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New Mapping Tool Reveals California Suburban and Rural Counties are Disproportionately Impacted by Gun Violence

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

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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

Grantee Voices, Interviews

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The Carceral Carousel: Q&A with Grantees Immigrant Legal Resource Center and Detention Watch Network

News

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

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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

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

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Science Program Director Cyndi Atherton to Moderate Climate Crossroads Summit Panel

News

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Heising-Simons Foundation Joins Philanthropic Funders in Response to Supreme Court’s Decision on Affirmative Action

Grantee Voices

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Grantee Partner Publications, May – June 2023