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Heising-Simons Foundation Names Jennifer Shipp Acting President and CEO

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Heising-Simons Foundation Awards $25.6M to Systems Change Efforts in Second Quarter of 2024

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Remembering Jim Simons (1938–2024)

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Photo collage of people from grantees Tandem, Partners in Early Learning, Urban Peace Movement, and more.

Heising-Simons Foundation Grantees Awarded MacKenzie Scott Large Grants

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Sushma Raman speaking and information about the event.

Foundation President and CEO Sushma Raman to Speak as Part of Stanford’s Effective Philanthropy Learning Initiative

Interviews

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Podcast: Sushma Raman on Leading Social Justice and Philanthropic Initiatives

Grantee Voices

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Grantee Publications, January – February 2024

Letters from the President

Sushma Raman sitting in a chair speaking, with a quote from her letter.

One Year Into My Role as President and CEO

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2024 Mosaic Prize Recipients Dara T. Mathis and Tamir Kalifa

American Mosaic Journalism Prize Awarded to Dara T. Mathis and Tamir Kalifa

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Graphic featuring information about the Foundation's 2023 grantmaking.

What Our Grants and Grantees Looked Like in 2023

Grantee Voices

Grantee Publications, November – December 2023

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Dr. Marschall smiling at camera.

Dr. Jochen Marschall Appointed Science Program Director