to develop a community partnership and implementation plan that coordinates evidence-based family engagement services for families of young children in Redwood City

to establish a family resource center, conduct a pre-kindergarten-through-third-grade family needs assessment, and expand a family literacy program

for general support for the child care and early education program

to ensure that the Colorado Renewable Energy Standard (RES) is upheld and continues to drive investment in renewable resources in Colorado

to help undocumented youth in the Bay Area apply for Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals

to provide microgrants to teachers in East Palo Alto and eastern Menlo Park, and to create a digital archive for the organization

to create the Heising-Simons Fund

to accelerate distributed solar policies in Oregon and Washington

for analyses of carbon pollution standards for existing power plants

to develop a community partnership and implementation plan that coordinates evidence-based family engagement services for families of young children in the Alum Rock neighborhood of San Jose

to fund the Spanish translation, printing, and dissemination of a family engagement framework report developed by the California Department of Education

to improve professional practices in early care and education settings in kindergarten through third grade classrooms and to promote policy alignment and coordination across the birth-to-grade three continuum

for support of the Looking Forward early childhood messaging campaign

to help hard-to-reach young people in the Bay Area who are eligible for Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) to apply for relief and to help current DACA-approved individuals renew their DACA status

to support 1) research on climate science and energy technologies ; (2) policy analysis on zero-carbon energy sources and energy innovation; and 3) meetings concerning zero-carbon energy sources

for support of EdSource Today, an online platform for education policy reporting and analysis

for the development and evaluation of a tablet-based interactive mathematics application for young children, their teachers, and their parents

to accelerate renewable resources and the associated transmission in the Pacific Northwest

to deliver technical assistance to grantees participating in Phase I of the Foundation’s Family Engagement Impact Project in Santa Clara County, and to tie grantee efforts to the countywide Early Learning Master Plan

for the efforts of Educators for Fair Consideration to increase college access for undocumented youth

for retreats and on-site seminars and poster sessions for the Joint BioEnergy Institute

for survey incentives to undocumented youth participating in a study of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA)

for communications and technical assistance efforts to encourage expansion of early learning programs when California’s new Local Control Funding Formula is implemented

to support professional development for transitional kindergarten teachers in San Mateo County

to use existing technology to better manage the electric grid and take advantage of market-based solutions in Texas

for Abriendo Puertas to develop and field test a parent workshop on early math and a Family Math Night for Latino families

to accelerate clean energy development in California

(1) to support the Heising-Simons Natural Disaster Risk Reduction GeoHazards International-UC Berkeley Student Internship program and (2) for general support

for partial support of an evaluation of California’s transitional kindergarten program

for a mini-grant program to help preschool and K-3 teachers in low-income communities purchase mathematics-related curricula, materials, and professional development services

for support of student journalism

for the Presidential Fellowship Program

for an early math paper and forum for teachers and administrators in Santa Clara County

to drive the adoption of smart power policies and further clean energy investments in states around the U.S.

for general support

for capacity-building and for family engagement and leadership development services in Santa Clara County

to build the capacity of the early childhood family engagement field through an augmented online national platform for delivering resources, development of promising practice newsletter issues, and creation of professional development resources

to develop, pilot test, and implement Project OLE (Oralidad, Lectural y Escritura), a professional development program for teachers of English-Spanish dual language learners

for the James Simons Fellowship in the Department of Mathematics

for membership dues

for a literature review of the impact of parents’ and other family caregivers’ involvement in the education of children, ages three through eight years

for the digital expansion of Children’s Advocate, a newspaper for parents and early education advocates in California that covers issues of early childhood education policy, program quality, health, and nutrition

for the development of a graduate-level course in environmental reporting at the University of California, Berkeley

for the Simons Heising Physics Fellowship

for the emphasis of mathematics in Sesame Workshop’s forthcoming online STEM hub

for partial support of a director of curriculum and the development, provision, and filming of take-home science kits

for financial aid to undocumented students to defray the cost of attending University of California, Berkeley

for general support

to develop, pilot, implement, and investigate the effectiveness of an early mathematics intervention that engages preschool children, their teachers, and their parents in interactive math game play

for the 2012 Annual Fund