William and Flora Hewlett Foundation

Labor Watch
Big Labor, its friends on the right, a late pope, and a Spider-Man villain walk into a bar
An 1891 papal pronouncement is loved today by labor leaders and some right-leaning allies and politicians. But they wouldn’t be so fond of it if they had read the whole…
by Michael Watson on December 3, 2025

Foundation Watch
The Hewlett Foundation’s mission to divide and rule the right
A giant left-wing donor has a plan to turn American exceptionalism into European malaise, and one piece of the mission is to co-opt the free society right.
by Michael Watson on November 20, 2025

Regulation
Inside the abortion pill war rocking America
At-home abortion has transformed the abortion industry and inaugurated a war between red and blue states. Conservatives have the power to end that battle for good—if they'll use it.
by Hayden Ludwig on November 18, 2025

Labor Watch
Big Labor sees pensions as a “weapon”
Once used as a plaything for gangsters, Big Labor pension funds are now a weapon for left-wing political advocacy. What happened to just funding blue collar retirees?…
by Michael Watson on October 10, 2025

Organization Trends
Deep Pockets for the Deep State
The anti-Trump “resistance” is more sophisticated than before. But so is the Trump team and they’re racking up some notable wins in court, such as a ruling clarifying the chief…
by Fred Lucas on September 12, 2025

Organization Trends
InfluenceWatch Friday
The information compiled in InfluenceWatch gives news outlets and other interested parties to use this research in future reporting on significant topics that are often overlooked by the American public.
by Jonathan Harsh on August 15, 2025

Philanthropy
The National Council of Nonprofits is a trade association for the left’s venture capital wing
In a June hearing titled “Public Funds, Private Agendas: NGOs Gone Wild,” a U.S. House subcommittee examined charities that engage in lefty policy advocacy, sometimes with your tax dollars.
on August 6, 2025

Foundation Watch
Eight Things About Big Philanthropy: Getting Bigger
The populist reaction against Big Philanthropy occurs within a broader, including historical, context. Philanthropy overall has grown significantly in recent decades. Big Philanthropy has also become increasingly liberal and progressive,…
by Michael E. Hartmann on June 24, 2025

Foundation Watch
Eight Things About Big Philanthropy: More Liberal and Progressive
None of the top 25 private foundations could fairly be characterized as solidly conservative—certainly nowhere close to representing or even reflecting the ascendent populist conservatism that’s given rise to the…
by Michael E. Hartmann on June 24, 2025

Foundation Watch
Eight Things About Big Philanthropy: More Politicized
Donald Trump’s initial political ascendancy in 2016 cannot fairly be considered a product, or even an indirect beneficiary, of conservative philanthropy. Conservative donors of all types, in fact, were caught…
by Michael E. Hartmann on June 24, 2025