Talk:Hewlett Foundation

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This is substantially at odds with the top line assertion that they causes they donate to are liberal and progressive. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 135.180.144.29 (talk) 23:42, 24 June 2022 (UTC)

Shouldn't there be a section on Criticism mentioning that the Hewlett Foundation funds abortions in developing countries? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.11.160.122 (talk • contribs) 15:40, 2 July 2012 (UTC)

: Please sign your comment. Please provide a source for this criticism, thank you. Christine Bush in Mountain View, CA 17:17, 22 April 2013 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by ChristineBushMV (talk • contribs)

: My question would be, "Why would you consider that globally philanthropic/humanitarian act a subject of 'criticism'?" I realize that abortion is a controversial subject; however, there are those of us who are greatly concerned that the "[http://www.census.gov/popclock/ clock]" just keeps on ticking. Wikipedia is not the place to "criticize" controversial actions, so provide reliable sources for your claim if you want it in the article – not as a criticism, but as an objective and well-cited information piece. – PAINE ELLSWORTH ^CLIMAX! 16:12, 24 April 2013 (UTC)

Well there are those of us who don't consider that a philantropic act. One way or the other if something is unsourced it doesn't belong in an article. 2001:BB6:7A95:7458:D1D:BB74:BFFC:F5D1 (talk) 21:07, 25 December 2024 (UTC)

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Hi there! I'm a Hewlett Foundation employee. I'd like to see if editors would help me update the infobox. Right now the Revenue, Expenses, and Endowment figures are all quite dated. The ProPublica [https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/organizations/941655673 profile] for the Hewlett Foundation has the most recent (2023) numbers. Specifically, it should be:

• Revenue = {{US$|602,000,000}}{{Cite web| title = William & Flora Hewlett Foundation| work = ProPublica| access-date = February 10, 2025| url = https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/organizations/941655673}} (2023)
• Expenses = {{US$|700,000,000}}{{Cite web| title = William & Flora Hewlett Foundation| work = ProPublica| access-date = February 10, 2025| url = https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/organizations/941655673}} (2023)
• Endowment = $13.3 billion{{Cite web| title = William & Flora Hewlett Foundation| work = ProPublica| access-date = February 10, 2025| url = https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/organizations/941655673}} (2023)

Is this an update that editors can review and implement? My understanding is that I shouldn't edit directly since I work for the Hewlett Foundation. Please let me know. Thanks. KristenHF (talk) 15:45, 21 March 2025 (UTC)

:{{Respond|bluecheck2|Go ahead:}} I have reviewed these proposed changes and suggest that you go ahead and make the proposed changes to the page. Rusalkii (talk) 00:17, 22 March 2025 (UTC)

::Thank you, User:Rusalkii. It looks like another editor has made those changes now, along with quite a few others, some of which seem odd but I'll need to look at them more closely before raising any specific queries here. I appreciate your attention to this and hope you'll help with other requests I share in the future. KristenHF (talk) 19:06, 11 April 2025 (UTC)

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Thank you to Wikipedia editors for helping with my previous infobox request. I appreciate your attention to this matter.

I have another request for some minor updates, this time to the History section. I would like to add three claims about personnel associated with the Hewlett Foundation. I'm hoping we can include the following:

• "In 1997, Condoleezza Rice joined the Hewlett Foundation's board of directors." [Sources: [https://www.hewlett.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/HewlettAR_1997.pdf The 1997 Annual Report from HF], which identifies Condoleeza Rice as being on the board of directors for the first time, and a [https://stacks.stanford.edu/file/druid:cw424bw6294/cw424bw6294_SC0932_s5_Rice_Condoleezza_script.pdf 2017 Stanford Historical Society report], which notes that she served on the board of directors from 1997 to 2000.]
• "In 2003, previous to serving as United States Secretary of Energy, American physicist Steven Chu served on the Hewlett Foundation's board of directors." [Source: A [https://www.politico.com/story/2008/12/energy-candidate-has-foundation-ties-016535 2008 Politico article] stating that "Chu, director of Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory at the University of California, Berkeley, is on the board of the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, a nonprofit that gave more than $31.6 million in grants to the Bipartisan Policy Center, another nonprofit that does policy work on energy and the environment, among other issues."]
• "In June 2024, Amber D. Miller, an American experimental cosmologist and former dean of USC Dana and David Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences, became president of the Hewlett Foundation." [Sources: A [https://www.alliancemagazine.org/blog/hewlett-foundation-appoints-astrophysicist-amber-miller-as-new-president/ 2024 Alliance Magazine article] and a [https://www.insidephilanthropy.com/home/2024-6-5-seven-things-to-know-about-amber-miller-the-hewlett-foundations-incoming-president 2024 Inside Philanthropy article].

If these claims could be added to the History section in chronological order, the updated section would look like this:

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Bill and Flora Hewlett consolidated their philanthropic activity into the William R. Hewlett Foundation, which Bill, aged 53, founded in 1966 in their Palo Alto, California, home.{{cite web | url=https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/on-the-web/william-and-flora-hewlett-foundation | title=William and Flora Hewlett Foundation | date=2 January 2002 | website=Philanthropy News Digest | access-date=February 6, 2025 | archive-date=19 March 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200319211249/https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/on-the-web/william-and-flora-hewlett-foundation | url-status=live }} Founding board members were Bill, Flora, and the couple's oldest son, Walter Hewlett. The years 1966–1972 were referred to as "the living room years".{{cite web | url=https://www.grantforward.com/sponsor/detail/william-and-flora-hewlett-foundation-2172 | title=William and Flora Hewlett Foundation | website=grantforward | access-date=February 6, 2025 | archive-date=19 March 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200319211247/https://www.grantforward.com/sponsor/detail/william-and-flora-hewlett-foundation-2172 | url-status=live }} Flora Hewlett served as a board member and Bill Hewlett was an active part of the foundation until his death. Bill Hewlett sought to fund established organizations operating in his fields of interest. In its first ten years, the foundation awarded close to $15.3 million to organizations involved in education, population, performing arts, environment, health, and social services.{{cite book | date=October 1999 | title=Neighborhood Networks Funding Guide | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kq1AF8Pg3qMC&q=hewlett+foundation+AND+awarded+grants+to+organisation&pg=PA29 | page=29 | access-date=February 6, 2025 | archive-date=2021-12-14 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211214211741/https://books.google.com/books?id=kq1AF8Pg3qMC&q=hewlett+foundation+AND+awarded+grants+to+organisation&pg=PA29 | url-status=live }}

In 1972, the foundation's board of directors was expanded with the addition of William A. Hewlett and James S. Hewlett. In 1974, the foundation hired its first executive director, John May, who was also the executive of the San Francisco Foundation. Following Flora Hewlett's death in 1977, and in her memory, the foundation's name was changed to "The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation."{{cite book | last=Nielsen | first=Waldemar A. | date=2002 | title=Golden Donors A New Anatomy of the Great Foundations | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Rx4uDwAAQBAJ&q=flora+hewlett+AND+died+AND+foundation+changed+name&pg=PT263 | location=New York | publisher=Routledge | isbn=9781351516938 | access-date=2020-10-02 | archive-date=2021-12-14 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211214211742/https://books.google.com/books?id=Rx4uDwAAQBAJ&q=flora+hewlett+AND+died+AND+foundation+changed+name&pg=PT263 | url-status=live }}{{Cite news| title = UC's Gardner Will Head Hewlett Philanthropy| work = Los Angeles Times| access-date = February 7, 2025| date = March 20, 1992| url = https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1992-03-20-mn-4256-story.html}} Shortly after, the foundation appointed former University of California Chancellor Roger W. Heyns as president, with Bill Hewlett becoming the board chair.{{cite web | url=https://www.nytimes.com/1995/09/14/obituaries/roger-w-heyns-77-head-of-berkeley-in-the-60-s.html | title=Roger W. Heyns, 77, Head of Berkeley in the 60's | last=Hevesi | first=Dennis | date=14 September 1995 | website=The New York Times | access-date=February 7, 2025 | archive-date=23 March 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200323182150/https://www.nytimes.com/1995/09/14/obituaries/roger-w-heyns-77-head-of-berkeley-in-the-60-s.html | url-status=live }} The board was expanded with the addition of Eleanor Hewlett Gilmon and Mary Hewlett Jaffe, daughters of Bill and Flora. Since 1981, the majority of the foundation's board has been composed of non-family members.

The foundation has made grants in the areas of conflict resolution, education, environmental protection, performing arts, and as a supporter of organizations in the Bay Area.{{cite web | url=https://www.insidephilanthropy.com/fundraising-bay-area-grants | title=Bay Area & NorCal: Funders | website=Inside Philanthropy | access-date=February 7, 2025 | archive-date=4 October 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201004093600/https://www.insidephilanthropy.com/fundraising-bay-area-grants | url-status=live }}

In 1993, with the appointment of former University of California President David P. Gardner,{{cite web | url=https://snaccooperative.org/ark:/99166/w6gj1tm2 | title=Gardner, David Pierpont, 1933- | website=Social Networks and Archival Context | access-date=February 7, 2025 | archive-date=6 September 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200906175855/https://snaccooperative.org/ark:/99166/w6gj1tm2 | url-status=live }} who succeeded Roger Heyns who retired after 15 years, the foundation's focus widened. The foundation expanded its funding of environmental causes, formerly restricted to California, to all over the Western United States and Canada. The foundation also began focusing on K-12 education reforms. Gardner introduced a new program supporting relations between the US and Latin America. Gardner served for six years.{{cite web | url=https://hewlett.org/about-us/hewlett-family-and-history/ | title=The Hewlett Family and Foundation History | website=William and Flora Hewlett Foundation | access-date=February 10, 2025 | archive-date=July 20, 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200720005313/https://hewlett.org/about-us/hewlett-family-and-history/ | url-status=live }}

During Gardner's tenure, the foundation introduced the limitation of terms served as program officers with terms expiring after six years, followed by an extension of three years with board approval. In 2005, this term limit was extended to eight years.

In 1997, Condoleezza Rice joined the Hewlett Foundation's board of directors.{{cite report| title = 1997 Annual Report| publisher = William and Flora Hewlett Foundation| date = 1997 | url = https://www.hewlett.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/HewlettAR_1997.pdf| access-date = February 24, 2025}}{{cite report| title = Stanford Historical Society Oral History Program: Condoleeza Rice | publisher = Stanford University | date = 2017 | url = https://stacks.stanford.edu/file/druid:cw424bw6294/cw424bw6294_SC0932_s5_Rice_Condoleezza_script.pdf | access-date = February 24, 2025 |quote = Director, Board of Directors, William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, 1997 - 2000}}

In January 2000, Paul Brest, the former dean of Stanford Law School, was appointed as the new president of the foundation.{{Cite web |url=http://www.hewlett.org/about-the-william-and-flora-hewlett-foundation/foundation-staff/paul-brest |title=Paul Brest | Hewlett Foundation |access-date=February 10, 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110304205647/http://www.hewlett.org/about-the-william-and-flora-hewlett-foundation/foundation-staff/paul-brest |archive-date=2011-03-04 |url-status=dead }} He served for 12 years. On January 12, 2001, Bill Hewlett, aged 87 years, died from heart failure.{{cite web | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2001/01/13/business/william-hewlett-dies-at-87-a-pioneer-of-silicon-valley.html | title=William Hewlett Dies at 87; A Pioneer of Silicon Valley | last=Markoff | first=John | date=13 January 2001 | website=The New York Times | access-date=February 7, 2025 | archive-date=20 May 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200520075043/https://www.nytimes.com/2001/01/13/business/william-hewlett-dies-at-87-a-pioneer-of-silicon-valley.html | url-status=live }} During Brest's time as president, the foundation started to focus on awarding grants for efforts curbing global warming and the expansion of the use of open educational resources.{{cite web | url=https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/newsmakers/paul-brest-president-william-and-flora-hewlett-foundation-smart-philanthropy-in-tough-times | title=Paul Brest, President, William and Flora Hewlett Foundation: Smart Philanthropy in Tough Times | date=20 November 2008 | website=Philanthropy News Digest | access-date=February 7, 2025 | archive-date=9 August 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200809104234/https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/newsmakers/paul-brest-president-william-and-flora-hewlett-foundation-smart-philanthropy-in-tough-times | url-status=live }} During this time, the foundation also relocated to Menlo Park, California.

In 2003, previous to serving as United States Secretary of Energy, American physicist Steven Chu served on the Hewlett Foundation's board of directors.{{Cite news| last = Lovely| first = Erika| title = Energy candidate has foundation ties - POLITICO| work = Politico| access-date = February 10, 2025| date = December 12, 2008| url = https://www.politico.com/story/2008/12/energy-candidate-has-foundation-ties-016535}}

Larry Kramer, also a former dean of Stanford Law School, became the foundation's president in 2012.{{cite web | url=https://news.stanford.edu/news/2012/march/larry-kramer-leaving-032912.html | title=Dean Larry Kramer to leave Stanford Law School to lead Hewlett Foundation | date=29 March 2012 | website=Stanford University | access-date=February 10, 2025 | archive-date=8 July 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200708112649/https://news.stanford.edu/news/2012/march/larry-kramer-leaving-032912.html | url-status=dead }} He introduced new initiatives addressing political polarization as well as cybersecurity.{{cite web | url=https://www.ft.com/content/bb9dc9fc-1559-11e8-9c33-02f893d608c2 | title=Silicon Valley's tech billionaires raising funds to fight cyber crime | last=Kuchler | first=Hannah | date=7 March 2018 | website=Financial Times | access-date=February 10, 2025 | archive-date=9 August 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200809090626/https://www.ft.com/content/bb9dc9fc-1559-11e8-9c33-02f893d608c2 | url-status=live }} Kramer stepped down in December 2023.{{cite news |last1=Callahan |first1=David |title=Big Ideas, Big Giving: The Legacy of Hewlett Foundation's Larry Kramer |url=https://www.insidephilanthropy.com/home/2023/12/12/big-ideas-big-giving-the-legacy-of-hewlett-foundations-larry-kramer |access-date=February 10, 2025 |work=Inside Philanthropy |date=12 December 2023}}

Stephen C. Neal, who had been serving as a board member since 2006, was appointed as and succeeded Walter Hewlett as board chair.{{cite web | url=https://www.pressreleasepoint.com/los-altos-attorney-stephen-c-neal-elected-chair-monterey-bay-aquarium-board-trustees | title=Los Altos Attorney Stephen C. Neal Elected Chair of Monterey Bay Aquarium Board of Trustees | date=31 July 2013 | website=Press Release Point | access-date=February 10, 2025 | archive-date=9 August 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200809065211/https://www.pressreleasepoint.com/los-altos-attorney-stephen-c-neal-elected-chair-monterey-bay-aquarium-board-trustees | url-status=live }} In 2014, Mariano-Florentino Cuéllar joined the Hewlett Foundation's board of directors.{{Cite web| title = Introducing Carnegie's President| work = Carnegie Endowment for International Peace| access-date = February 24, 2025| url = https://carnegieendowment.org/about/our-president?lang=en}} In December 2021, Mariano was named board chair of the Hewlett Foundation.{{Cite web| title = Mariano-Florentino Cuéllar Is Board Chair of the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation| work = The American Law Institute| access-date = February 24, 2025| date = December 16, 2021| url = https://www.ali.org/news/articles/mariano-florentino-cuellar-board-chair-william-and-flora-hewlett-foundation}}

In June 2024, Amber D. Miller, an American experimental cosmologist and former dean of USC Dana and David Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences, became president of the Hewlett Foundation.{{Cite news| last = Musaddique| first = Shafi| title = Hewlett Foundation appoints astrophysicist Amber Miller as new president| work = Alliance Magazine| access-date = February 7, 2025| date = June 3, 2024| url = https://www.alliancemagazine.org/blog/hewlett-foundation-appoints-astrophysicist-amber-miller-as-new-president/}}{{Cite news| last = Kavate| first = Michael| title = Seven Things to Know About Amber Miller, the Hewlett Foundation’s Incoming President| work = Inside Philanthropy| access-date = February 7, 2025| date = June 5, 2024| url = https://www.insidephilanthropy.com/home/2024-6-5-seven-things-to-know-about-amber-miller-the-hewlett-foundations-incoming-president}}

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Is this an update that editors can review and implement? Please let me know. Thanks. KristenHF (talk) 22:14, 7 May 2025 (UTC)