Freelance Journalists Latria Graham and Zaydee Sanchez Awarded 2025 American Mosaic Journalism Prize Share By Heising-Simons Foundation on 2/10/2025 on 2/10/2025 A migrant farming community comes together to rebuild after a historic flooding. A group of transgender Latinx people find refuge and community in one another. An homage to the remarkable legacy of an all-Black caddie corps, whose members guided golf legends to victory while their own excellence was overlooked for generations. These are some of the stories brought to light by freelance journalists Zaydee Sanchez and Latria Graham, the latest recipients of Heising-Simons Foundation’s American Mosaic Journalism Prize.
2022 American Mosaic Journalism Prize Recipient Receives Oscar Nomination for “Sugarcane”: Q&A with Julian Brave NoiseCat Share By Heising-Simons Foundation on 2/3/2025 on 2/3/2025 Writer and filmmaker Julian Brave NoiseCat, a 2022 recipient of the Heising-Simons Foundation’s American Mosaic Journalism Prize, has achieved a historic recognition with his debut documentary film, “Sugarcane.” In addition to many industry accolades, the National Geographic documentary has been nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary, making Mr. NoiseCat the first Indigenous North American to receive this honor.
Year-End Reflections from Our Board and Acting President and CEO Share By Heising-Simons Foundation on 12/18/2024 on 12/18/2024 As we approach the end of 2024, the Heising-Simons Foundation expresses its sincere appreciation for our partners’ resilience and commitment to make progress together on some of the most pressing issues of our time.
51 Pegasi b Fellowship: Supporting the Next Generation of Planetary Astronomers Share By Heising-Simons Foundation on 11/21/2024 on 11/21/2024 The Heising-Simons Foundation’s 51 Pegasi b fellowship is three-year postdoctoral fellowship that provides recipients with resources, freedom, and flexibility to conduct theoretical, observational, and experimental research in planetary astronomy.
Climate and Clean Energy Program Awards $2.68M to Systems Change Efforts Share By Heising-Simons Foundation on 10/2/2024 on 10/2/2024 In summer 2024, the Foundation’s Climate and Clean Energy program awarded $2.68 million in grants to organizations and coalitions pushing for large-scale and sustainable clean energy development in the U.S.
Empowering the Astronomical Community: Heising-Simons Foundation Awards $2 Million to Las Cumbres Observatory Share By Heising-Simons Foundation on 8/15/2024 on 8/15/2024 The Heising-Simons Foundation has awarded a $2 million grant to Las Cumbres Observatory (LCO) to provide the astronomical community access to LCO’s unique network of robotic telescopes for the next four years.
Heising-Simons Foundation Names Jennifer Shipp Acting President and CEO Share By Heising-Simons Foundation on 7/22/2024 on 7/22/2024 The Heising-Simons Foundation today named Jennifer Shipp as Acting President and CEO, effective immediately.
Remembering Jim Simons (1938–2024) Share By Heising-Simons Foundation on 5/10/2024 on 5/10/2024 The Heising-Simons Foundation honors the life and legacy of Jim Simons, 86, who passed away on Friday, May 10, 2024. The father of Heising-Simons Foundation Chair Liz Simons, father-in-law of Vice Chair Mark Heising, and grandfather of Vice Chair Caitlin Heising, Jim (as he preferred to be called) was an award-winning mathematician, a legend in quantitative investing, and an inspired and generous philanthropist.
New EPA Rules Put the United States on the Road to Decarbonized Transportation Share By Heising-Simons Foundation on 4/22/2024 on 4/22/2024 Since 1970, April 22 has been known as Earth Day. This annual event, initially a call to clean up a polluted environment, is now focused on the existential threat to humankind: climate change.