3.2 Million Children Expected to Lose Child Care Share By Heising-Simons Foundation on 10/11/2023 on 10/11/2023 At the end of last month, $39 billion in federal child-care funds made available through the American Rescue Plan Act expired––and, as a result, more than three million children across the nation are expected to lose child care, with more than 70,000 child care programs likely to close. The Century Foundation (TCF), an Education grantee …
51 Pegasi b Fellow Dr. Samantha Trumbo Identifies Internal Carbon Source on Europa Share By Heising-Simons Foundation on 9/22/2023 on 9/22/2023 Jupiter’s moon Europa has a subsurface ocean thought to contain twice the amount of water of Earth’s oceans. But scientists had not been able to confirm if the ocean contains biologically essential chemicals for life as we know it, particularly carbon, until now.
Increasing Inequalities in Silicon Valley Highlighted in New Report by Grantee SJSU Human Rights Institute Share By Heising-Simons Foundation on 7/31/2023 on 7/31/2023 A new report by San José State University’s (SJSU) Human Rights Institute features data that highlights Silicon Valley’s persistent racial, employment, education, housing, and income/wealth inequality, as well as the astronomical concentration of wealth in the hands of a small number of households and companies. The fourth annual Silicon Valley Pain Index (SVPI) is a meta-analysis of …
New Report: Grantee NASEM on Closing the Opportunity Gap for Young Children Share By Heising-Simons Foundation on 5/31/2023 on 5/31/2023 When it comes to investing in equitable education opportunities for young children, factors related to the opportunity gap cannot be overlooked. For young children, some of these structural and institutional forces that maintain and exacerbate inequality include poverty, food insecurity, exposure to violence, inadequate access to health care, well-funded quality schools, and mental health care.
New Evaluation Tool for Education Funders Supporting Parent-Led Organizations Share By Heising-Simons Foundation on 8/17/2022 on 8/17/2022 Funders for Family Leadership (FFL) has launched the Philanthropic Self-Reflection Tool for Equitable Parent Partnership for education funders and funder collaboratives supporting parent-led organizations.
The Future of Energy Storage Share By Heising-Simons Foundation on 7/8/2022 on 7/8/2022 Running electricity systems that rely on large amounts of clean, renewable energy that are weather-dependent like wind and solar power will require operating the electricity grid in a different way.