Our Programs

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Education
The Education Program makes grants that provide students with rigorous, relevant, and innovative educational opportunities, including open educational resources and practices, in order to foster mobility and help students contribute to the future of their communities and our country.
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Effective Philanthropy
The Effective Philanthropy Program seeks to strengthen the capacity of Hewlett Foundation grantees, and nonprofits and philanthropy in general, to benefit people, communities, and the planet.
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Environment
The Environment Program makes grants to address climate change globally and to conserve the U.S. West to ensure people, communities, and the planet flourish.
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Gender Equity and Governance
The Gender Equity and Governance Program seeks to foster inclusive societies where everyone can thrive. Focusing on East and West Africa, Mexico, and the U.S., the program makes grants to expand women’s access to reproductive health and economic opportunity; increase governments’ responsiveness to the people they serve; and improve policymaking through the effective use of evidence.
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Performing Arts
The Performing Arts Program makes grants to support meaningful artistic experiences for communities throughout the San Francisco Bay Area.
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U.S. Democracy
The U.S. Democracy Program makes grants to strengthen our shared national community through nonpartisan support for our governing institutions in an effort to build public trust in a durable democracy where all Americans have a meaningful opportunity to thrive.
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Economy and Society
The Economy and Society Initiative works to identify and help spread ideas from across the ideological spectrum about what’s next for capitalism in order to meet the challenges of the 21st century so all people thrive.
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Racial Justice
The Racial Justice Initiative promotes equal opportunity for all by addressing systemic inequalities across issue areas and in society.
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Special Projects
Special Projects responds to opportunities that advance our philanthropic values, incubate new ideas, strengthen our field, and support the Bay Area.