Foundation, Packard Foundation, Hewlett Foundation
NASEM's report, "The Safety and Quality of Abortion Care in the United States," was financed in part by foundations with possible profit motives.Warren Buffett and the Packard Foundation seeded the...more
Nonprofit Capacity Building: A Multiple-Capitals Approach
Foundation: Hewlett Foundation
Capacity building can be developed across multiple levels, including micro (individuals), meso (organizations), and macro (sector, network, system, society) People and their well-being are the very...more
Foundation: Hewlett Foundation
Capacity building can be developed across multiple levels, including micro (individuals), meso (organizations), and macro (sector, network, system, society) People and their well-being are the very...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
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
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
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
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
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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When it Comes to Social Enterprises, Failure is the Best Platform for Innovation
In the world of social enterprises, failure is a cringe-worthy moment nobody wants to talk about. But, social entrepreneurs can benefit from their failures.