Looking Back at 2016: An Interactive Infographic Share By Heising-Simons Foundation on 3/30/2017 on 3/30/2017 For the Heising-Simons Foundation, 2016 was a year of expansion. Our team grew, we added Human Rights and Community to our program areas, and the total amount we awarded increased to more than $54.8 million. We are deeply grateful to our grantees and partners for their continuous hard work and commitment to advance sustainable solutions …
Accounting for Violence: Four Questions for Danielle Sered, Director of Common Justice Share By Heising-Simons Foundation on 3/24/2017 on 3/24/2017 In Brooklyn, NY, grantee Common Justice provides wraparound services to crime victims and operates the first alternative-to-incarceration program in adult U.S. courts to focus on…
Yale Releases Updated Maps of Public Opinion on Climate Change Share By Heising-Simons Foundation on 3/22/2017 on 3/22/2017 A team of scientists at the Yale Program on Climate Change Communication (YCCC) has developed a series of interactive maps to depict Americans’ views on climate issues in 50 states, 435 congressional districts, 300 counties, and 916 metro areas. These maps are based on data through the year 2016 and are accessible to the public here. …
Emergency Relief Efforts to Support San Jose Flood Victims Share By Heising-Simons Foundation on 3/17/2017 on 3/17/2017 This past February, during one of the wettest winters in California on record, thousands of residents in San Jose were forced to evacuate their homes due to extreme flooding. The event also caused significant damage to public and private property. In response to the flooding, the Silicon Valley Community Foundation (SVCF) and the City of …
A Commitment to Advance STEM Education Share By Heising-Simons Foundation on 3/8/2017 on 3/8/2017 The Foundation’s Education program officer Kimberly Brenneman, who focuses on early math, joined a list of more than 100 leaders who have signed an open letter publicly supporting strong science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) teachers and STEM education for all children in America. The letter is part of a nonpartisan national effort known as 100Kin10 that emerged in 2011 …
Foundation Joins Voices Calling for Inclusive Immigration Policies Share By Heising-Simons Foundation on 3/8/2017 on 3/8/2017 The Heising-Simons Foundation has joined more than 190 philanthropic institutions calling for immigration policies that “reflect our nation’s founding principles, promote cohesion and inclusion, instill hope, and show compassion.” The statement was issued by Grantmakers Concerned with Immigrants and Refugees (GCIR), of which the Foundation is a member. GCIR works with a growing network of member foundations, as well …
Human Rights Grantee The Marshall Project Receives Journalism Award Share By Heising-Simons Foundation on 2/24/2017 on 2/24/2017 Last year, an investigation by Christie Thompson of The Marshall Project and Joseph Shapiro of National Public Radio found out that many state and federal prisons in the United States have been doubling up inmates in solitary confinement, to dire consequences. This month, these two journalists received the 2017 George Polk Award in Justice Reporting for their …
Grantee’s “Early Childhood Workforce Index” Highlighted on CBS This Morning Share By Heising-Simons Foundation on 2/23/2017 on 2/23/2017 CBS This Morning recently ran a short segment highlighting the need for adequate compensation for the early childhood education workforce, citing evidence from The Early Childhood Workforce Index, a report created by the Center for the Study of Child Care Employment (CSCCE) at UC Berkley and supported by the Heising-Simons Foundation’s Education program. The Early Childhood …
New Report on How Wholesale Electricity Markets Impact Wind Production Share By Heising-Simons Foundation on 2/14/2017 on 2/14/2017 The Great Plains Institute (GPI) recently released a report concluding that the launch of the Midcontinent Independent System Operator (MISO) electricity market in 2005 resulted in an increase of wind plant capacity factors. Using publicly available data, GPI built an econometric model to estimate the real-time effect on wind plant generation. Per the model, the market resulted in …