Journalism Grantee FRONTLINE Wins Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature Film Share By Heising-Simons Foundation on 3/20/2024 on 3/20/2024 FRONTLINE documentary film 20 DAYS IN MARIUPOL, made in partnership with the Associated Press (AP), won the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature Film at the Oscars ceremony in March 2024. 20 DAYS IN MARIUPOL tells the important and powerful story from the perspective of an AP team of Ukrainian journalists trapped in the besieged …
Environmental Defense Fund’s MethaneSAT Successfully Launches Share By Heising-Simons Foundation on 3/4/2024 on 3/4/2024 MethaneSAT, a new satellite that will find and measure methane emissions with unparalleled precision – including emissions that other satellites simply can’t see – successfully launched from Vanderberg Space Force Base on March 4, 2024, with the aid of SpaceX. MethaneSAT is funded by Climate and Clean Energy grantee Environmental Defense Fund (EDF). Heising-Simons Foundation Board …
MethaneSAT: Q&A With Board Member Mark Heising Share By Heising-Simons Foundation on 3/4/2024 on 3/4/2024 MethaneSAT, a new satellite funded by Climate and Clean Energy grantee Environmental Defense Fund (EDF), launched from Vanderberg Space Force Base on March 4, 2024. MethaneSAT will find and measure methane emissions with unparalleled precision. Heising-Simons Foundation Board member Mark Heising serves as Chair of the Board of EDF and sits on the steering committee …
Heising-Simons Foundation Awards $3 Million for Informing Gravity Theory Share By Heising-Simons Foundation on 2/22/2024 on 2/22/2024 This month, the Heising-Simons Foundation’s Science program awarded $3 million over three years for two theoretical and experimental research projects on Informing Gravity Theory in the laboratory. These projects focus on exploring how the platforms and techniques of Atomic, Molecular, and Optical (AMO) physics can elucidate simple models of quantum gravity and inform the construction …
American Mosaic Journalism Prize Awarded to Dara T. Mathis and Tamir Kalifa Share By Heising-Simons Foundation on 2/6/2024 on 2/6/2024 The Heising-Simons Foundation is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2023 American Mosaic Journalism Prize: Carvell Wallace and Cerise Castle.
Q&A: Families Lead California Share By Heising-Simons Foundation on 1/25/2024 on 1/25/2024 Left to right: Shiree Teng (Teng & Smith), Ernesto Saldana (Teng & Smith), Sergio Luna (ICUC). All photos by Masha Chernyak. All photos by Masha Chernyak. All photos by Masha Chernyak. As families across California continue to struggle with a host of social and economic stressors, the Foundation’s Families Lead California initiative seeks to support …
President’s Year-End Letter Share By Heising-Simons Foundation on 12/18/2023 on 12/18/2023 Dear Grantees and Partners: When the Heising-Simons Foundation welcomed me as its new leader in February 2023, we as a staff and Board embarked on a shared journey to reflect on the many changes taking place within the Foundation and in the world. The nature of the problems we are tackling—whether the scale of climate …
Human Rights Day: Join Article 3’s Commemoration, “Still We Rise” Share By Heising-Simons Foundation on 12/8/2023 on 12/8/2023 December 11, 2023, marks the 75th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR), a milestone document in the history of human rights that upholds the inherent dignity, equality, and rights of every individual. Heising-Simons Foundation is pleased to partner with Article 3 to commemorate this important milestone. The event, “Still We Rise,” will …
Philanthropies Launch $200 Million Initiative to Support Responsible Use and Innovation of Artificial Intelligence Share By Heising-Simons Foundation on 11/1/2023 on 11/1/2023 As part of its grantmaking seeking to address the impact of technology on society, Heising-Simons Foundation has joined a new coalition of ten philanthropies to support public interest efforts that mitigate artificial intelligence’s (AI) harms and promote responsible use and innovation, as outlined by Vice President Kamala Harris earlier today. Other partners include the David …