Inside Philanthropy Highlights the Heising-Simons Foundation June 6, 2016 Share Recently, philanthropy news outlet Inside Philanthropy featured three stories about the Heising-Simons Foundation, including a profile of the Foundation, as well as two stories about the Foundation’s Science program. To read the articles, please click on the links below: Inside the Heising-Simons Foundation: A Brainy Startup Finds its Way in 3 Major Arenas How a Young …
Joining the Giving Pledge June 1, 2016 Share In 2016, Mark Heising and Liz Simons, founders of the Heising-Simons Foundation, announced their participation in the Giving Pledge. The Giving Pledge is a multi-generational, global initiative created by Warren Buffett and Bill and Melinda Gates that encourages the wealthiest families to give the majority of their wealth to philanthropic causes. The following is the letter …
“California Needs Early Childhood Education” – Liz Simons’ Op-Ed in the San Jose Mercury News May 27, 2016 Share The children were dancing when I walked through the door of the transitional kindergarten classroom in east Menlo Park where I volunteer as a storyteller for Bring Me a Book. A dark-eyed girl took my hand, and we pirouetted until the young teacher called the children to the floor where they gathered around me. It …
The Simons Observatory: A New Investigation into the Formation of the Early Universe April 21, 2016 Share The Simons Foundation awarded a $38.4 million grant, and the Heising-Simons awarded a $1.7 million grant, to establish the Simons Observatory, a new astronomy facility in Chile’s Atacama Desert. The Simons Observatory will merge and expand existing efforts to explore the evolution of the universe from its earliest moments to today. The project is a …
Letter from the President: March 2016 April 1, 2016 Share Dear Colleagues: From the ceiling in one corner of our office hangs a mobile. I often find visitors to the Foundation, even our staff, passing by and tilting their heads up to take it in. Its pieces remind us of the many partners that make up this Foundation’s work: blue squares, triangles, and letters for …