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 …
MethaneSAT: Q&A With Board Member Mark Heising Share By Heising-Simons Foundation on 3/4/2024 on 3/4/2024 MethaneSAT, a new satellite funded by Climate and Clean Energy grantee Environmental Defense Fund (EDF), launched from Vanderberg Space Force Base on March 4, 2024. MethaneSAT will find and measure methane emissions with unparalleled precision. Heising-Simons Foundation Board member Mark Heising serves as Chair of the Board of EDF and sits on the steering committee …
Grantee Publications, January – February 2024 Share By Heising-Simons Foundation on 3/1/2024 on 3/1/2024 The Heising-Simons Foundation is proud to highlight publications by grantees. We encourage you to look through their inspiring work. Email us at [email protected] if you would like us to share any publications. – children now The 2024 California Children’s Report Card Date of Publication: January 8, 2024 Type of Publication: Report Foundation Program: Education – …
Heising-Simons Foundation Awards $3 Million for Informing Gravity Theory Share By Heising-Simons Foundation on 2/22/2024 on 2/22/2024 This month, the Heising-Simons Foundation’s Science program awarded $3 million over three years for two theoretical and experimental research projects on Informing Gravity Theory in the laboratory. These projects focus on exploring how the platforms and techniques of Atomic, Molecular, and Optical (AMO) physics can elucidate simple models of quantum gravity and inform the construction …
American Mosaic Journalism Prize Awarded to Dara T. Mathis and Tamir Kalifa Share By Heising-Simons Foundation on 2/6/2024 on 2/6/2024 The Heising-Simons Foundation is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2023 American Mosaic Journalism Prize: Carvell Wallace and Cerise Castle.
What Our Grants and Grantees Looked Like in 2023 Share By Heising-Simons Foundation on 2/5/2024 on 2/5/2024
Q&A: Families Lead California Share By Heising-Simons Foundation on 1/25/2024 on 1/25/2024 Left to right: Shiree Teng (Teng & Smith), Ernesto Saldana (Teng & Smith), Sergio Luna (ICUC). All photos by Masha Chernyak. All photos by Masha Chernyak. All photos by Masha Chernyak. As families across California continue to struggle with a host of social and economic stressors, the Foundation’s Families Lead California initiative seeks to support …