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.
Education Program Invests Over $2.2 Million to Address Chronic Absenteeism in Early Grades Share By Heising-Simons Foundation on 12/17/2024 on 12/17/2024 Across the country, chronic absenteeism –defined as missing 10 percent or more of school days during the academic year– has remained persistently high in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. In California, the greatest increase has been in elementary schools, especially in kindergarten. This crisis has resulted in the White House Policy Council issuing a …
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.
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 …
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 …
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 …
Why Using Natural Gas for Energy is an Obstacle to Climate Progress Share By Heising-Simons Foundation on 11/15/2023 on 11/15/2023 In our fight to avert a climate catastrophe, we must phase out every use of fossil fuels that significantly contributes to global warming pollution. While coal consumption in the United States is on its way out and more people are turning to electric vehicles, natural gas has remained stubbornly persistent. Approximately one-third of the country’s primary energy needs are supplied by natural gas, with most of that going to generating electricity, heating homes and buildings, and acting as a feedstock for industrial purposes.
Foundation President and CEO Sushma Raman Featured in Inside Philanthropy Share By Heising-Simons Foundation on 4/4/2023 on 4/4/2023 Sushma Raman, Heising-Simons Foundation’s President and CEO, was featured in Inside Philanthropy today.
Why I Work on Climate Share By Heising-Simons Foundation on 6/3/2022 on 6/3/2022 After three decades as a climate advocate, I’m excited to have joined late last year the Heising-Simons Foundation as the director of the Climate and Clean Energy program. I am honored to lead a team of extraordinarily dedicated and passionate experts.