The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation is pleased to celebrate the recent award-winning achievements of some of its performing arts grantees. Longtime grantee Kronos Quartet (www.kronos.org) received a GRAMMY Award for Best Chamber Music Performance for its recording featuring soprano Dawn Upshaw, Alban Berg’s Lyric Suite. Though nominated several times, this is Kronos Quartet’s …
MENLO PARK, Calif. -The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation has announced that it has authorized 139 new grants totaling $45.33 million in the third quarter of 2004. The Hewlett Foundation makes grants to solve some of the most difficult social and environmental problems facing society. The Foundation focuses its grantmaking on seven program areas, including …
MENLO PARK, Calif. – The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation announced that it is awarding $3,918,500 in grants to 37 Bay Area arts organizations. The latest round of grants is aimed at supporting organizations that provide an extensive array of musical experiences to local audiences. “The Hewlett Foundation believes that the arts are an integral …
A survey of California teachers released on 6 May 2004 reveals serious problems in classrooms, starkly unequal conditions for African-American and Latino students, and broad teacher support for transferring more control and accountability from districts to schools.
MENLO PARK, Calif. – California has some of the worst air pollution in the country, with the Central Valley and Los Angeles regions being the most polluted in the state, according to the Environmental Protection Agency. Hardest hit are children in minority communities, who suffer from asthma rates that are more than double the national …
MOSCOW, Russia and MENLO PARK, Calif. – The Eurasia Foundation and the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation have announced the launch of a $400,000 partnership to promote strategic philanthropy in Russia. The Social Investment Initiative will provide major Russian corporations and philanthropists with strategic and practical training in methods of charitable giving. The Social Investment …
MENLO PARK, Calif. – The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation has released the results of a Grantee Perception Report conducted by the Center for Effective Philanthropy. The report, commissioned by the Hewlett Foundation, allowed grantees to give confidential feedback about their experiences working with the Hewlett Foundation and its staff. “We believe that success in …
Innovative Center for Music and Arts Education Opens its Doors MENLO PARK, Calif. -The Community School for Music and Arts (CSMA), based in Mountain View, CA, has opened the doors of its new 25,000 sq. ft. state-of-the-art Center for Music and Arts Education – Silicon Valley’s first facility devoted exclusively to arts education. The new …
Foundation to give away record $254.32 Million in 2003 MENLO PARK, Calif. – At a time when the non-profit sector has been struggling to meet its funding needs, the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation has announced that it is authorizing $73.59 million in new grants to a total of 179 different organizations in the fourth …
MENLO PARK, Calif. – Hewlett Foundation grantee Union of Concerned Scientists unveiled its design for a full-sized SUV (called the Guardian) that gets up to 36 miles per gallon and that is far safer than today’s standard SUV. “The Union of Concerned Scientists has in effect issued a challenge to automakers to produce a safer, …