William and Flora Hewlett Foundation

Labor Watch
Amalgamated Bank: Shareholder Activism
Environmental, social, and corporate governance (ESG)activism can also extend beyond an organization’s own practices and investment decisions. Shareholders in publicly traded companies can attempt to leverage their position to pressure…
by Robert Stilson, Hayden Ludwig on May 25, 2022

Philanthropy
The Architecture of Big Philanthropy
“We shape our buildings,” Winston Churchill said in 1943, “and afterwards they shape us.” Foundations are not government agencies, of course, but they are meant to serve the public. Although…
by Leslie Lenkowsky on May 19, 2022

Philanthropy
“Democracy Funders” Lopsidedly Liberal
Of the top 200 givers to “democracy” as defined and tracked by Candid, 121 are ideologically categorizable as left-of-center and 21 are categorizable as right-of-center. Of the Candid list’s top…
by Michael Watson on May 3, 2022

Green Watch
Environmentalists Deserve to Lose Their War on Natural Gas
Make no mistake, the same environmentalists who tried to dial coal and oil out of the economy are coming for natural gas next. “Green” fundamentalism won’t be satisfied until it’s…
by Hayden Ludwig on March 24, 2022

Organization Trends
Marie Stopes International and Abortion, Inc.
Britain’s second-largest abortion provider is practically unheard of in the United States, yet American foundations and their tax-exempt dollars are some of its biggest cash cows. This is Marie Stopes International (MSI),…
by Hayden Ludwig on March 16, 2022

Organization Trends
Abortion Activists’ $3.7 Billion Blowout
In 2020 alone, pro-abortion activists raked in a stunning $3.4 billion and spent nearly $3.8 billion. That is quite a leap from the $1.9 billion the industry spent in 2019—undoubtedly a consequence of the…
by Hayden Ludwig on February 16, 2022

Foundation Watch
Who Are Arabella’s Big-Dollar Donors?
The “dark money” network created and run by Arabella Advisors is perhaps the most powerful and, until recently, the least-reported-on player in Washington politics. Tracing the Arabella network’s donors is…
by Hayden Ludwig on January 27, 2022

Green Watch
Rise of the Eco-Right
The Capital Research Center broke the news on liberal mega-donors secretly bankrolling leading members of the eco-Right, which advocate for carbon taxes and other burdensome regulations to address the supposed…
by CRC Staff on December 27, 2021

Green Watch
Rise of the Eco-Right
The “eco-Right” is CRC's name for “the few dozen lobbying, litigation, and activist nonprofits that identify themselves as free market or broadly right-of-center and yet are attempting to rebrand environmentalism and…
by Hayden Ludwig on October 11, 2021

Green Watch
How the Left Is Spreading Global Warming Alarmism on the Right
If there’s one thing the Left knows cold, it’s deception. Owning the battlefield in this war starts with controlling the language. We’ve seen this play out in the debate over…
by Hayden Ludwig on September 17, 2021