SAN FRANCISCO and MENLO PARK, Calif. — The James Irvine Foundation and The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation are providing more than $700,000 in grants to organizations that are cultivating the next generation of arts leaders in California through professional development, networking, and mentorships. Hewlett’s Board of Directors approved $400,000 in grants in support of …
Mexico City’s Bus Rapid Transit system, credited with reducing air pollution and greenhouse gas emissions in one of the world’s most polluted cities, was recently honored at Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School of Government as a model for urban transit worldwide. Metrobus, as the system is known, received the Harvard Kennedy School’s 2009 …
Yale Environment 360 is the creation of Yale University’s School of Forestry & Environmental Studies. It’s also one of the best general-interest publications on environmental issues currently published in the United States. Some of the nation’s most accomplished freelance writers join scientists, environmentalists, academics, policymakers, and business leaders in lucid, well-written explorations of everything …
The Foundation welcomes Helena Choi as a new officer in the Population Program. She replaces Tamara C. Fox, whose eight-year term ended in 2009. Choi, an expert in health policy issues in the developing world, comes to the Foundation from the Open Society Institute in New York City, where for the past five years she served …
In San Benito County, Patrick Ellis works with abused and neglected children, giving them the love and support they need to succeed in school and life. And in Oakland, Cherri Allison directs an effort to provide the victims of domestic violence with comprehensive services, from obtaining restraining orders to crisis counseling. The wide-ranging work of …
MENLO PARK, Calif. – The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation announced today that it has made a $500,000 emergency grant to the Western Hemisphere Regional Office of International Planned Parenthood Federation for it to provide reproductive and basic primary health care to Haitians affected by the recent earthquake. The Federation will work through its partner …
Pratham, committed to providing quality education to India’s underprivileged children, is featured on NDTV’s The Unstoppable Indians. In this episode, the focus is ASER, the Annual Status of Education Report, and how volunteers go door to door, village by village, to assess children’s reading skills. Watch the video to learn more about this monumental …
MENLO PARK, Calif. – From promoting governmental transparency in Africa to supporting grassroots theater in a poor San Jose neighborhood, The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation has announced over $90 million in new grants to 263 organizations. Organizations receiving grants ranged across the San Francisco Bay Area and throughout the world in the Foundation’s six …
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 plays by leading California playwrights, created in collaboration with another California artist of their choice. Each grant will be divided …
MENLO PARK, Calif. – From supporting contemporary Asian performing arts in San Jose to underwriting an innovative immersion program for new community college students, The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation made $13 million in grants this summer to 48 organizations serving diverse and disadvantaged communities in California. Across the state, organizations received grants in the …