MENLO PARK, Calif. – A landmark study from independent research institute SRI International, for the first time systemically examining the status of arts education in California, reveals that the vast majority of California’s schools fail to meet state standards for teaching the arts, and that access to arts instruction varies widely among the state’s schools. …
Plan would achieve clean air by 2013 — 11 years sooner than Air District proposal;District urged to back off plans to delay clean up Alternative doesn’t require federal or state assistance FRESNO, Calif. – A report released today by a nationally renowned research institute outlines an affordable and achievable roadmap to cleaning the San Joaquin …
The Wallace Alexander Gerbode Foundation and The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation are pleased to announce six $50,000 grants for the creation and production of six major new contemporary plays by young California playwrights. Half of each award will be given as a commission fee to the playwright. The remaining $25,000 will go to the …
A consortium of private funders is pleased to announce the latest success in the protection of the Great Bear Rainforest, the world’s largest unprotected tract of intact coastal temperate rainforest. At a ceremony Sunday, January 21st in Vancouver, the Canadian Federal government agreed to contribute $30 CAD million to a $120 CAD million financing package …
The Open Collections Program of the Harvard University Library has launched Immigration to the United States, 1789-1930, a web-based collection of selected historical materials from Harvard’s libraries, archives, and museums that documents voluntary immigration to the US from the signing of the Constitution to the onset of the Great Depression. The online collection is located …
“Foundations” is the first in an occasional series of informal question-and-answer sessions with employees of The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation to give them an opportunity to explain their work. Jacob Harold is the Foundation’s Philanthropy Program Officer. It is his job to improve the field of philanthropy itself by supporting research in the field, …
From the nerve-jangling juncture of art and technology to the dulcet beauty of Mozart’s chamber music, Bay Area art patrons were treated to a startling range of artistic expression this summer, thanks to two grants from the Hewlett Foundation. But there’s one feature both grants shared. In underwriting ZeroOne San Jose: A Global Festival of …
Fred Mednick is a reminder that, in the end, philanthropy isn’t about money but about the transforming power of ideas to make the world a better place. Mednick, a former teacher and high school principal in Washington State, is the founder of Teachers Without Borders, an international organization whose mission is to eliminate educational inequities, …
Brian Eule – Communications AssociateBefore joining the Hewlett Foundation, Brian worked at a national program office of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. A former newspaper journalist, Brian wrote for the Patriot Ledger and continues to contribute to several publications, in addition to being the author of a children’s nonfiction book. He holds a B.A. from …
For Jeffrey Page it was a rare chance to learn from some of the nation’s cutting-edge state attorneys on environmental law. During an eight-week legal internship in the Office of the Attorney General of California, Page helped research ways Orange County might better comply with state clean air laws. Gabby Reynoso’s internship took her to …