The Hewlett Foundation newsletter is a monthly update featuring news from the Foundation and highlights of some of the work of our grantees. 

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March 2008

• Rwanda Emerges from the Darkness and Looks Toward the Future
• A Digital Colloquy
• "Foundations" - A Q&A with Ward Henevald and Lynn Murphy
• Featured Website - PlayGround
• The Foundation Welcomes New Employees

February 2008 - The China Issue

• Turning China Green with Innovation
• Legal Reform Comes to China with the Support of Scholars at Yale
• "Foundations" - A Q&A with Koh Boon Hwee
• Featured Website - CORE
• The Foundation Welcomes New Employees

December 2007 / January 2008

• Citizen-to-Citizen Diplomacy--One Broadcast at a Time
• A Changing of the Guard
• "Foundations" - A Q&A with Joe Ryan
• Featured Website - Global Giving

November 2007

• What You Don't Know About Unplanned Pregnancy
• Critiquing the Funder: Recipients of Hewlett Grants Evaluate the Foundation
• “Foundations” - A Q&A with Catherine Casserly
• Featured Web Site: Wyoming Outdoor Council
• The Hewlett Foundation Welcomes New Employees

October 2007

September 2007

• The Greening of California’s Ports
• Help for Higher Education’s “Stepchild”
• Featured Web Site: Youth Speaks
• The Hewlett Foundation thanks the Summer Interns

August 2007

July 2007

• Freedom of Information Comes of Age in Mexico
• The Hewlett Foundation Goes Carbon Neutral
• “Foundations” - A Q&A with Moy Eng
• Featured Web Site: Historical Thinking Matters

June 2007

• Forging Elementary School Success Against Long Odds
• “Foundations” - A Q&A with Rhea Suh
• Featured Web Site: DonorEdge
• The Hewlett Foundation Welcomes New Employees

May 2007

January/February 2007

• Foundation’s Work to Put Educational Tools
  on the Internet Sparks Epiphany
• California to Lead the Nation in Reducing Greenhouse Gases
  and Hewlett Lent a Hand
• "Foundations"- Q and A with Jacob Harold
• Summer Festivals Embrace Broad Range of Arts
• Diverse Law Students on Internships Taste the Real World of Environmental Law
• Lancet Series Explores Challenges to Reproductive Health
• Nonprofits That Study Food and Commerce Join To Save Trade Bill for Poorest Nations
• The Hewlett Foundation Welcomes New Employees
  

Fall 2006

• Arts Education Receives Major Boost in New State Budget
• Two Local Foundations Merge and Hewlett Joins With Others to Help
• Broadening the Reproductive Health Discussion
• Hewlett Foundation 2005 Annual Report Now Available
• "Shelby Knox" Documentary Wins Award from Council on Foundations
• Hewlett Foundation in the News
• The Hewlett Foundation Welcomes New Employees

Summer 2006

• Trust for Public Land Helps Create Parks, Playgrounds in Bay Area's Urban Communities
• Foundations Support Unprecedented School Finance Research Effort
• Third Anniversary of San Francisco Bay Restoration Project Marked  by Major Progress
• Study Finds Air Pollution Costs Central Valley $3 Billion Annually
• The Hewlett Foundation Welcomes New Employees

Spring 2006

• Agreement Reached to Preserve Great Bear Rainforest
• Grants from the Hewlett and Gerbode Foundations Support Creation of New Artistic Works
• Hewlett Foundation Opens New Office in Mexico City, Expands Presence in the Country

Winter 2005/2006

• Hewlett Foundation grantee changes lives through music
• Conflict Resolution Funders' Guides available for free download
• Grantee NRDC helps spur California's energy efficiency efforts

Summer 2005

• Hewlett Foundation grantee wins the prestigious Peabody Award
• New online tool helps grantees design smart communications strategies
• Hewlett Foundation's investment strategies catch the business world's attention

Spring 2005

• Energy Commission report helps frame U.S. energy debate
• Women's issues are central to poverty reduction
• Hewlett Foundation announces $44.86 million in new grants

Winter 2004/2005 

• Hewlett Foundation launches its Global Development Program
• California takes the lead in fight for clean air
• Population experts come together to help sub-Saharan Africa

Fall 2004

• Hewlett and Schwab Foundations launch initiative to help Bay Area youth and foster care system
• Leaders of local foundations meet with a group of Governor Schwarzenegger's cabinet to discuss partnerships
• State settled Williams v. California, a class action lawsuit that sought to improve conditions in the state's poorest school disctricts
• Nonprofit times anems Hewlett Foundation president Paul Brest to the "Power and Influence Top 50"
  

Summer 2004 

• Independent Sector releases "Guidelines for the Funding of Nonprofit Organizations," authored by Hewlett Foundation president Paul Brest
• The Hewlett Foundation conducts communications trainings for grantees
• New study from the California Arts Council
• Environmental Protection Agency issues comprehensive regulation to cut emission levels from nonroad vehicles  

Spring 2004

• Foundation releases the results of  Grantee Perception Report conducted by the Center for Effective Philanthropy
• Community School for Music and Arts opens its doors in Mountain View, California
• MacNeil/Lehrer Productions experiments with "deliberative democracy"