The purpose of the Flora Family Foundation is to promote selected activities of charitable organizations and institutions as determined by members of the Board and Family Council. It is predicated on the belief that each individual has an obligation to go beyond the narrow confines of his or her personal interests and be mindful of the broader concerns of humanity. The Foundation pursues these goals in order to provide the descendants of William and Flora Hewlett with a vehicle for philanthropic activity. The Flora Family Foundation, incorporated as a private foundation in the State of California late in 1998, was established by the family of William and Flora Lamson Hewlett, for whom the Foundation is named.