Heising-Simons Foundation Awards $25.6M to Systems Change Efforts in Second Quarter of 2024 Share By Heising-Simons Foundation on 7/16/2024 on 7/16/2024 Heising-Simons Foundation awarded $25.6 million to systems change efforts across 57 grants during the second quarter of 2024. This latest round of funding supports advancing climate and clean energy policies, ensuring that AI does not disrupt the 2024 election, and developing a clearer understanding of the causes of underrepresentation of women in math and physical …
Heising-Simons Foundation Awards Over $3.1M to Technology and Society Organizations Ahead of Summit Share By Heising-Simons Foundation on 6/24/2024 on 6/24/2024 The Heising-Simons Foundation has awarded $3.19 million this year, to address the ongoing impact of technology on society in advance of Wednesday’s Technology and Society Summit at the Foundation. The Foundation has awarded $7.88 million to address issues in this space since Sushma Raman joined as the Foundation’s president and CEO in 2023. The Foundation’s …
Human Rights Program Featured in Inside Philanthropy Share By Heising-Simons Foundation on 6/18/2024 on 6/18/2024 Heising-Simons Foundation’s Human Rights Program Director Angie Junck and Program Officer Rose Cahn were featured in Inside Philanthropy this week. In the interview, Angie and Rose talk about the intersectionality of immigrant justice with other issues of criminalization, being a pathfinder funder for new coalitions and emergent opportunities, and supporting narrative change. Reflecting on state-specific …
First Open Call for Support of Science Events and Gatherings Share By Heising-Simons Foundation on 5/30/2024 on 5/30/2024 The Heising-Simons Foundation’s Science program is soliciting its first open call for proposals for support of meetings, workshops, conferences, summer schools, research collaboration gatherings, and other events related to astronomy, cosmology, fundamental physics, climate change science, as well as increasing the representation and retention of underrepresented groups within these areas. The Science program expects to …
Rebecca Gomez Op-Ed in Ms. Magazine: Child Care Funding Cliff Is Upon Us Share By Heising-Simons Foundation on 4/5/2024 on 4/5/2024 “Since Congress failed to extend the child care stabilization funding from the American Rescue Plan Act in September 2023, the supply of child care has fallen off a cliff in many places across the United States, and its effects on families and the early childhood education workforce are being felt more than ever,” says Rebecca …
Heising-Simons Foundation Grantees Awarded MacKenzie Scott Large Grants Share By Heising-Simons Foundation on 3/29/2024 on 3/29/2024 Several grantees of the Heising-Simons Foundation have been awarded unrestricted grants in the $1-2 million range for “outstanding work advancing the voices and opportunities of individuals and families of meager or modest means, and groups who have met with discrimination and other systemic obstacles,” Yield Giving announced this week. Our grantees join a total pool …
Foundation President and CEO Sushma Raman to Speak as Part of Stanford’s Effective Philanthropy Learning Initiative Share By Heising-Simons Foundation on 3/27/2024 on 3/27/2024 Heising-Simons Foundation President and CEO Sushma Raman will speak at the Effective Philanthropy Learning Initiative (EPLI), hosted by the Stanford Center on Philanthropy and Civil Society (PACS), from May 1-3, followed by a virtual component May 8-10. EPLI is a 6-day executive-style learning course for philanthropy professionals. The course will cover: Donors’ values and focus …
Journalism Grantee FRONTLINE Wins Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature Film Share By Heising-Simons Foundation on 3/20/2024 on 3/20/2024 FRONTLINE documentary film 20 DAYS IN MARIUPOL, made in partnership with the Associated Press (AP), won the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature Film at the Oscars ceremony in March 2024. 20 DAYS IN MARIUPOL tells the important and powerful story from the perspective of an AP team of Ukrainian journalists trapped in the besieged …
Environmental Defense Fund’s MethaneSAT Successfully Launches Share By Heising-Simons Foundation on 3/4/2024 on 3/4/2024 MethaneSAT, a new satellite that will find and measure methane emissions with unparalleled precision – including emissions that other satellites simply can’t see – successfully launched from Vanderberg Space Force Base on March 4, 2024, with the aid of SpaceX. MethaneSAT is funded by Climate and Clean Energy grantee Environmental Defense Fund (EDF). Heising-Simons Foundation Board …