to identify nearby accelerating stars and create a target list for follow-up discovery and characterization of as-yet unseen companions

for the 2019 American Mosaic Journalism Prize prize

to advance U.S. power sector transformation

for general support

for the 2018 PPIC Statewide Survey on Californians and the Environment

for dissemination of a research-based family engagement communications strategy to promote effective and compelling family engagement messaging

for 2018 membership dues

for general support

to refine, implement, and monitor progress of the activities and outcomes outlined in the Family Math Roadmap

for the development of a target and observation management software toolkit for the time domain astronomy community

for Four Freedoms Fund’s #DefundHate messaging and narrative research

for the 2018 conference

for general support

for administering an organizational effectiveness responsive fund for Heising-Simons Foundation grantees

for the Greater Chicago Undergraduate Women in Physics Workshop

for a national conference on early mathematics and a roundtable convening focused on racial equity in early mathematics teaching and learning

to support educational seminars for bipartisan members of Congress on energy policy

for the Development and Research in Early Mathematics (DREME) Network

for general support

for the AAAS Mass Media Science and Engineering Fellows Program

to support a building decarbonization coalition in California

for developing and implementing the summer intensive AstroTech program

for policy and advocacy initiatives

for general support

for general support

to advance U.S. power sector transformation

for the California Campus Catalyst Fund

for Early Edge to advance California’s early childhood education system, with an emphasis on workforce and Dual Language Learner issues

for the Simons Observatory logistics budget

for the Ravenswood Initiative for More Kids

for implementation of the new Atlanta Municipal Bail Ordinance and policy advocacy for efforts in other cities across the state to eliminate wealth-based detention in Georgia

for the ‘Life Comes From It’ restorative justice grantmaking fund

to advance equitable clean transportation

to develop financial tools to accelerate the transition to low-cost clean energy

to test theories of binary star formation and tidal evolution

for the 2019 American Mosaic Journalism Prize prize

to fund a two-day Roundtable at the Foundation’s Los Altos office in October 2018

for 2018 Gun Buy Back event sponsorship

to advance beneficial electrification

to improve systemic family engagement, community engagement, alignment, and transitions from pre-K to 3rd grade

for 2018 and 2019 membership dues

for general support

for the “Future of Storage” study

for the development of software for the rapid identification of transients discovered by astronomical surveys

for Tahirih’s San Francisco Bay Area office

for Silicon Valley Solutions

for the Census 2020 Get Out The Count pooled fund in Silicon Valley

for the endowment of the Deborah Jin Memorial Graduate Fellowship

for Nonprofit Displacement Project coordination ($25,000), Census 2020 coordination ($25,000), Better California ($50,000), and Philanthropy California ($62,510)

to advance clean vehicle standards