Diversity, equity and inclusion are powerful words. Historically, each brings forth memories and events that affected millions of people, inspiring them, breaking their hearts, or shaping their lives in deeply profound ways. The meaning of these words is embodied in Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have a Dream” speech, which was echoed across America as…
Angela Haydel DeBarger recently joined the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation as an education program officer, where she supports organizations working to build rigorous and open academic content, critical thinking, and collaborative learning. We spoke with her about her work at the foundation, and the connections she has been exploring between deeper learning and open educational resources. …
Launched in 2014, the Hewlett Foundation’s Madison Initiative focuses on strengthening democracy and its institutions – Congress, in particular – to be more effective in a polarized age. The initiative is nonpartisan in its approach and supports organizations across the ideological spectrum – think tanks, advocacy groups, academic researchers and civic leadership organizations – who…
For nearly a decade, the Hewlett Foundation’s Education Program has focused its investments on supporting an education system that provides all students the conditions, care, and learning opportunities to flourish in their lives and careers. We recognize that the students farthest from opportunity are often the ones who receive the least resources. Moreover, even when …
Hez Norton served as a director of TSNE MissionWorks What’s Next: Leading a Thriving Transition, a program that supports long-time nonprofit leaders to prepare their organizations and themselves for their departure and ensure ongoing sustainability. Applications for 2018’s cohorts are now open. The Hewlett Foundation has supported What’s Next in California in partnership with other …
Kelly Born is a program officer with the foundation’s Madison Initiative, which seeks to strengthen democracy and its institutions – especially Congress – to be more effective in a polarized age. Her grantmaking includes support for nonpartisan organizations focused on media, research and reform related to campaigns and elections, from advocacy groups that push for …
Editor’s note: Ruth Levine, director of the Hewlett Foundation’s Global Development and Population Program, delivered these remarks on November 8, 2017, at the close of the International Initiative for Impact Evaluation’s (3ie) London Evidence Week, which included a series of public events focused on the importance of using evidence to inform international development research, policies…
Nearly a year after the launch of Open Rivers Fund, a Resources Legacy Fund program that received $50 million seed funding from the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, communities in Oregon and Alaska are celebrating major progress toward the removal of two obsolete dams. In Oregon, workers removed in October the Beeson-Robison Dam on Wagner …
In 2016, the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation marked its 50th anniversary by reflecting on the past so as to inform the future. We invited former staff and leaders to share their memories of Bill Hewlett and the early days of the organization. We commissioned two reports – one that comprehensively examines the history of…
In 2016, the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation marked its 50th anniversary. In this video, Hewlett family members on the board and foundation “alumni” share their hopes for the future.