Q&A with Program Officer Rose Cahn: Supporting BAMEMSA Communities through the RISE Together Fund Share By Heising-Simons Foundation on 12/4/2024 on 12/4/2024 “Resourcing [Black, African, Arab, Middle Eastern, Muslim, and South Asian] communities so that they can thrive will have benefits for all communities working to dismantle oppression and reimagine justice.” Rose Cahn, human rights program officer While the promises of justice, equality, and the right to participate in civic life are fundamental to democratic societies, many …
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 …
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 …
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 …
Human Rights Day: A Funder’s Perspective On the Crisis at the U.S.-Mexico Border Share By Heising-Simons Foundation on 12/8/2023 on 12/8/2023 The Heising-Simons Foundation’s Human Rights program has contributed an essay to Article 3’s digital anthology, “The Next 25: A Collection of Essays on the Future of Human Rights,” outlining its grantmaking approach to the humanitarian crisis at the US-Mexico Border. The essay is reproduced in full below. An Intersectional Approach to the Crisis at the …
Human Rights Day: Join Article 3’s Commemoration, “Still We Rise” Share By Heising-Simons Foundation on 12/8/2023 on 12/8/2023 December 11, 2023, marks the 75th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR), a milestone document in the history of human rights that upholds the inherent dignity, equality, and rights of every individual. Heising-Simons Foundation is pleased to partner with Article 3 to commemorate this important milestone. The event, “Still We Rise,” will …
The Carceral Carousel: Q&A with Grantees Immigrant Legal Resource Center and Detention Watch Network Share By Heising-Simons Foundation on 7/21/2023 on 7/21/2023 Over the past three decades, the federal immigration and criminal legal systems have become increasingly intertwined. Using the criminalization of Black and brown people as a tool, these two systems, working in tandem, have driven up rates of arrest, incarceration, and deportation, fueling the growth of the prison industry and leading to the separation of both citizen and noncitizen families.
Heising-Simons Foundation Joins Philanthropic Funders in Response to Supreme Court’s Decision on Affirmative Action Share By Heising-Simons Foundation on 6/30/2023 on 6/30/2023 The Heising-Simons Foundation signed the following statement by funders and philanthropic organizations in response to the U.S. Supreme Court’s rulings in Students for Fair Admissions v. University of North Carolina and Students for Fair Admissions v. President and Fellows of Harvard College.
Liz Simons: “The Biggest Driver of Mass Incarceration? Maybe Mass Incarceration” Share By Heising-Simons Foundation on 6/29/2023 on 6/29/2023 “One of the biggest drivers of mass incarceration, for all genders, is mass incarceration itself,” writes Liz Simons, Heising-Simons Foundation’s Chair of the Board, in her article for the Stanford Center on Philanthropy and Civil Society (Stanford PACS).