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Peripheral reference for understanding philanthropic funding of AI governance research; Hewlett Foundation is a notable funder of technology policy work but this page is a secondary data aggregator with limited direct AI safety content.

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This page from University Philanthropy tracks and analyzes grants made by the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation to universities and academic institutions. It provides data on funding patterns, recipient institutions, and grant purposes relevant to understanding philanthropic support for academic research including technology and policy areas.

Key Points

  • Tracks Hewlett Foundation grants to universities, including amounts, recipients, and stated purposes
  • Hewlett Foundation funds work on AI policy, technology ethics, and related governance topics at universities
  • Provides transparency into philanthropic influence on academic research agendas
  • Useful for understanding funding flows that shape AI governance and policy research ecosystems
  • Allows comparison of relative investment across institutions and research areas

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 Funding to universities by the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation

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 The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation , commonly known as the Hewlett Foundation, is a private foundation, established by the Hewlett-Packard co-founder William Hewlett and his wife in 1966. With assets of approximately $11 billion at the 31 December 2019, Hewlett is one of the wealthiest grant makers in the United States. In 2019, the foundation awarded $454,458,000 in grants.

 The Foundation has grant-making programs in education, the environment, global development and population, the performing arts, and philanthropy. The Hewlett Foundation is notable for Its longstanding commitment to support and promote open education and distance learning and in April 2020 launched its open education grant-making strategy . 

 

 
 

 

 
 
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 Key findings

 According to our ten year analysis of Hewlett Foundation funding from 2010-19:

 

 
 

 

 

 
 
 

 

 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
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 The Hewlett Foundation has awarded 606 grants amounting to $214.1m in funding to 65 universities in 18 countries in the past decade. The median average gran

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