Foundation President and CEO Sushma Raman to Speak as Part of Stanford’s Effective Philanthropy Learning Initiative Share By Heising-Simons Foundation on 3/27/2024 on 3/27/2024 Heising-Simons Foundation President and CEO Sushma Raman will speak at the Effective Philanthropy Learning Initiative (EPLI), hosted by the Stanford Center on Philanthropy and Civil Society (PACS), from May 1-3, followed by a virtual component May 8-10. EPLI is a 6-day executive-style learning course for philanthropy professionals. The course will cover: Donors’ values and focus …
Journalism Grantee FRONTLINE Wins Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature Film Share By Heising-Simons Foundation on 3/20/2024 on 3/20/2024 FRONTLINE documentary film 20 DAYS IN MARIUPOL, made in partnership with the Associated Press (AP), won the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature Film at the Oscars ceremony in March 2024. 20 DAYS IN MARIUPOL tells the important and powerful story from the perspective of an AP team of Ukrainian journalists trapped in the besieged …
Environmental Defense Fund’s MethaneSAT Successfully Launches Share By Heising-Simons Foundation on 3/4/2024 on 3/4/2024 MethaneSAT, a new satellite that will find and measure methane emissions with unparalleled precision – including emissions that other satellites simply can’t see – successfully launched from Vanderberg Space Force Base on March 4, 2024, with the aid of SpaceX. MethaneSAT is funded by Climate and Clean Energy grantee Environmental Defense Fund (EDF). Heising-Simons Foundation Board …
Heising-Simons Foundation Awards $3 Million for Informing Gravity Theory Share By Heising-Simons Foundation on 2/22/2024 on 2/22/2024 This month, the Heising-Simons Foundation’s Science program awarded $3 million over three years for two theoretical and experimental research projects on Informing Gravity Theory in the laboratory. These projects focus on exploring how the platforms and techniques of Atomic, Molecular, and Optical (AMO) physics can elucidate simple models of quantum gravity and inform the construction …
American Mosaic Journalism Prize Awarded to Dara T. Mathis and Tamir Kalifa Share By Heising-Simons Foundation on 2/6/2024 on 2/6/2024 The Heising-Simons Foundation is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2023 American Mosaic Journalism Prize: Carvell Wallace and Cerise Castle.
What Our Grants and Grantees Looked Like in 2023 Share By Heising-Simons Foundation on 2/5/2024 on 2/5/2024
Dr. Jochen Marschall Appointed Science Program Director Share By Heising-Simons Foundation on 12/18/2023 on 12/18/2023 We are pleased to share that Dr. Jochen (Joe) Marschall, currently serving as interim Science program director, has been appointed as Science program director at the Heising-Simons Foundation.
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 …
Welcoming Our New Chief Financial Officer Share By Heising-Simons Foundation on 12/4/2023 on 12/4/2023 We are pleased to announce that Kevin Luu, currently the chief financial officer and treasurer at Humanity United, has accepted our offer to join the Heising-Simons Foundation as our chief financial officer.