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.
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 …
Heising-Simons Foundation Awards Over $3.1M to Technology and Society Organizations Ahead of Summit Share By Heising-Simons Foundation on 6/24/2024 on 6/24/2024 The Heising-Simons Foundation has awarded $3.19 million this year, to address the ongoing impact of technology on society in advance of Wednesday’s Technology and Society Summit at the Foundation. The Foundation has awarded $7.88 million to address issues in this space since Sushma Raman joined as the Foundation’s president and CEO in 2023. The Foundation’s …
First Open Call for Support of Science Events and Gatherings Share By Heising-Simons Foundation on 5/30/2024 on 5/30/2024 The Heising-Simons Foundation’s Science program is soliciting its first open call for proposals for support of meetings, workshops, conferences, summer schools, research collaboration gatherings, and other events related to astronomy, cosmology, fundamental physics, climate change science, as well as increasing the representation and retention of underrepresented groups within these areas. The Science program expects to …
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.
Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument Creates Largest 3D Map of Universe Share By Heising-Simons Foundation on 4/17/2024 on 4/17/2024 In May 2021, the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI) situated on the four-meter Mayall Telescope on Kitt Peak, Arizona, begun capturing and studying the light from tens of millions of galaxies and other objects in the universe. The results from a full year of observations, released earlier this month, are mind-blowing: DESI has created the …
Families Lead California Initiative Awards $4 Million to Strengthen Diverse Parent Leaders Share By Heising-Simons Foundation on 4/2/2024 on 4/2/2024 The Heising-Simons Foundation’s Education program has awarded $4 million over two years to support of 11 community-based organizations working to strengthen the pipeline of diverse parent leaders in California. This marks the second round of funding for these 11 organizations, which are part of Families Lead California, an initiative that builds parent leaders’ power to influence policy to reflect the priorities of families with children ages 0-8 in the Golden State.
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 …
Eight Scientists Awarded 51 Pegasi b Fellowship in Planetary Astronomy Share By Heising-Simons Foundation on 3/28/2024 on 3/28/2024 Eight early-career scientists have been awarded the 51 Pegasi b Fellowship, a three-year postdoctoral fellowship that provides recipients with resources, freedom, and flexibility to conduct theoretical, observational, and experimental research in planetary astronomy.