Today we are launching a new program name, “Gender Equity and Governance,” to replace “Global Development and Population.” The new name does not signal any dramatic shifts in what fields we support. However, it is more than just an aesthetic change. For several years, we have increasingly focused on diversity, equity, and inclusion in our…
The Evidence-Informed Policy team recently shared this letter with our grantee partners. We know that other funders and implementers are also grappling with how to learn about impact, so we’re sharing this letter openly. If you have feedback on our approach or other ideas you’d like to share, please email us at HewlettEIP@hewlett.org. Dear evidence-informed…
Althea Anderson, a program officer focused on international reproductive health and women’s economic empowerment, and Joseph Asunka, a former program officer on our global transparency team, discuss their work to build equitable partnerships and shift power to African institutions in grantmaking and their experiences as Black funders. This conversation is part of a new series…
This conversation is part of a new series featuring Hewlett Foundation staff discussing race in our work and lives. It features Jasmine Sudarkasa, a program fellow in our Effective Philanthropy Group, and Fay Twersky, then-vice president of the Hewlett Foundation and director of the Effective Philanthropy Group, discussing the process and experience behind the anti-racism…
When I started working as a Program Officer on the Hewlett Foundation’s Women’s Economic Empowerment Strategy a year ago, I shifted from being a grantee to becoming a grantmaker—and the difference in perspective was stark. I began thinking about what it means to give money away, and how different it is from raising money. Especially…
We’ve just wrapped up Women’s History Month. This year’s celebration stood out as having an exciting focus on data. Whether taking stock of “what we know and don’t know about women” globally or asking why sex-disaggregated data aren’t sexy—data were front and center. When the pursuit of equity touches on data—for women or other groups…
This is the second in a series of blog posts on fostering equitable partnerships and shifting power in international development. See the first piece by Pat Scheid here. “You’ve just assumed a position of immense power and privilege; you will be hailed by grant seekers as the smartest person with the best ideas in the…
The performing arts sector, in the Bay Area and beyond, is facing a profound set of challenges brought on by the pandemic and stay-at-home orders. The vast majority of arts organizations will be deeply impaired for the foreseeable future, even with the generosity of individual donors keeping many afloat for now, and a second round…
As I enter my final six months at the Hewlett Foundation, it’s a good time to consider what I have learned as a grantmaker. As I have just celebrated a milestone birthday (New Year’s Day 2021) and mark 30+ years in the global development profession, I also find myself (a white American woman) reflecting on…
COVID-19 has altered everything—from where we work, to travel, to how we socialize. And, without a doubt, COVID-19 has changed how we educate our youth. But it may not be a bad thing that schools and teaching will look different when we come out of this crisis. Working in the Long Beach Unified School District…