Open Foundations · California

William & Flora Hewlett Foundation

Menlo Park, California · EIN 941655673. Its Form 990-PF says giving is not restricted to organizations picked in advance, which is how a private foundation files that it accepts unsolicited requests. It paid $601.6M across 1,921 grants in 2024, a median of $150K each.

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$601.6M
paid in 2024
1,921
grants paid
$150K
median grant
16%
to first-time recipients
$14.2B
assets on file

How to apply, as filed

Straight off Part XV of the return. Where the foundation left a line blank, this says so rather than guessing.

Send requests to
AMBER MILLER PRESIDENT
Address
2121 SAND HILL ROAD, MENLO PARK, CA, 94025
Phone
6502344500
Email
Not stated in the filing
Form the request should take
SEE PAGE 23 AND WWW.HEWLETT.ORG
Submission deadline
SEE PAGE 23 AND WWW.HEWLETT.ORG
Restrictions on awards
SEE PAGE 23 AND WWW.HEWLETT.ORG

As filed on the Form 990-PF for tax year 2024, IRS filing object id 202523189349102727. Printed word for word, including the entries that only say to see a website or an attachment.

What it funds, in its own words

The words that come up most often across the purposes it wrote on its 2024 grants. These are the foundation's own words, not a category we assigned.

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Biggest grants in 2024

The 15 largest of the 1,921 grants paid in 2024, with the purpose the foundation wrote for each.

#RecipientStateAmountPurpose as filed
1Stichting European Climate Foundationn/a$11,212,911FOR THE CLIMATE FINANCE FUND
2Stichting European Climate Foundationn/a$11,000,000FOR THE CLIMATE FINANCE FUND
3Amalgamated Charitable Foundation IncDC$10,000,000FOR THE GLOBAL FUND FOR A NEW ECONOMY
4Climateworks FoundationCA$10,000,000FOR GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
5Stichting European Climate Foundationn/a$9,000,000FOR GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
6Msi-usDC$7,500,000FOR SUPPORT OF THE CHALLENGE FUND
7San Francisco FoundationCA$7,500,000FOR GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
8New Venture FundDC$7,000,000FOR THE CREATIVITY IN TEACHING AND LEARNING POOLED FUND
9The Energy FoundationCA$7,000,000FOR GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
10Windward FundDC$6,666,666FOR THE METHANE HUB
11Community Vision Capital & ConsultingCA$5,500,000FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS ACQUISITION FUND
12Election Trust Initiative LlcDC$5,000,000FOR THE ELECTION TRUST INITIATIVE
13Naacp Empowerment Programs IncMD$5,000,000FOR SUPPORT OF THE NAACP TO ESTABLISH AN ENDOWMENT
14United States Energy FoundationCA$4,500,000FOR GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
15Climateworks FoundationCA$4,000,000FOR THE GLOBAL INDUSTRIAL DECARBONIZATION PROGRAM

Giving by year, and who received it

Grants paid by year

Every year of this foundation's grants that Civly holds
Tax yearGrantsPaid
20201,714$451.3M
20211,737$503.9M
20221,756$525.9M
20231,828$565.1M
20241,921$601.6M

Where the money went

Share of 2024 grant dollars by recipient state
California33%
District of Columbia19%
??15%
New York9%
Massachusetts4%

Who decides

Officers, directors and trustees as filed, with the year of the return they appeared on.

Alecia DecoudreauxDIRECTOR · 2024
Amber MillerPRESIDENT (AS OF 09/24) · 2024
Billy HewlettDIRECTOR · 2024
David HewlettDIRECTOR · 2024
Dwight KodaCFO & TREASURER (AS OF 10/24) · 2024
Elizabeth PetersVP & COO (AS OF 09/24) · 2024
Eric GimonDIRECTOR · 2024
Kristy TsadickGC & CO SEC (AS OF 09/24) · 2024
Larry KramerPRESIDENT (THRU 01/24) · 2024
Mariano-florentino CuellarCHAIRMAN · 2024
Mary Ellen IskenderianDIRECTOR · 2024
Melody BarnesDIRECTOR · 2024
Persis DrellDIRECTOR · 2024
Sarah JaffeDIRECTOR · 2024
Suresh BhatCFO & TREASURER (THRU 10/24) · 2024
Susan MeaneyDIRECTOR · 2024

Every figure on this page is that foundation's own latest filed year, which is 2022 or later. This foundation is listed because its Form 990-PF says it does not restrict giving to preselected organizations and it paid at least 5 grants totaling $100K or more that year. Latest-year grants and terms per foundation from IRS 990-PF e-file returns; the newest tax year is partial until the IRS finishes releasing it. Grants are de-duplicated on funder, year, recipient and amount, so identical repeat grants collapse into one and totals can run low. Full method.

Source: IRS Form 990-PF e-file releases (public domain). Analysis: Civly.

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