Announcing our Director of Climate and Clean Energy Share By Heising-Simons Foundation on 2/24/2025 on 2/24/2025 I am pleased to share that Devra Wang will be returning to the Heising-Simons Foundation as director of the Climate and Clean Energy program. Ms. Wang served as the Foundation’s inaugural Climate and Clean Energy program director from 2016 to 2021, guiding more than $125 million in philanthropic support for leading organizations advancing climate and …
Year-End Reflections from Our Board and Acting President and CEO Share By Heising-Simons Foundation on 12/18/2024 on 12/18/2024 As we approach the end of 2024, the Heising-Simons Foundation expresses its sincere appreciation for our partners’ resilience and commitment to make progress together on some of the most pressing issues of our time.
Heising-Simons Foundation Names Jennifer Shipp Acting President and CEO Share By Heising-Simons Foundation on 7/22/2024 on 7/22/2024 The Heising-Simons Foundation today named Jennifer Shipp as Acting President and CEO, effective immediately.
Heising-Simons Foundation Awards $25.6M to Systems Change Efforts in Second Quarter of 2024 Share By Heising-Simons Foundation on 7/16/2024 on 7/16/2024 Heising-Simons Foundation awarded $25.6 million to systems change efforts across 57 grants during the second quarter of 2024. This latest round of funding supports advancing climate and clean energy policies, ensuring that AI does not disrupt the 2024 election, and developing a clearer understanding of the causes of underrepresentation of women in math and physical …
Remembering Jim Simons (1938–2024) Share By Heising-Simons Foundation on 5/10/2024 on 5/10/2024 The Heising-Simons Foundation honors the life and legacy of Jim Simons, 86, who passed away on Friday, May 10, 2024. The father of Heising-Simons Foundation Chair Liz Simons, father-in-law of Vice Chair Mark Heising, and grandfather of Vice Chair Caitlin Heising, Jim (as he preferred to be called) was an award-winning mathematician, a legend in quantitative investing, and an inspired and generous philanthropist.
Heising-Simons Foundation Grantees Awarded MacKenzie Scott Large Grants Share By Heising-Simons Foundation on 3/29/2024 on 3/29/2024 Several grantees of the Heising-Simons Foundation have been awarded unrestricted grants in the $1-2 million range for “outstanding work advancing the voices and opportunities of individuals and families of meager or modest means, and groups who have met with discrimination and other systemic obstacles,” Yield Giving announced this week. Our grantees join a total pool …
One Year Into My Role as President and CEO Share By Heising-Simons Foundation on 2/21/2024 on 2/21/2024 Dear Colleagues and Friends, “My work as a journalist seeks to connect silenced histories to our present day,” says Dara T. Mathis, one of two recipients of the Heising-Simons Foundation’s 2024 American Mosaic Journalism Prize. The Prize is awarded to freelance journalists for excellence in long-form, narrative, or deep reporting about underrepresented communities in the …
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.
Dr. Jochen Marschall Appointed Science Program Director Share By Heising-Simons Foundation on 12/18/2023 on 12/18/2023 We are pleased to share that Dr. Jochen (Joe) Marschall, currently serving as interim Science program director, has been appointed as Science program director at the Heising-Simons Foundation.