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 …
“Foundations” is an occasional 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. John E. McGuirk is the new director of the Foundation’s Performing Arts Program, which makes grants to support artistic expression and encourage public participation …
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 …
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 …
As revenue falls at newspapers and local television stations and they eliminate reporters, cultural coverage often is the first casualty. This loss can have dire effects on a community’s arts organizations, which rely on journalists to spread word of their offerings. With this in mind, the Hewlett Foundation joined the National Endowment for the Arts …
“Foundations” is an occasional 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. Ron Ragin is an associate officer with the Foundation’s Performing Arts Program, which makes grants to support artistic expression and encourage public participation in …