Funding search · EIN 941655673 · Menlo Park, CA

The William & Flora Hewlett Foundation

Name: The William & Flora Hewlett Foundation grants, 2022–2024
Creator: PaperOrbit
License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.

5,652
grants reported: $1.75B
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $150,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

staff board gift matching members education climate development

Funder website ↗Full IRS filings ↗How this is built Report an error

Funding pattern

What this funder pays for, at what size, and how to position adjacent work. Read from their filings, with every number checked against the record.

Where the money goes

Global climate mitigation, industrial decarbonization, clean energy policy
US democracy, election trust, civic institutions, racial justice groups
Gender justice, reproductive health, feminist economies in Africa
Education: teaching and learning, community schools, civic education
Western US conservation, rivers, wildfire, water policy
Economic policy reimagining and evidence-informed governance

Typical grant

Median grant is $150,000 with the middle half between $50,000 and $300,000, so most of the portfolio is modest even though the totals are enormous. The eight-figure checks go to intermediaries and pooled funds they helped build, ClimateWorks, European Climate Foundation, Energy Foundation, New Venture Fund, and those repeat annually. Multi-year and repeat giving is the norm; the same names recur across 2022 to 2024.

Their words

Phrases from their own grant descriptions, worth speaking back to them.

“FOR GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT”
“POOLED FUND”
“DECARBONIZATION”
“GENDER-JUST”
“EVIDENCE AND EQUITY”

Positioning adjacent work

Anchor to a named theme they already fund: industrial decarbonization, election trust, community schools, or gender-just economies.
Ask in the $150,000 to $300,000 band for a first grant; seven figures goes to established intermediaries.
Request general operating support rather than project funding; it is their dominant phrasing.
If work is international, tie it to Africa, China, or Latin America, where their non-US grants concentrate.

Worth knowing: California and DC recipients take the bulk of the money, and a small set of intermediaries (ClimateWorks, European Climate Foundation, New Venture Fund, Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors, Windward Fund) absorb the largest checks by fiscal sponsoring pooled funds. Getting into one of those pooled vehicles is often a more realistic path than a direct grant, and the giving pattern reads as long relationships rather than fresh entrants.

91 grants matching “communication” · $21.0M

$1.5M
Meliore · 2024
For the global strategic communications council
$500,000
Meliore · 2024
For support of the climate culture communications hub
$500,000
The Energy Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2024
For the strategic communications program
$500,000
Meliore · 2024
For accelerating climate action through evidence-based strategic communications
$400,000
National Wildlife Federation · Reston, VA · 2024
For communications about state wildlife action plans
$400,000
Windward Fund · Washington, DC · 2024
For fund rural climate partnership's communications program
$350,000
Meliore · 2024
For the global strategic communications council's international climate desk
$350,000
Nez Perce Tribe · Lapwai, ID · 2024
For communications capacity
$350,000
Greenlatinos · Boulder, CO · 2024
For america the beautiful for all communication research
$300,000
Contina Impact · Berkeley, CA · 2024
For support of the democracy communications collaborative
$250,000
Amalgamated Charitable Foundation · Washington, DC · 2024
For buildus narrative communications
$150,000
Peak Grantmaking · Washington, DC · 2024
For legal support and crisis communications
$125,000
Communications Network · Naperville, IL · 2024
For general operating support
$125,000
China Africa Project · Grand Rapids, MI · 2024
For asia-africa climate communications support
$100,000
Demos a Network for Ideas and Action Ltd · New York, NY · 2024
For communications strategy and capacity development
$100,000
Education Leaders of Color · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
For measuring and communicating impact
$80,000
Stichting Partnership (Slocat) Foundation · 2024
For strategic communications improvement and wellness
$80,000
Cambiar Education · Encino, CA · 2024
For support of catalyst fellowship's communications strategy
$75,000
African Centre for Equitable Development · 2024
For website development and communications planning
$60,000
Neo Philanthropy · New York, NY · 2024
For abortion access front's new communications strategy
$55,000
Institute of Public Finance Limited · 2024
For communications, results framework, and leadership development
$50,000
African Centre for Parliamentary Affairs · 2024
For strategic planning, fund development, and communications
$45,000
Climateworks Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2024
For industry team leadership and communications trainings
$40,000
Datasphere Initiative Foundation · 2024
For strategic communications, fundraising, and learning
$30,000
Calcef Innovations · Oakland, CA · 2024
For communications support for the china representative office
$30,000
Resources Legacy Fund · Sacramento, CA · 2024
For bear ears inter-tribal coalition communications
$20,000
Berkeley Lab Foundation · Oakland, CA · 2024
For improving the china energy program's communications and outreach strategies
$20,000
George Washington University · Washington, DC · 2024
For communications support
$1.5M
The Roosevelt Institute · New York, NY · 2023
For education on federal climate policy, strategy, climate program, communications, and convenings
$1.5M
Energy Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2023
For industry decarbonization roadmap and communications
$1.3M
Meliore · 2023
For the global strategic communications council
$500,000
African Women'S Development &Communication Network · 2023
For a project advocating for a gender-just economic recovery in africa
$350,000
Nez Perce Tribe · Lapwai, ID · 2023
For communications capacity
$300,000
Policy Impact · Berkeley, CA · 2023
For support of the democracy communications collaborative
$250,000
Meliore · 2023
For strategic communications in africa
$250,000
Climate Justice Alliance · Berkeley, CA · 2023
For the communicating our power fellowship program
$166,667
African Climate Foundation Trust · 2023
For building up strategic communications capacity in mainstream media of key african nations
$152,388
Sd Foundation · Washington, DC · 2023
For support of voting rights lab rebranding and communications
$125,000
Communications Network · Naperville, IL · 2023
For general operating support
$125,000
China Africa Project · Grand Rapids, MI · 2023
For asia-africa climate communications support
$120,000
African Women'S Development &Communication Network · 2023
For organizational assessment, staff development, and wellness support
$100,000
Strategy and Communications Group Limited · 2023
For general operating support
$86,300
Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education · Boulder, CO · 2023
For supporting leadership coaching and communication
$85,000
El Education · New York, NY · 2023
For content stance development communications and wellness
$80,000
Pan-African Collective for Evidence Npc · 2023
For financial planning, management systems, and communications planning
$80,000
National Academy of Education · Washington, DC · 2023
For strategic planning and communications
$70,000
New Economics Foundation · 2023
For development of communication infrastructure and messaging
$60,000
Climate Justice Alliance · Berkeley, CA · 2023
For support of an evaluation of the communicating our power fellowship initiative
$50,000
International Centre for Research On Women in · 2023
For support of strategic communications planning and implementation
$40,000
Natural Resources Defense Council · New York Ny, NY · 2023
For internal strategic thinking and communications trainings for all china-based staff
$30,000
Stichting European Climate Foundation · 2023
For forum new economy's communications planning and support
$25,000
Berkeley Lab Foundation · Oakland, CA · 2023
For the china energy program's communications capacity building and strategic outreach
$20,000
Strategy and Communications Group Limited · 2023
For hr support
$15,000
Cdp North America · New York, NY · 2023
For communication and leadership training for cdp china in public-private partner engagement in asia
$10,000
Actionaid · 2023
For the development of a communications strategy for the bretton woods project
$875,000
Stichting European Climate Foundation · 2022
For climate voices and accelerating climate action through evidence-based strategic communications
$750,000
Stichting European Climate Foundation · 2022
For strategic communications: global ambition and the race for below 2 degree
$500,000
Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors · New York, NY · 2022
For climate nexus strategic communications
$500,000
Stichting European Climate Foundation · 2022
For the strategic climate communications funder advisory unit
$500,000
African Women'S Dev and Communication Network · 2022
For a project advocating for a gender-just economic recovery in africa
$440,000
National Law University Delhi · 2022
For support of the centre for communication governance
$350,000
Nez Perce Tribe · Lapwai, ID · 2022
For communications capacity
$340,000
Create Ca · Pasadena, CA · 2022
For a communications rollout of arts education research
$333,333
The African Climate Foundation Trust · 2022
For building up strategic communications capacity in mainstream media of key african nations
$250,000
Multiplier · San Francisco, CA · 2022
For the rural investment to protect our environment project communications
$250,000
Stichting European Climate Foundation · 2022
For strategic communications in africa
$250,000
Resources Legacy Fund · Sacramento, CA · 2022
For a communications re-granting project
$250,000
Policy Impact · Berkeley, CA · 2022
For support of the democracy communications collaborative
$197,800
Cast · Lynnfield, MA · 2022
For support of internal awareness building, communications assistance, and strategic planning
$100,000
Speak Up Africa · 2022
For a review and refresh of speak up africa's strategic communication framework
$100,000
First Nations Development Institute · Longmont, CO · 2022
For a communications refresh and it infrastructure assessment
$100,000
Strategy and Communications Group Limited · 2022
For general operating support
$100,000
Southern University System Foundation · Baton Rouge, LA · 2022
For valdry center's communications planning and program assessment
$100,000
Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors · New York, NY · 2022
For the just transition fund's communications strategy
$100,000
Funders for Reproductive Equity · Rockville, MD · 2022
For building a new communications infrastructure
$79,625
The Equity Institute · Providence, RI · 2022
For communications, financial planning, and leadership/staff development
$60,000
Actionaid · 2022
For the development of a communications strategy for the bretton woods project
$60,000
New York University · New York, NY · 2022
For metro center's communications, marketing, and leadership transition coaching
$60,000
University of Southern California · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
For a planning grant to develop a communications initiative on education equity
$50,000
Communications Network · Naperville, IL · 2022
For general operating support
$50,000
The Energy Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2022
For ef's china field capacity in public communication and engagement
$50,000
Universite Paris 8 Vincennes - Saint-Denis · 2022
For communications planning for the geode center
$45,000
Natural Resources Defense Council · New York Ny, NY · 2022
For nrdc's china program communication and project management training for staff
$45,000
World Resources Institute · Washington, DC · 2022
For the wri china program's evaluation capacity, communications, and staff training
$40,000
Panorama Global · Seattle, WA · 2022
For support of the gender funders colab's staffing and communication planning
$30,000
Rocky Mountain Institute · Boulder, CO · 2022
For rmi's china program capacity in communication
$30,000
Montana Wilderness Association · Helena, MT · 2022
For digital communications
$30,000
Latinos for Leadership Excellence and Diversity · Lawndale, CA · 2022
For communications support
$30,000
Headwaters Economics · Bozeman, MT · 2022
For staff professional development in communications
$30,000
American Conservation Coalition · Appleton, WI · 2022
For hr planning, communications, and marketing
$25,000
Philanthropy for Active Civic Engagement · Washington, DC · 2022
For support of a strategic communications assessment

Top recipients

Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.

Stichting European Climate Foundation37 grants · $86.7M
Climateworks Foundation25 grants · $66.0M
New Venture Fund75 grants · $43.5M
Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors48 grants · $40.2M
United States Energy Foundation12 grants · $31.6M
Windward Fund15 grants · $31.1M
Amalgamated Charitable Foundation17 grants · $30.0M
San Francisco Foundation4 grants · $23.1M
Resources Legacy Fund24 grants · $18.1M
The Energy Foundation6 grants · $17.6M

Giving over time

$552.6M

2022

$582.6M

2023

$615.7M

2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 5,652 grants.

$11.8M
Stichting European Climate Foundation · 2022
For the climate finance fund
$11.2M
Stichting European Climate Foundation · 2024
For the climate finance fund
$11.2M
Stichting European Climate Foundation · 2023
For the climate finance fund
$11.0M
Stichting European Climate Foundation · 2024
For the climate finance fund
$10.0M
Amalgamated Charitable Foundation · Washington, DC · 2024
For the global fund for a new economy
$10.0M
Climateworks Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2024
For general operating support
$10.0M
Amalgamated Charitable Foundation · Washington, DC · 2023
For the buildus fund project
$10.0M
Climate Leadership Initiative · San Francisco, CA · 2023
For general operating support
$10.0M
Climateworks Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2023
For general operating support
$10.0M
Humboldt Area Foundation · Bayside, CA · 2023
For the klamath fund
$10.0M
Climateworks Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2022
For general operating support
$9.0M
Stichting European Climate Foundation · 2024
For general operating support
$9.0M
Stichting European Climate Foundation · 2023
For general operating support
$9.0M
Columbia University in the City of New York · New York, NY · 2022
For the center for political economy
$9.0M
Stichting European Climate Foundation · 2022
For general operating support
$8.0M
The Energy Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2022
For general operating support
$8.0M
United States Energy Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2022
For general operating support
$7.5M
Msi-US · Washington, DC · 2024
For support of the challenge fund
$7.5M
San Francisco Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2024
For general operating support
$7.5M
San Francisco Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2023
For general operating support
$7.5M
San Francisco Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2022
For general operating support
$7.0M
New Venture Fund · Washington, DC · 2024
For the creativity in teaching and learning pooled fund
$7.0M
The Energy Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2024
For general operating support
$7.0M
Energy Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2023
For general operating support
$6.7M
Windward Fund · Washington, DC · 2022
For the methane hub
$6.7M
Windward Fund · Washington, DC · 2024
For the methane hub
$6.7M
Windward Fund · Washington, DC · 2023
For the methane hub
$5.5M
Community Vision Capital & Consulting · San Francisco, CA · 2024
For the performing arts acquisition fund
$5.5M
United States Energy Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2023
For general operating support
$5.0M
Election Trust Initiative Llc · Washington, DC · 2024
For the election trust initiative
$5.0M
Naacp Empowerment Programs · Baltimore, MD · 2024
For support of the naacp to establish an endowment
$5.0M
Election Trust Initiative Llc · Washington, DC · 2023
For the election trust initiative
$5.0M
Florida Agricultural & Mechanical University Term · Tallahassee, FL · 2023
For the cyber policy institute (cy)
$5.0M
Miami Foundation · Miami, FL · 2023
For the press forward pooled fund
$5.0M
Spelman College · Atlanta, GA · 2023
For a program to prepare the next generation of cyber, security, and policy experts
$5.0M
Election Trust Initiative Llc · Washington, DC · 2022
For support of the election performance project
$5.0M
Florida International University · Miami, FL · 2022
For cybersecurity@fiu
$5.0M
The Bridgespan Group · Boston, MA · 2022
For the knowledge and innovation fund
$5.0M
Turtle Mountain Community College · Belcourt, ND · 2022
For the cyber law & policy program
$4.6M
Western Conservation Foundation · Denver, CO · 2022
For general operating support
$4.5M
United States Energy Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2024
For general operating support
$4.5M
International Sustainable Energy Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2022
For general operating support
$4.3M
Water Foundation · Sacramento, CA · 2023
For general operating support
$4.1M
Western Conservation Foundation · Denver, CO · 2023
For general operating support
$4.0M
Climateworks Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2024
For the global industrial decarbonization program
$4.0M
International Sustainable Energy Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2024
For general operating support
$4.0M
Climateworks Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2023
For the global industrial decarbonization program
$4.0M
New Venture Fund · Washington, DC · 2023
For support of the fenomenal funds
$4.0M
Climateworks Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2022
For the global industrial decarbonization program
$4.0M
Climateworks Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2022
For work on global industrial decarbonization
$3.9M
Center for Popular Democracy · Brooklyn, NY · 2023
For general operating support
$3.5M
Climateworks Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2024
For support of u.s. Foreign economic policy for global green industrial policy
$3.5M
Colorofchangeorg Education Fund · Oakland, CA · 2023
For general operating support
$3.5M
Water Foundation · Sacramento, CA · 2023
For the water solutions fund
$3.3M
Climateworks Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2024
For the global industry hub initiative
$3.1M
Amalgamated Charitable Foundation · Washington, DC · 2024
For the democracy frontlines fund
$3.0M
Liberty Hill Foundation · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
For the environmental leadership initiative
$3.0M
Policylink · Oakland, CA · 2024
For general operating support
$3.0M
Resources Legacy Fund · Sacramento, CA · 2024
For wildfire strategies
$3.0M
Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors · New York, NY · 2024
For the global commons alliance
$3.0M
Chronicle of Philanthropy · Washington, DC · 2023
For general operating support
$3.0M
Climate Leadership Initiative · San Francisco, CA · 2023
For general operating support
$3.0M
International Sustainable Energy Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2023
For general operating support
$3.0M
Resources Legacy Fund · Sacramento, CA · 2023
For wildfire strategies
$3.0M
Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors · New York, NY · 2023
For the global commons alliance
$3.0M
National Center for Civic Innovation · New York, NY · 2022
For supporting the openscied project
$3.0M
Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors · New York, NY · 2022
For the climate leadership initiative
$3.0M
Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors · New York, NY · 2022
For the global commons alliance
$3.0M
The Seattle Foundation · Seattle, WA · 2022
For support of the education forward fund
$3.0M
United States Energy Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2022
For the midwest climate and democracy initiative
$3.0M
Water Foundation · Sacramento, CA · 2022
For the water solutions fund
$2.9M
Global Impact · Alexandria, VA · 2023
For the future of online trust and safety fund
$2.8M
Climate and Clean Energy Equity Fund Open Gov Hub · Washington, DC · 2024
For general operating support
$2.8M
Climate and Clean Energy Equity Fund · Washington, DC · 2023
For general operating support
$2.7M
Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors · New York, NY · 2022
For the climate emergency collaboration group
$2.6M
Rei Cooperative Action Fund · Sumner, WA · 2024
For general operating support
$2.5M
Climateworks Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2024
For the clean cooling collaborative
$2.5M
Rf Catalytic Capital · New York, NY · 2024
For invest in our future
$2.5M
Tara Climate Ltd · 2024
For general operating support
$2.5M
New Venture Fund · Washington, DC · 2023
For the women's funds collaborative
$2.5M
Tara Climate Ltd · 2023
For general operating support
$2.5M
Climateworks Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2022
For the clean cooling collaborative
$2.5M
New Venture Fund · Washington, DC · 2022
For the climate and clean energy equity fund
$2.5M
New Venture Fund · Washington, DC · 2022
For the women's funds collaborative
$2.5M
Rf Catalytic Capital · New York, NY · 2023
For invest in our future
$2.4M
George Washington University · Washington, DC · 2024
For a series of forums on civic teaching as a core principle in education
$2.1M
Western Conservation Foundation · Denver, CO · 2024
For the state conservation program
$2.1M
Protect Democracy Project · Washington, DC · 2023
For general operating support
$2.1M
Colorofchangeorg Education Fund · Oakland, CA · 2024
For general operating support
$2.0M
Community Initiatives · Oakland, CA · 2024
For community schools learning exchange
$2.0M
International Budget Partnership · Washington, DC · 2024
For general operating support
$2.0M
Johns Hopkins University · Baltimore, MD · 2024
For the center for economy and society at the snf agora institute
$2.0M
Msi-US · Washington, DC · 2024
For support of msi's programs in east and francophone west africa
$2.0M
New Venture Fund · Washington, DC · 2024
For support of the fenomenal funds
$2.0M
Rockefeller Brothers Fund · New York, NY · 2024
For multistakeholder carbon neutrality strategy development and implementation in china
$2.0M
Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors · New York, NY · 2024
For the climate emergency collaboration group
$2.0M
United States Energy Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2024
For federal and local power programs
$2.0M
Women in Informal Employment - Weigo Ltd · 2024
For general operating support
$2.0M
Amalgamated Charitable Foundation · Washington, DC · 2023
For the families and workers fund's powering good climate and infrastructure careers funding initiative
$2.0M
Liberty Hill Foundation · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
For the environmental leadership initiative

View all 5,652 grants →

Who else funds this kind of work

Same state

Silicon Valley Community Foundation10,471 grants · $10.10B
Tides Foundation9,402 grants · $1.86B
UCLA Foundation276 grants · $1.75B

Similar purposes

M J Murdock Charitable Trust2,400 grants · $283.0M
Democracy Fund706 grants · $142.1M
Dogwood Health Trust1,824 grants · $301.3M

Similar grant size

The Ford Foundation10,731 grants · $2.35B
John D and Catherine T MacArthur Foundation (Consolidated)7,100 grants · $1.67B
Wk Kellogg Foundation7,234 grants · $1.30B

Grants already paid are the record; PaperOrbit reads your paper and finds the funders whose record matches it — then explains why.

Search funders like this one

Source: IRS Form 990-PF, Part XV, as filed by the foundation. These are grants already paid — a record of what this funder backs, not an open call.