to create the Heising-Simons Fund

for core organizational support and to produce a brief on the costs of child care

to fund the Spanish translation, printing, and dissemination of a family engagement framework report developed by the California Department of Education

to ensure that the Colorado Renewable Energy Standard (RES) is upheld and continues to drive investment in renewable resources in Colorado

to develop a community partnership and implementation plan that coordinates evidence-based family engagement services for families of young children in the Alum Rock neighborhood of San Jose

for an early math paper and forum for teachers and administrators in Santa Clara County

to promote college access and completion for undocumented students in East Palo Alto

for an analysis of videotaped mother-child mathematical interactions and predictors of school readiness

(1) to support the Heising-Simons Natural Disaster Risk Reduction GeoHazards International-UC Berkeley Student Internship program and (2) for general support

for support of the Looking Forward early childhood messaging campaign

to plan the formation of a national family engagement member organization focused on birth to grade three

for the efforts of Educators for Fair Consideration to increase college access for undocumented youth

for the Presidential Fellowship Program

to deliver technical assistance to grantees participating in Phase I of the Foundation’s Family Engagement Impact Project in Santa Clara County, and to tie grantee efforts to the countywide Early Learning Master Plan

to support the production of the Peg + Cat early math series and complementary games and applications for children and parents

for Educators for Fair Consideration

for the Santa Clara County Family Engagement Institute, which will bring together parents, educators, and school leaders to learn about and create action plans for engaging families of children from birth through third grade

for policy analysis and advocacy in the areas of the economy, immigration, health, and national security

to bring to scale and validate early mathematics intervention

for the Family Engagement Institute

for the development of a graduate-level course in environmental reporting at the University of California, Berkeley

to develop, pilot test, and implement Project OLE (Oralidad, Lectural y Escritura), a professional development program for teachers of English-Spanish dual language learners

for general support

for an evaluation of the Parent-Child Home Program

to support Parent Voices, data collection and analyses, and communications

for administrative support

to develop, pilot, implement, and investigate the effectiveness of an early mathematics intervention that engages preschool children, their teachers, and their parents in interactive math game play

to explore the environmental and economic value of wind and solar electricity generators, given their intermittent production limitations

for the Berkeley Center for Cosmological Physics

for general support

for policy analysis and education related to early care and education in California

for the implementation and evaluation of a curriculum-based, math-focused intervention with intensive professional development and coaching for preschool teachers

for general support

for the We Are Dreamers Fund

for general support

for efforts to increase public awareness about the importance of early learning in California

for program expansion in the Silicon Valley

to provide early mathematics professional development to pre-kindergarten through third grade teachers; build educational and community partnerships to increase support for early mathematics; and develop curricular resources in San Mateo County

for an Astrophysics Postdoctoral Fellowship

for the James Simons Fellowship in the Department of Mathematics

to evaluate the Stretch to Kindergarten program

to build the capacity of the early childhood family engagement field through an augmented online national platform for delivering resources, development of promising practice newsletter issues, and creation of professional development resources

to design, implement, and assess a professional-development program for pre-kindergarten through third grade educators and to increase the capacity of California community colleges to prepare preschool and early elementary teachers of mathematics

for the Simons Heising Physics Fellowship

for the 2012 Annual Fund

to evaluate articulation and alignment activities within the Milpitas Unified School District

for the digital expansion of Children’s Advocate, a newspaper for parents and early education advocates in California that covers issues of early childhood education policy, program quality, health, and nutrition

to investigate teacher education opportunities in early mathematics in California and the nation

to provide analysis on energy systems to decision makers, media, and other opinion leaders

for the design and execution of a strategy to move The Daily Californian into a sustainable business model