The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation is a U.S.-based private foundation established in 1966. The ethos and values inform its approach of its founders, the William R. Hewlett and Flora Lamson Hewlett and their family. The foundation provides grants to a broad range of institutions – from research institutes and multilateral actors to grassroots organisations working on development.
The foundation’s programmes focus on domestic and international issues. Programmes with an international scope include global development and population, education, environment, cyber, and effective philanthropy.