Understanding California Voters and their Government A Look at California’s Complex Policy Environment Sound governance is essential to the well-being of Californians, whatever their ideology. The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, like many of its peers, has long made grants to organizations that work to help government be effective. From the Public Policy Institute of …
SAN FRANCISCO and MENLO PARK, Calif, — The Wallace Alexander Gerbode Foundation and The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation are pleased to announce six $75,000 grants for the creation and world premiere of six new works by gifted California composers, created in collaboration with another California artist of their choice. All of the commissioned musical …
Wellcome Trust Director Mark Walport and Hewlett Foundation President Paul Brest co-authored an article published in The Lancet about the importance of making research data widely available to the scientific community in order to accelerate advances in public health. To further this goal, Walport and Brest announced the joint commitment of a group of major …
“Foundations” is a series of informal question-and-answer sessions with employees and grantees of The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation to give them an opportunity to explain their work. Mark Baldassare is president and CEO of the Public Policy Institute of California (PPIC), a grantee launched in 1994 with support from Hewlett Foundation founder Bill Hewlett …
Hewlett Foundation Grantee Explores Reforms to State Government 2011 marks a hundred years since a passionate crusader named Hiram Johnson became governor of California and pushed through a series of reforms designed to improve efficiency and restore public confidence in a state government that the citizenry viewed as inept and unresponsive. Sound familiar? Now on …
For citizens to function in a democracy, they need, along with effective government, a strong and free press to inform them. And with newspapers and other traditional media outlets shrinking and failing all across the country, that can be hard to find. One place that is bucking that woeful trend is California Watch, a …
MENLO PARK, Calif. – The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation today announced the appointment of Patricia House, a Silicon Valley business leader with extensive experience with nonprofit organizations, to its Board of Directors. Ms. House serves as vice chairman and senior vice president of strategy at C3, a new provider of energy and emissions management …
“Foundations” is a series of informal question-and-answer sessions with employees and others affiliated with The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation to give them an opportunity to explain their work. Walter Hewlett is the son of William and Flora Hewlett. He has served as a director of the Foundation since its founding in 1966 and as …
For the Hewlett Foundation (and its Peers) Philanthropy Has Many Faces Despite their regular appearance in the news and underwriting announcements, foundations remain mysterious to most Americans. According to the Philanthropy Awareness Initiative, fewer than half of civically engaged Americans can name any foundation on their first try, and a mere 15 percent can cite …
The Philanthropy Awareness Initiative works with foundations and philanthropy associations to improve communications and outreach to influential Americans about the role these institutions play. It does this by tracking how influential leaders see them and sharing ways they can communicate their unique role in American society. The Initiative’s website, www.philanthropyawareness.org, is loaded with research, …