Request for Funding | Hewlett Foundation

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Are you seeking funding for endowments? *

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Are you seeking funding for capital campaigns? *

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Are you seeking funding for building construction? *

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Are you a for-profit organization? *

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Are you seeking funding for IRS-defined lobbying? *

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Environment

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Education

For what geographical area are you seeking funding?

Are you seeking funding for any of the below?

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Which of the following states/provinces does your work support?

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What does your work support?

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Protection of Western large open spaces

Restoration of river flows and conservation of areas near rivers and streams

Reduction of fossil fuel development

Increase of energy efficiency and renewable energy sources

Building of broad-based support for land, water, and energy goals among key stakeholders

None of the above

Please check any of the activities below that are relevant to your work on protecting Western large open spaces.

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Achieving West-wide policy changes that protect roadless areas.

Increasing and targeting public funding for private land conservation toward high priority landscapes.

Ensuring that that protection policies include ecosystem conservation and adaptation priorities

Other

Please check any of the activities below that are relevant your work on reducing river flows and conserving areas near rivers and streams. *

Check all that apply.

Achieving West-wide policy changes that improve river flows and protect riparian areas

Work related to federal dam relicensing processes

Improving state instream flow water policies and funding to increase river flows and riparian land conservation

Linking surface water and groundwater regulations to reduce aquifer depletion

Other

Please check any of the activities below that are relevant to your work on reducing fossil fuel development. *

Check all that apply.

Improving state and federal oil and gas development regulations

Preventing commercial oil shale development

Reducing demand and restrict infrastructure for high carbon fuels

Other

Please check any of the activities below that are relevant to your work on increasing energy efficiency and renewable energy sources. *

Check all that apply.

Establishing renewable energy requirements in western states

Increasing renewable project and transmission line approvals

Achieving electric grid integration and reliability necessary to support 50% renewable generation

Establishing Western state energy efficiency standards requiring 20% reduction in net electricity demand

Aligning western utility economic incentives with increased energy efficiency investment

Other

Please check any of the activities below that are relevant to your work on building broad-based support for land, water and energy goals among key stakeholders. *

Check all that apply.

Mobilizing key constituencies to support land, water, energy, and climate outcomes

Providing public feedback to decision makers on land, water, energy and climate issues

Distributing analysis and research to educate decisionmakers on land, water, energy and climate issues

Other

Are you seeking funding for any of the below? *

Check all that apply.

Which of the following countries does your work support? *

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Kenya

Uganda

Tanzania

Ghana

Mali

Senegal

India

International (advocacy) ¹

None of the above

¹ While the Foundation's grants may be used to support public education, nonpartisan research and analysis, and policy-related activities, the Foundation's funds cannot be directed towards IRS-defined lobbying, which is outside the legal scope of the Foundation's mission. The Foundation occasionally makes general operating support grants to organizations, always based on the grantee's organizational priorities and their compatibility with the Foundation's ethos and goals.

What does your work support? *

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Civil society assessments of student learning

Promising, scalable approaches to improve teaching-learning processes

Impact evaluations of instructional approaches

Advocacy for adequate and sustained investments to improve learning

Activities to ensure effective use of resources, including monitoring resource allocations and flows and advocating new models for donor funding

None of the above

Are you seeking funding for any of the following? *

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Expenses or debt that has already been incurred

Government agency or department

One-time events (such as conferences, festivals, parades, or school assemblies)

Staff training

Student group, club, or recreational or social organization

Technology projects

Touring or travel expenses

None of the above

Please check the box that best describes the work for which you are seeking support? *

Check one box.

Our organization or program creates opportunities for individuals and communities to participate in the performing arts.

Our organization provides K-12 public school students with in-school arts education.

None of the above.

Are you seeking funding for any of the below? *

Check no more than three boxes.

What does your work support? *

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Production of high-quality educational resources for K-12

Production of high-quality educational resources for higher education

Supportive policies that enable OER production and adoption by governments, institutions, and schools

Implementable standards that guide OER development and increase discoverability, interoperability, quality, and accessibility

Rigorous research that spurs demand for and guides the production of OER

Innovative OER that deliver new, more personalized approaches to teaching and learning

New tools and platforms that increase OER adoption and improve productivity

None of the above

Are you seeking funding for any of the below? *

Check no more than three boxes.

What does your work support? *

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¹Scalable is defined as high potential to reach thousands of teachers and tens of thousands of students at a reasonable cost

Organization Type

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^§The Hewlett Foundation makes grants to for-profit organizations only for specific projects that advance a charitable purpose. In addition, the grant may not provide impermissible private benefit and must comply with all applicable IRS rules governing grants to for-profits.

Applicant Type

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Organization EIN

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Organization Information

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Budget

What are the average annual expenses (over the past three years) for the organization for which you are seeking support? * $

1. What are your organization’s mission and programs, and who do they serve?*

2. Who are your organization’s board and senior staff leaders and what are their qualifications to lead the organization? Does the organization have a strategic or long-range plan? If no, please explain why.*

3. Does your organization or your program (a sub-unit with a parent organization) have a completed California Cultural Data Project Profile?* (California CDP data is not a requirement for Letter of Inquiry submissions; however, we ask that you do share your data as part of this process if you have it available. Please share CDP data for up to three of your most recently completed fiscal years as part of your Letter of Inquiry by following the steps outlined below).

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a. Please follow these steps to share data for up to three of your most recently completed fiscal years with the Hewlett Foundation as part of your Letter of Inquiry submission:

i. Login to your organization’s CDP account.

ii. From the My CDP page, use the drop-down menu for fiscal year end-date under the Funder Report heading. Select your most recently completed fiscal year of CDP data and click Go.

iii. Find the Hewlett Foundation’s name in the list on the screen and click the corresponding plus sign in order to display our grant programs.

iv. Click the View Report button next to The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation Letter of Inquiry listing.

v. Click OK on the pop-up window to submit your data as part of your Letter of Inquiry.

vi. It is not necessary to print or save the Funder Report that generates on the screen. You do not need to include this report as part of your Letter of Inquiry. The Hewlett Foundation will have access to it electronically through the CDP.

b. Please provide financial information for three fiscal years: two past years and the current year.

	Second prior fiscal year (actual)	Prior fiscal year (actual)	Current fiscal year budget (projected)
Revenue	$	$	$
Expenses	$	$	$
Surplus(deficit)	$	$	$

c. Please explain any changes from year to year (over 10 percent) or deficits that may be reflected in your California CDP Funder Report or financial history.*

4. How does the organization or program align with either the Performing Arts Program’s Continuity and Engagement component or Program Delivery strategy within the Arts Education component?*

Funding Scope

Are you seeking funding for a specific project or your organization as a whole? *

Specific project

Organization as a whole

Project Summary

Please summarize the proposed work to be performed. *

Organization Summary

Please summarize your organization’s work. *

Goals

How does [your organization/this project] fit with the goals and strategies of the Hewlett Foundation's [Program] Program?*

Budget

What is your [project/organization]’s total expected budget? * $

Funding Amount

What amount are you requesting from the Hewlett Foundation? * $

Project Length

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