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Description
The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation is a nonpartisan, private charitable foundation created by
y engineer and entrepreneur William R. Hewlett and his wife, Flora Lamson Hewlett, with their eldest
son, Walter Hewlett in 1966.
The private charitable foundation that advances ideas and supports institutions such as the support to
advance education for all, improve lives, and livelihoods in developing countries, support vibrant per-
forming arts, preserve the environment and promote the health and economic well-being of women,
among others.
Major achievements
The grants given by the organization are offered to a broad range of institutions that contribute to
public knowledge and performing arts centers engaging local diverse communities.
• Education Program – to help students succeed in work and civic life through the access to open
educational resources.
• Environment Program – to protect people and places threatened by a warming planet.
• Global Development and Population Program – to expand women’s reproductive and economic
choices, amplify citizen participation, etc.
• Performing Arts Program – to support meaningful artistic experiences for communities throughout
the San Francisco Bay Area.
• Effective Philanthropy Program – to strengthen the capacity of Hewlett Foundation grantees and
philanthropy.
• Cyber Initiative – to cultivate a field that develops thoughtful, multidisciplinary solutions to complex
cyber challenges and catalyses better policy outcomes.
• U.S. Democracy Program – to strengthen America’s policy-making and electoral processes.
(Hewlett Foundation, 2020)
