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The William & Flora Hewlett Foundation

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

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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.

70 grants matching “genderal” · $27.0M

  • $1.3M

    Windward Fund · Washington, DC · 2024

    For the hive fund for climate and gender justice

  • $1.0M

    Global Fund for Women · San Francisco, CA · 2024

    For support of the collaborative for a gender just economy pooled fund

  • $1.0M

    Christian Aid · 2024

    For a project to foster gender-just tax systems in burkina faso, sierra leone and zimbabwe

  • $800,000

    African Ctr for Econtransformation Open Gov Hub · Washington, DC · 2024

    For support to strengthen acet's gender equality program

  • $500,000

    Brookings Institution · Washington, DC · 2024

    For support of a research program on macroeconomics and gender equality

  • $500,000

    Actionaid · 2024

    For support of the bretton woods project's gender equality and macroeconomics project

  • $500,000

    The Int'L Bank for Reconstruction and Developmenet · Washington, DC · 2024

    For strengthening evidence-based policymaking for gender equity

  • $500,000

    Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors · New York, NY · 2024

    For the collaborative for gender + reproductive equity's state courts program

  • $498,000

    International Monetary Fund · Washington, DC · 2024

    For mainstreaming of gender considerations in the imf's operations

  • $452,000

    International Monetary Fund · Washington, DC · 2024

    For mainstreaming of gender considerations in the imf's operations

  • $400,000

    African Women'S Dev & Comms Network · 2024

    For a project advocating for a gender-just economic recovery in africa

  • $400,000

    The Registered Trustees of Women Fd Tanzania(Wft) · 2024

    For the climate and gender justice summit

  • $350,000

    Panorama Global · Seattle, WA · 2024

    For support linking gender, climate, and reproductive justice in global and national policies and programs

  • $200,000

    Gender and Development Network · 2024

    For the support of gadn's organizational structures

  • $180,000

    Proteus Fund · Amherst, MA · 2024

    For support of the transparency and accountability initiative: gender-just economy collaborative learning platform

  • $170,000

    Genders & Sexualities Alliance Network · Oakland, CA · 2024

    For general operating support

  • $150,000

    Urge Unite for Reproductive and Gender Equity · Washington, DC · 2024

    For general operating support

  • $150,000

    Georgetown University · Washington, DC · 2024

    For support of the center on gender justice & opportunity

  • $100,000

    Panorama Global · Seattle, WA · 2024

    For support of the gender funders colab

  • $100,000

    Gender and Development Network · 2024

    For promoting feminist macroeconomic alternatives in global economic recovery plans

  • $100,000

    Development Alternatives With Women for a New Era · 2024

    For a project to explore policy transformations for a gender-just economic recovery

  • $100,000

    Urge Unite for Reproductive and Gender Equity · Washington, DC · 2024

    For strategic planning, fundraising, and board development

  • $100,000

    Editorial Animal Sde R L De C V · 2024

    For an investigative journalism project on gender equality and women's empowerment in mexico

  • $50,000

    Re Power Fund · Minneapolis, MN · 2024

    For staff development on racial and gender justice

  • $25,000

    Urge Unite for Reproductive and Gender Equity · Washington, DC · 2024

    For legal technical assistance

  • $1.5M

    Windward Fund · Washington, DC · 2023

    For the hive fund for climate and gender justice

  • $1.3M

    Windward Fund · Washington, DC · 2023

    For the hive fund for climate and gender justice

  • $875,000

    United Nations Foundation · Washington, DC · 2023

    For advocacy and programming to improve gender data use and resourcing

  • $500,000

    National Democratic Institute for International · Washington, DC · 2023

    For support of gender, women and democracy work

  • $500,000

    International Bank for Reconstruction and · Washington, DC · 2023

    For expanding consultations with civil society to inform the wbg gender strategy update

  • $500,000

    Actionaid · 2023

    For support of the bretton woods project's gender equality and macroeconomics project

  • $500,000

    Urgent Action Fund Africa · 2023

    For support of uaf africa's anti-gender rights response

  • $500,000

    African Women'S Development &Communication Network · 2023

    For a project advocating for a gender-just economic recovery in africa

  • $425,000

    Christian Aid · 2023

    For a project to advance gender-just macroeconomic policymaking in the pandemic recovery context

  • $400,000

    International Development Research Centre Centre · 2023

    For communaut d'afrique francophone sur les donnes ouvertes to strengthen capacity & gender equity

  • $400,000

    Africans Rising for Justice Peace and Dignity · 2023

    For support of the en(gender)ing african social movements programme

  • $400,000

    Consortium Rgional Pour La Recherche En Economie · 2023

    For support of the use of demographic dividend observatories to influence gender-responsive policies

  • $380,000

    International Center for Evaluation and · 2023

    For gender equality evidence gap map in east and west africa

  • $330,000

    Brookings Institution · Washington, DC · 2023

    For the advancement of gender equality on activities of the center for sustainable development

  • $320,000

    African Center for Economic Transformation · Washington, DC · 2023

    For support to strengthen acet's gender equality program

  • $300,000

    Id Insight · San Francisco, CA · 2023

    For assessing and highlighting gender-specific conditions and impacts in id insight's projects

  • $300,000

    United Nations Development Programme · New York, NY · 2023

    For support of a dialogue on gender equality and taxation

  • $250,000

    African Tax Administration Forum · 2023

    For support of regional african gender and tax justice work

  • $230,000

    Proteus Fund · Amherst, MA · 2023

    For support of the transparency and accountability initiative: gender-just economy collaborative learning platform

  • $200,000

    Le Rseau Inter Africain Des Femmes Mdias(Famedev · 2023

    For gender equality and social inclusivity in senegal

  • $200,000

    Lemonada Media · Minneapolis, MN · 2023

    For gender equity and reproductive justice podcast series

  • $150,000

    Urge Unite for Reproductive and Gender Equity · Washington, DC · 2023

    For general operating support

  • $100,000

    Genders & Sexualities Alliance Network · Oakland, CA · 2023

    For general operating support

  • $65,000

    Genders & Sexualities Alliance Network · Oakland, CA · 2023

    For leadership transition support

  • $1.0M

    The Intnl Bank for Reconstruction and Development · Washington, DC · 2022

    For strengthening evidence-based policymaking for gender equity

  • $875,000

    United Nations Foundation · Washington, DC · 2022

    For advocacy and programming to improve gender data use and resourcing

  • $525,000

    Christian Aid · 2022

    For a project to advance gender-just macroeconomic policymaking in the pandemic recovery context

  • $500,000

    Actionaid · 2022

    For a project to contribute to gender equality and women's rights by changing the international macroeconomic policy environment

  • $500,000

    Bard College · Annandale, NY · 2022

    For the levy economics institute's gender equality and the economy program

  • $500,000

    Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors · New York, NY · 2022

    For the collaborative for gender + reproductive equity judicial work to advance reproductive equity

  • $500,000

    African Women'S Dev and Communication Network · 2022

    For a project advocating for a gender-just economic recovery in africa

  • $480,000

    African Center for Economic Transformation · Washington, DC · 2022

    For support to strengthen acet's gender equality program

  • $400,000

    Consortium Regional Pour La Recherche · 2022

    For support of the use of demographic dividend observatories to influence gender-responsive policies

  • $340,000

    Population Council · New York, NY · 2022

    For support of the poverty, gender, and youth program

  • $200,000

    Le Reseau Inter Africain Des Femmes (Famedev) · 2022

    For gender equality and social inclusivity in senegal

  • $150,000

    Urge Unite for Reproductive and Gender Equity · Washington, DC · 2022

    For general operating support

  • $150,000

    Pollicy Data Institute Ltd · 2022

    For support to a project on gender data governance in africa

  • $146,000

    Publish What You Pay · 2022

    For evidence on gender in the extractive industries transparency initiative

  • $138,000

    The Regents of the Uni of California - San Diego · La Jolla, CA · 2022

    For support of the eastern africa social and gender norms learning collaborative

  • $100,000

    Genders & Sexualities Alliance Network · Oakland, CA · 2022

    For general operating support

  • $100,000

    Re Power Fund · Minneapolis, MN · 2022

    For staff development on racial and gender justice

  • $100,000

    Gender and Development Network · 2022

    For promoting feminist macroeconomic alternatives in global economic recovery plans

  • $90,000

    Development Alternatives With Women for a New Era · 2022

    For a project to explore policy transformations for a gender-just economic recovery

  • $50,000

    Urge Unite for Reproductive and Gender Equity · Washington, DC · 2022

    For designing organizational systems rooted in deij

  • $40,000

    Panorama Global · Seattle, WA · 2022

    For support of the gender funders colab's staffing and communication planning

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

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