The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation has named Charmaine Jackson Mercer, a leader in education, government, philanthropy, and nonprofit arenas, as its first-ever Chief of Equity and Culture, the foundation said today. In this newly created senior role, Mercer will oversee external grantmaking related to racial equity, including a new 10-year, $150 million racial justice …
Jonathan Pershing has stepped down from his role as Environment Program Director for the Hewlett Foundation to join the Biden administration working with Special Envoy for Climate Change John Kerry. Hewlett Foundation President Larry Kramer shared the following about Pershing’s departure: Secretary Kerry’s role is a new one, and a reminder that President Biden intends …
The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation announced today that Cyber Initiative Director Eli Sugarman will join the Oversight Board, and Kelly Born will rejoin the foundation as Director on February 1. Hewlett Foundation President Larry Kramer shared the following about the staffing transitions: After six years leading our grantmaking in this area, Eli Sugarman is …
The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation announced that Zhuli Hess has joined the foundation’s Environment Program. Program Director Jonathan Pershing shared the following with grantees and foundation staff: I am excited to announce that Zhuli Hess will be joining us as our newest Program Officer in the Environment Program, where she will lead our grantmaking in China on climate …
The Hewlett Foundation signed on to the following statement alongside more than 50 other funders to repudiate the insurrectionist violence that took place in Washington, DC, this week. As we noted that day, these events are a stain on our nation’s history and an assault on our democratic values and institutions. On vivid and shameful …
On the eve of the fifth anniversary of the Paris Agreement, philanthropies, including the Hewlett Foundation, have underlined and enhanced their commitment to investing in climate solutions. In September 2018, 29 funders made a combined pledge to grant $4 billion to tackle the climate crisis at the Global Climate Action Summit (GCAS). The original group …
Menlo Park, Calif. — The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation today announced a five-year, $50 million commitment to help develop a new intellectual paradigm to replace neoliberalism—the framework that has dominated our economic and political debates for more than forty years. The new Economy and Society Initiative will help develop a new “common sense” about …
The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation announced today that it will award $15 million to a range of nonprofit organizations working against systemic racism, part of a larger set of commitments that the foundation pledged this summer. The 15 recipient organizations include charities working across a broad swath of issues—from health to education to human …
Fay Twersky, vice president of the Hewlett Foundation and a leading voice on the practice of effective philanthropy, has been named the next president of The Arthur M. Blank Family Foundation in Atlanta, the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation announced today. “Fay is an incredible leader, whose knowledge of strategic philanthropy and commitment to strengthening …
The government of the United States draws its just powers from the consent of its people, expressed in free and fair elections through which we decide who will govern. This peaceful transition of power under law is a remarkable, magnificent achievement—something no nation had managed before our Revolution, something shockingly few nations have managed even …