It is typical for post-election readouts to focus on politics: who’s up, who’s down, what did the polls tell us, what’s going to happen next. Those are pertinent questions following the recent midterms, the results of which will undoubtedly have important consequences for policy and governance in the U.S. and beyond. But there is arguably…
Cliquez ici pour lire en français We are one year into implementing our new Global Reproductive Equity (GRE) strategy. The new strategy is a significant shift toward deeper engagement in our regions of focus in East and Francophone West Africa. We seek to strengthen the national and regional ecosystems of complementary actors in sexual and…
Click here to read in English Cela fait un an que nous mettons en œuvre notre nouvelle stratégie d’Equité reproductive mondiale (GRE). Cette nouvelle stratégie représente un changement significatif vers un engagement plus profond dans nos régions de prédilection en Afrique de l’Est et en Afrique de l’Ouest francophone. Nous souhaitons renforcer les écosystèmes nationaux…
This story was produced by The 74, a non-profit, independent news organization focused on education in America. Rising controversies over critical race theory, playing out across elections, legislation and the media, risk doing real harm to students and, by extension, the society they will soon inherit. Educators can and must be supported in mitigating this harm.…
The Hewlett Foundation believes that the climate crisis is one of the most pressing issues of our lifetime and impacts everything we do — it’s why we have dedicated over $1 billion to driving climate solutions and why we’ve been huge advocates to get more money into climate philanthropy. As our president, Larry Kramer, said: philanthropy…
Today, President Joe Biden signed the Inflation Reduction Act into law. It is the largest climate bill in U.S. history and was made possible in part by the work of grantee partners who provided smart and timely policy analysis; built more diverse, inclusive, and effective coalitions; educated policymakers from across the political spectrum about climate…
In 2020, the Hewlett Foundation embarked on a three-year wildfire initiative that was developed and led by Environment Program Fellow Jennee Kuang. As the fellowship draws to a close, Jennee shares her reflections as someone who came to Hewlett new to philanthropy and relatively new to the wildfire field. The Hewlett Foundation’s Environment team plans…
The third edition of the Hewlett Foundation’s Verify media roundtable — which brings together leading journalists with top national security officials, tech industry leaders, and experts from civil society to discuss critical issues in cybersecurity and tech policy more broadly — was originally scheduled to take place in April 2020. After several pandemic-related delays, it…
Jean Parvin Bordewich is a program officer in the U.S. Democracy Program at the Hewlett Foundation, overseeing grantmaking for the National Governing Institutions strategy. Earlier she spent more than 20 years on congressional staffs, including senior positions in both the Senate and House of Representatives. She also has been a local elected official in New…
At the Hewlett Foundation, we have been actively working on improving our practices regarding diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) for many years. We made DEI one of our guiding principles because these values are at the core of our own very purpose — the betterment of society — and they make us more effective and better at what…