for communications and technical assistance efforts to encourage expansion of early learning programs when California’s new Local Control Funding Formula is implemented

to (1) collect data on students’ mathematical, executive functioning, and literacy skills longitudinally from 3rd to 8th grade and (2) examine pre-K through 8th grade predictors of mathematical competencies

for support of the California Science and Technology Policy Fellowship Program

for the Early Childhood Funders Collaborative (ECFC) and for the ECFC Federal Philanthropic Fund

to co-sponsor a one-day roundtable of international family engagement researchers, in conjunction with the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association

to support efforts to dramatically limit emissions of methane and carbon dioxide from U.S. natural gas and oil production activities

to develop a community partnership and implementation plan that coordinates evidence-based family engagement services for families of young children in San Mateo County’s South Coast

to provide microgrants to teachers in East Palo Alto and eastern Menlo Park, and to create a digital archive for the organization

to accelerate market adoption of advanced energy technologies to create a more secure, resilient, clean, and cost-effective power sector

to improve the quality of reporting in home visiting research through the development of reporting guidelines

for support of student journalism

for support of the Looking Forward early childhood messaging campaign

for general support for the Alliance for Early Success

to establish a family resource center, conduct a pre-kindergarten-through-third-grade family needs assessment, and expand a family literacy program

to establish that clean energy has the ability to meet reliability, resource adequacy, and other system needs of the electric grid in California and the West

to develop a community partnership and implementation plan that coordinates evidence-based family engagement services for families of young children in Redwood City

to support professional development for transitional kindergarten teachers in San Mateo County

for retreats and on-site seminars and poster sessions for the Joint BioEnergy Institute

to develop an observational measure of home visiting service delivery, with the aim of improving evidence-based home visiting services and broadening their benefits for children and families

to create the Heising-Simons Fund

to support work on energy efficiency at electric utilities and in buildings and appliances

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

to support 1) research on climate science and energy technologies ; (2) policy analysis on zero-carbon energy sources and energy innovation; and 3) meetings concerning zero-carbon energy sources

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

to support an online national family engagement network, and its provision of interactive and strategic resources, with a focus on early childhood education, teacher professional development, and national policy

for general support of the Family Engagement Institute program, including Stretch to Kindergarten

to accelerate renewable resources and the associated transmission in the Pacific Northwest

to support a community needs assessment across six local communities planning family engagement impact projects, as well as support for technical assistance to several of the communities

for partial support of an evaluation of California’s transitional kindergarten program

for an educational campaign on the importance of market-based solutions for the U.S. energy system

to support the planning of a network of researchers who study early mathematics teaching and learning

to extend communications efforts associated with the release of The State of Preschool 2012 Yearbook

for an endowment for the Energy Nanosciences Institute at UC Berkeley and the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

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

for partial support of a conference on early childhood education policy focused on children from birth to third grade

to support the Too Small to Fail early childhood public education campaign

for support of EdSource Today, an online platform for education policy reporting and analysis

for Early Edge California to support effective implementation of transitional kindergarten and to increase awareness of the importance of early childhood education