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Grantee Voices

Dr. Thaddeus Komacek smiles at camera.

Looking to Clouds in the Search for Habitable Exoplanets

News

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Multi-Donor Initiative to Award More than $500 Million to Revitalize Local News

News

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Brian Eule: “The For-Profit Journalism Model is Broken”

Grantee Voices

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Imagery that Moves Planets and People

News

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A Year After Inflation Reduction Act Passage, Race to Accelerate Clean Energy Is On

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Science Program Director Dr. Cyndi Atherton Appointed to National Academies’ Climate Crossroads Advisory Committee

News

Screenshot of a person filming a police officer from WITNESS Youtube video.,

How Grantee WITNESS Builds Technological Capacity of Grassroots Groups to Increase Police Accountability

News, Reports & Research

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Increasing Inequalities in Silicon Valley Highlighted in New Report by Grantee SJSU Human Rights Institute

News

Heising-Simons Foundation Funds Six Scientists Looking for Signatures of Life in the Universe

News

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Caitlin Heising Featured in Lifestyles Magazine

Grantee Voices, Interviews, News

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Q&A With Grantee MomsRising: What President Biden’s Executive Order Means for Child Care

News

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Grantee Imara Jones Named One of TIME Magazine’s 100 Most Influential People of 2023