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Useful background reference for understanding philanthropic funding flows in AI governance; InfluenceWatch is a conservative-leaning watchdog, so analysis may carry ideological framing worth noting when interpreting content.
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InfluenceWatch profile of the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, a major philanthropic organization that funds work across education, environment, global development, and increasingly AI governance and technology policy. The foundation is notable for its significant grant-making in areas relevant to AI safety and responsible technology development.
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- •The Hewlett Foundation is one of the largest private foundations in the US, with billions in assets influencing policy and research funding.
- •It has funded AI governance, technology policy, and responsible AI initiatives through various grantees.
- •InfluenceWatch provides a watchdog perspective on the foundation's political and policy influence.
- •The foundation supports organizations working on tech accountability, digital rights, and AI oversight.
- •Its funding network intersects with major AI safety and governance ecosystems including think tanks and academic institutions.
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William and Flora Hewlett Foundation
Hewlett Foundation logo ( link )
Website:
www.hewlett.org
Location:
MENLO PARK, CA
Tax ID:
94-1655673
Tax-Exempt Status:
501(c)(3)-PF
Budget (2023):
Revenue: $602,064,005
Expenses: $699,937,452
Assets: $13,332,174,215
Type:
Grantmaking organization
Formation:
1966
Board Chair:
Mariano-Florentino Cuellar
Latest Tax Filing:
2023 Form 990
2022 Form 990
2021 Form 990
President:
Amber D. Miller
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The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation (also known as the Hewlett Foundation) is a private foundation established in 1966 by Hewlett-Packard co-founder William R. Hewlett, his wife Flora, and his son Walter. 1 It is generally considered to be politically left-of-center for its funding of environmentalist causes, abortion access, and nominally right-leaning institutions that support left-of-center policy. 2
According to SWF Institute, in 2023 the Hewlett Foundation was the ninth-wealthiest grantmaking foundation in the world with over $13 billion in assets. 3
The foundation’s program areas are Education, Environment, Global Development and Population, Performing Arts, Madison Initiative, Cyber, Effective Philanthropy, San Francisco Bay Area, and Special Projects. 4
Overview
The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation claims to fund organizations that value objectivity, collaboration, and non-partisan solutions to divisive issues as opposed to “single-issue, single-value groups that have as their main focus the influencing of government policy.” 5 6 While Hewlett has indeed supported many non-partisan efforts, it has also devoted hundreds of millions of dollars to numerous organizations whose missions are demonstrably political and focused on influencing government policy. Since its first year of grantmaking in 1967, for example, Hewlett’s population program has continuously supported Planned Parenthood , the combative abortion-rights association and abortion provider. 7 8
Hewlett granted over $100 million to Planned Parenthood between 2000 and 2023, 9 10 and as of 2017, is the organization’s second largest private benefactor after the Susan Thompson Buffett Foundation . 11 Since 1995, Hewlett has also given over $6 million to Catholics for C
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