THE HEISING-SIMONS FOUNDATION, a major 990pf foundation in California, provides grants ranging from $1K to $4M annually.
Basic Information
EIN
260799587
State
California
Return Type
990PF
Address
400 MAIN ST 200 - LOS ALTOS - CA 94022
Application Information
Accepts Unsolicited Applications
FALSE
In-State Only
FALSE
Most Recent Year (2023)
Total Assets
$847,180,696
Total Expenses
$177,047,808
Total Giving
$142,382,553
Funding Received
$50,000,000
Grant Statistics
Number of Grants
668
Median Grant Amount
$130,039
Minimum Grant Amount
$1,000
Maximum Grant Amount
$4,000,000
THE HEISING-SIMONS FOUNDATION Contacts
Name
Phone
Title
JUDY BLUMENSTEIN
6508870277
TREASURER
JUDY BLUMENSTEIN
Signing Officer
THE HEISING-SIMONS FOUNDATION Records
Year
Total Assets
Total Giving
Expenses
Number of Grants
Median Grant
Max Grant
Min Grant
Funding Received
Details
2023
$847,180,696
$142,382,553
$177,047,808
668
$130,039
$4,000,000
$1,000
$50,000,000
THE HEISING-SIMONS FOUNDATION - 2023 Details
Assets
$847,180,696
Expenses
$177,047,808
Funding received
$50,000,000
Max grant amount
$4,000,000
Median grant amount
$130,039
Min grant amount
$1,000
Number of grants
668
Total giving
$142,382,553
Year
2023
Top Recipients
Organization
Award
Purpose
ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND INC
$4,000,000
FOR GENERAL SUPPORT
NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL
$3,000,000
TO ADVANCE CLIMATE AND CLEAN ENERGY POLICIES
ALLIANCE FOR EARLY SUCCESS
$2,650,000
FOR GENERAL SUPPORT
CALIFORNIA EDUCATION PARTNERS
$2,000,000
FOR A MULTI-DISTRICT, EARLY GRADES CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT COLLABORATION
LAS CUMBRES OBSERVATORY GLOBAL TELESCOPE NETWORK INC
$1,597,269
TO FABRICATE, INSTALL, AND COMMISSION THE MUSCAT4 IMAGER ON THE FAULKES SOUTH TELESCOPE
12 more recipients not shown
2022
$866,467,309
$135,880,395
$164,151,700
589
$150,000
$5,618,400
$1,000
$50,000,000
THE HEISING-SIMONS FOUNDATION - 2022 Details
Assets
$866,467,309
Expenses
$164,151,700
Funding received
$50,000,000
Max grant amount
$5,618,400
Median grant amount
$150,000
Min grant amount
$1,000
Number of grants
589
Total giving
$135,880,395
Year
2022
Top Recipients
Organization
Award
Purpose
NEW VENTURE FUND
$5,618,400
FOR THE EARLY CHILDHOOD GOVERNANCE AND FINANCING PROJECT
NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL
$3,150,000
TO ADVANCE CLIMATE AND CLEAN ENERGY POLICIES
ALLIANCE FOR EARLY SUCCESS
$2,050,000
FOR GENERAL SUPPORT
CALIFORNIA EDUCATION PARTNERS
$2,000,000
FOR A MULTI-DISTRICT, EARLY GRADES CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT COLLABORATION
ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND INC
$2,000,000
FOR GENERAL SUPPORT
14 more recipients not shown
2021
$752,996,597
$132,358,968
$148,900,208
635
$125,000
$5,250,000
$1,550
$50,000,000
THE HEISING-SIMONS FOUNDATION - 2021 Details
Assets
$752,996,597
Expenses
$148,900,208
Funding received
$50,000,000
Max grant amount
$5,250,000
Median grant amount
$125,000
Min grant amount
$1,550
Number of grants
635
Total giving
$132,358,968
Year
2021
Top Recipients
Organization
Award
Purpose
THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY
$5,250,000
FOR THE DEVELOPMENT AND RESEARCH IN EARLY MATHEMATICS EDUCATION (DREME) NETWORK
NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL
$3,450,000
TO ADVANCE CLIMATE AND CLEAN ENERGY POLICIES
ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND INC
$2,900,000
FOR GENERAL SUPPORT
ALLIANCE FOR EARLY SUCCESS
$2,600,000
FOR GENERAL SUPPORT
NATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR THE CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION INC
$2,400,000
TO HELP FUND THE ACQUISITION OF PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT (PPE)
14 more recipients not shown
2020
$592,364,420
$101,171,056
$128,898,894
478
$150,000
$3,280,000
$1,000
$36,701,722
THE HEISING-SIMONS FOUNDATION - 2020 Details
Assets
$592,364,420
Expenses
$128,898,894
Funding received
$36,701,722
Max grant amount
$3,280,000
Median grant amount
$150,000
Min grant amount
$1,000
Number of grants
478
Total giving
$101,171,056
Year
2020
Top Recipients
Organization
Award
Purpose
NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL
$3,280,000
TO ADVANCE CLIMATE AND CLEAN ENERGY POLICIES
THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY
$2,965,000
FOR THE DEVELOPMENT AND RESEARCH IN EARLY MATHEMATICS (DREME) NETWORK
ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND INC
$2,600,000
TO ADVANCE CLIMATE AND CLEAN ENERGY POLICIES
ASTROPHYSICAL RESEARCH CONSORTIUM
$1,524,451
TO SUPPORT THE DESIGN AND BUILD OF THE LOCAL VOLUME MAPPER INSTRUMENT FOR SDSS-V
ALLIANCE FOR EARLY SUCCESS
$1,150,000
FOR GENERAL SUPPORT
10 more recipients not shown
2019
$554,158,328
$90,048,551
$113,906,218
282
$150,000
$5,131,000
$2,500
$20,000,000
THE HEISING-SIMONS FOUNDATION - 2019 Details
Assets
$554,158,328
Expenses
$113,906,218
Funding received
$20,000,000
Max grant amount
$5,131,000
Median grant amount
$150,000
Min grant amount
$2,500
Number of grants
282
Total giving
$90,048,551
Year
2019
Top Recipients
Organization
Award
Purpose
ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND INC
$5,131,000
COLORADO CLEAN CAR STANDARDS, EDF CLIMATE AND ENERGY, OCEANS, HABITAT EXCHANGE AND ESA DEFENSE, WESTERN WATER, CLIMATE SCIENCE, AND NATURAL GAS WASTE WATER
NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL
$4,320,000
CLIMATE AND CLEAN ENERGY, EV FULL TIME EMPLOYEE, FEDERAL CLIMATE AND CLEAN ENERGY POLICY ANALYSIS, SUSTAINABLE FERC
REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT BERKELEY
$3,742,345
51 PEGASI B, A SEARCH FOR COSMOLOGICAL SIGNATURES OF THE AXION, AN INTEGRAL FIELD SPECTROSCOPIC STUDY OF BLACK HOLES, BERKELEY CENTER FOR COSMOLOGICAL PHYSICS (BCCP), CASPER - THE COSMIC AXION SPIN PRECESSION EXPERIMENT, CENTER FOR THE STUDY OF CHILD CARE EMPLOYMENT, CREATING NOVEL FORMS OF MATTER WITH ULTRACOLD GASES OF TRANSITION-METAL ATOMS, CSCCE ADVANCING THE EARLY CHILDHOOD WORKFORCE, DETECTOR DEVELOPMENT FOR THE SIMONS OBSERVATORY, JBEI, PREDICTIVE WAVEFRONT SENSOR CONTROL SYSTEM
THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY
$3,684,510
ACQUISITION OF AN OXYGEN ISOTOPE RATIO MASS SPECTROMETER, DARK MATTER RADIO DEVELOPMENT OF THE PHASE 1 EXPERIMENT, DREME, ELECTRICITY MARKETS GAME-BASED TRAINING, FORCE SENSING AT THE QUANTUM LIMIT WITH LEVITATED MICROSPHERES - GRAVITATIONAL ATTRACTORS AND VIBRATION CONTROL, GLOBAL ENERGY FORUM, GRADUATE SCHOOL OF EDUCATION 2018 CUBBERLEY LECTURE, PALC, STANFORD PACS AND THE DIGITAL CIVIL SOCIETY LAB
THIRD SECTOR NEW ENGLAND INC
$3,141,933
2018 ECFC MEMBERSHIP DUES, EXPANDING THE CAPACITY AND MEMBER SERVICES OF ECFC, POOLED FUND FOR EARLY CHILDHOOD WORKFORCE, PROSECUTOR IMPACT, WORKFORCE POOLED FUND
12 more recipients not shown
2018
$505,089,441
$62,546,505
$86,139,036
257
$100,000
$3,662,778
$1,000
$19,970,757
THE HEISING-SIMONS FOUNDATION - 2018 Details
Assets
$505,089,441
Expenses
$86,139,036
Funding received
$19,970,757
Max grant amount
$3,662,778
Median grant amount
$100,000
Min grant amount
$1,000
Number of grants
257
Total giving
$62,546,505
Year
2018
Top Recipients
Organization
Award
Purpose
THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY
$3,662,778
ACQUISITION OF AN OXYGEN ISOTOPE RATIO MASS SPECTROMETER, CALIFORNIA POLICIES RELATED TO THE EDUCATION OF CHILDREN, CASPER - THE COSMIC AXION SPIN PRECESSION EXPERIMENT, DEVELOPMENT AND RESEARCH IN EARLY MATHEMATICS EDUCATION (DREME) NETWORK PHASE II, ELECTRICITY MARKETS GAME-BASED TRAINING, FORCE SENSING AT THE QUANTUM LIMIT WITH LEVITATED MICROSPHERES: GRAVITATIONAL ATTRACTORS AND VIBRATION CONTROL FOR A SINGLE-BEAM TRAP, GRADUATE SCHOOL OF EDUCATION 2017 CUBBERLEY LECTURE, SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA TEXT MESSAGING MATH STUDY, THE DARK MATTER RADIO: DEVELOPMENT OF A RESONANT SEARCH FOR ULTRA-LIGHT DARK MATTER
REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT BERKELEY
$3,157,213
51 PEGASI B FELLOW PETER GAO, 51 PEGASI B FELLOW PETER GAO, BERKELEY CENTER FOR COSMOLOGICAL PHYSICS (BCCP), BY DESIGN: ORGANIZING A UNIFIED, ACCESSIBLE, HIGH-QUALITY PRESCHOOL INSTITUTION FOR CALIFORNIA, CASPER - THE COSMIC AXION SPIN PRECESSION EXPERIMENT, CENTER FOR THE STUDY OF CHILD CARE EMPLOYMENT, DETECTOR DEVELOPMENT FOR THE SIMONS OBSERVATORY, JOINT BIOENERGY INSTITUTE, JOURNALISM SCHOOL GRADUATE STUDENT FELLOWSHIPS, NETWORK FOR NEUTRINOS, NUCLEAR ASTROPHYSICS, AND SYMMETRIES
ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND INC
$3,050,000
DOMESTIC AND INTERNATIONAL OCEANS, HABITAT EXCHANGE, WATER MANAGEMENT, NATURAL GAS WASTE WATER, AND CLIMATE SCIENCE, PROTECTING OUR ENVIRONMENT FROM THE IMPACTS OF NATURAL GAS
NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL INC
$2,550,000
STATE CLEAN ENERGY AND CALIFORNIA CLIMATE LEADERSHIP, THE SUSTAINABLE FERC PROJECT
ROBIN HOOD FOUNDATION
$1,933,333
FUND FOR EARLY LEARNING, ROBIN HOOD EARLY CHILDHOOD RESEARCH INITIATIVE (MAKING PRE-K COUNT AND HIGH 5S)