MENLO PARK, CALIF. — The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation announced today that it has named its longtime general counsel and corporate secretary, Elizabeth Peters, as interim president. Peters will take on the role in January and remain until the presidential search for a successor to departing president Larry Kramer is complete. The foundation announced …
Menlo Park, CA — Today in Dubai, the United Nations Conference of Parties announced a plan to transition away from fossil fuels and toward a renewable energy future. Below is a statement from Jonathan Pershing, Environment Program Director and former U.S. Climate Envoy, on the historic agreements coming out of COP28. “COP28 marks a significant …
Last week, The Daily Beast published a misleading article about the Hewlett Foundation’s support of a grantee organization, American Compass, that was subsequently picked up by The New Republic and shared on social media in posts that were even further from the truth. Both The Daily Beast and The New Republic imply that we sought …
Today, the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation announced that Jennifer Harris will rejoin the foundation next month as director of its Economy and Society Initiative, overseeing an expanded annual grantmaking budget of $20 million that seeks to foster a “new common sense” about how the economy works and the aims it should serve. Harris helped …
The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation is proud to announce the launch of our Racial Justice Advisory Council, which is comprised of leaders from the racial justice community along with senior staff from the Hewlett Foundation. The advisory council is an essential component of Hewlett’s racial justice strategy — helping the foundation identify emergent needs in …
The pooled fund will focus grantmaking on local, state, and federal efforts to achieve a low-carbon, worker-centered, equitable economy WASHINGTON, D.C. (September 26, 2023) — Today, a group of major philanthropies announced the launch of BuildUS, a pooled fund to accelerate America’s transition toward a worker-centered, cleaner, and more equitable economy. The fund will support …
The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation announced that Tom DeCaigny will join the foundation as a Program Officer with the Performing Arts Program. Tom will manage a diverse portfolio of grants that support communities, artists, and youth throughout the Bay Area, with a particular focus on arts education policy and advocacy. He will start on …
A coalition of donors catalyzes local news and information for stronger communities September 7, 2023 — A coalition of 22 donors, including the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, today announced Press Forward, a national initiative to strengthen communities and democracy by supporting local news and information with an infusion of more than half-billion dollars over …
MENLO PARK, CALIF. – Larry Kramer, president of the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, will step down as head of the $13 billion charitable institution after more than a decade in the role, the foundation announced today. Kramer, who will become president and vice chancellor of the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), …
The Supreme Court’s decision banning the use of race as a consideration in college admissions is bad constitutional law, bad policy, and bad for the country — taking us backwards even as we strive to build an inclusive nation where all have a genuinely and substantively equal opportunity to thrive. As both experience and abundant …