Hewlett Announces Two New Culture, Race, and Equity Officers to Support Its Work on Advancing Racial Justice

The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation today announced the hiring of two new Culture, Race, and Equity Officers: Katherine Wheatle and Brooke Treadwell. Along with the full Culture, Race, and Equity team, Katherine and Brooke will identify and promote practices, programming, and grantmaking to advance racial justice within Hewlett and in its grantmaking. Of the 

Leadership transition at the Hewlett Foundation Cyber Initiative

The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation announced today that Cyber Initiative Director Kelly Born is leaving the foundation later this month to join the Packard Foundation as the inaugural director of its Democracy, Rights, and Governance initiative. The Hewlett Foundation also announced that Eli Sugarman will rejoin the foundation on a part-time basis to lead 

Hewlett Foundation Announces 10 New Commissions for Innovative Works in Media Arts

Final Round of Hewlett 50 Arts Commissions Completes $8 Million Initiative Funding Major New Works in Bay Area Communities (Menlo Park, Calif. – October 25, 2022) — The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation announced today the final 10 recipients of its Hewlett 50 Arts Commissions. This year’s commissions, in Media Arts, will support leading artists in partnership 

Statement on the signing of the Inflation Reduction Act

Statement of Jonathan Pershing, Environment Program Director, in response to the historic signing of the Inflation Reduction Act: The Inflation Reduction Act is one of the most significant steps the U.S. has taken on climate in its history and will help the nation meet its emissions reduction commitments. It does this even as it increases the number of good 

Statement in response to the Supreme Court decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization

MENLO PARK, Calif.—Statement of Larry Kramer, President of the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation and former Dean of Stanford Law School, in response to the Supreme Court decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization. The Supreme Court’s decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization is an unheard of stripping away of fundamental freedoms that have been guaranteed to the American people. This decision by our 

A letter to President Biden on the America the Beautiful Initiative

President Joseph R. Biden Jr. The White House 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W. Washington, DC 20500 Dear President Biden: On behalf of many of the country’s leading philanthropic institutions, we thank the Biden-Harris Administration for its leadership in setting an ambitious and inclusive conservation vision through the America the Beautiful initiative. We applaud the launch of 

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