Letter from the President: July 2016 Share By Heising-Simons Foundation on 7/21/2016 on 7/21/2016 Working for a staffed family foundation, we often have the opportunity to feel pride in the living donors we represent. Last month, our founders Liz Simons and Mark Heising demonstrated their unwavering belief in the value of philanthropy by joining the Giving Pledge. As many of you know, the Giving Pledge invites the world’s wealthiest …
Letter from the President: March 2016 Share By Heising-Simons Foundation on 4/1/2016 on 4/1/2016 Dear Colleagues: From the ceiling in one corner of our office hangs a mobile. I often find visitors to the Foundation, even our staff, passing by and tilting their heads up to take it in. Its pieces remind us of the many partners that make up this Foundation’s work: blue squares, triangles, and letters for …