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Grants awarded

Who does The Heising-Simons Foundation fund?

The Heising-Simons Foundation has awarded $713 million across 3,281 grants to 745 grantees between 2020 and 2024. Its giving concentrates in education. Its typical grant is $140,000, with most between $75,000 and $250,000. Repeat grantees receive a median $150,000 versus $100,000 for first-time grantees.

Total awarded
$712.9M
Typical grant
$140K
Grantees
745
Grants
3,281
Years
2020–2024

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Organizations this funder supports

Each grantee's funding from this organization, summed across all reported years. Largest first — click any column to re-sort.

100 of 745 grantees
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Grantee Total receivedGrantsYearsLatestState Support
New Venture Fund $26.8M482020–20242024DC
Environmental Defense Fund Incorporated $20.7M102020–20242024NY
Natural Resources Defense Council INC $18.2M112020–20242024NY
California Institute of Technology $14.7M632020–20242024CA
Tides Foundation $13.1M562020–20242024CA
R Regents of the University of California at Berkeley $12.1M472020–20242024CA
Tides Center $10.5M412020–20242024CA
R Regents of the University of California Santa Cruz $9.9M582020–20242024— —
The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University $9.5M162020–20242024CA
Alliance for Early Success $8.5M72020–20242024DC
P Partnership Project INC $8.4M172020–20242024— —
R Regents of the University of California at San Diego $7.9M342020–20242024CA
The California Education Partners $7.8M52020–20242024CA
Neo Philanthropy INC $7.5M312020–20242024NY
A Arizona Board of Regents University of Arizona $6.6M342020–20242024— —
United States Energy Foundation $6.2M152020–20242024CA
Third Sector New England INC $6.1M222020–20242024MA
U University of California Santa Barbara $5.7M282020–20242024CA
Social and Environmental Entrepreneurs INC $5.7M482020–20242024CA
T The Regents of the University of California Los Angeles $5.6M212020–20242024— —
N National Association for Family School and Community Engagement $5.6M82020–20242024— —
C Community Initiatives $5.3M252020–20242024— —
Y Yale University $5.2M262020–20242024— —
University of Chicago $5.0M212020–20242024IL
Arizona State University Foundation for a New American University $4.7M152020–20242024AZ
Powermylearning INC $4.7M62020–20242024NY
R Regents of the University of Michigan $4.7M272020–20242024MI
R Regents of the University of California at Irvine $4.4M172020–20242024CA
Center for American Progress $4.4M102020–20242024DC
Climateworks Foundation $4.3M62020–20242024CA
Massachusetts Institute of Technology $4.0M342020–20242024MA
A Amalgamated Charitable Foundation INC $4.0M62022–20242024DC
Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors INC $3.6M162020–20242024NY
Las Cumbres Observatory Global Telescope Network INC $3.5M52020–20242024CA
California Association for Research in Astronomy $3.5M92020–20232023HI
Society for Research in Child Development INC $3.4M62020–20242024DC
President and Fellows of Harvard College $3.4M182020–20242024MA
I Individual recipient $3.3M82021–20242024— —
Silicon Valley Community Foundation $3.3M142020–20242024CA
R Rutgers the State University of New Jersey $3.3M62020–20242024— —
Georgetown University $3.2M102020–20242024DC
R Regents of the University of California Davis $3.2M122020–20242024— —
I International Council on Clean Transportation $3.1M42020–20242024— —
Climate Power Education Fund $3.0M52022–20242024DC
Philanthropic Ventures Foundation $2.9M92021–20242024CA
Immigrant Legal Resource Center $2.9M142020–20242024CA
Illustrative Mathematics $2.8M32020–20222022AZ
National Women's Law Center $2.8M62020–20242024DC
Rocky Mountain Institute $2.8M62020–20242024CO
I Individual recipient $2.8M52023–20242024— —
T Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York $2.7M142020–20242024NY
Low Income Investment Fund $2.7M92020–20242024CA
Edvance $2.7M52021–20232023CA
The Union of Concerned Scientists INC $2.7M52020–20242024MA
C Californians Dedicated to Education Foundation $2.6M162020–20242024— —
Center for Community Change $2.6M42021–20242024DC
Public Media Group of Southern California $2.6M42020–20232023CA
Center for Law and Social Policy $2.6M92020–20242024DC
T The Pennsylvania State University $2.6M112020–20242024— —
Teachers College Columbia University $2.5M32020–20242024NY
B Bill Hillary & Chelsea Clinton Foundation $2.5M52020–20242024— —
C Community Partners $2.5M162021–20242024— —
Bipartisan Policy Center INC $2.5M72020–20242024DC
Start Early $2.5M92021–20242024IL
U University of Texas at Austin $2.4M122020–20232023— —
Learning Policy Institute $2.4M62020–20242024CA
Climate and Clean Energy Equity Fund $2.4M32022–20242024DC
New York University $2.4M62020–20242024NY
N National Foundation for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention INC $2.4M120202020— —
A American Association for the Advancement of Science $2.4M102020–20242024— —
T The Children's Funding Project $2.3M102020–20242024— —
Vanderbilt University $2.3M102020–20242024TN
R Regents of the University of Colorado $2.3M72020–20242024CO
Sacred Heart Community Service $2.2M72020–20242024CA
Forth Mobility Fund $2.2M102020–20242024OR
Cornell University $2.2M162020–20242024NY
Fund for the City of New York INC $2.2M122020–20242024NY
Edsource INC $2.1M52020–20242024CA
S Sierra Health Foundation Center for Health Program Management $2.1M92020–20242024— —
Proteus Fund INC $2.1M142020–20242024MA
Georgia Tech Research Corporation $2.1M122020–20242024GA
Gridlab INC $2.1M42020–20242024CA
Wgbh Educational Foundation $2.0M92020–20242024MA
F Family Values at Work a Multi-State Consortium $2.0M52020–20232023— —
C Center for Applied Environmental Law & Policy $2.0M42020–20242024— —
Parents as Teachers National Center INC $2.0M42020–20212021MO
Dignity and Power Now $2.0M102020–20242024CA
U University of Washington $2.0M92020–20242024WA
Borealis Philanthropy $2.0M92020–20242024MN
U University of California San Francisco Foundation $2.0M120202020— —
New America Foundation $2.0M62020–20242024DC
Greenlining Institute $1.9M42020–20232023CA
Education Trust INC $1.9M102020–20242024DC
Ceres INC $1.9M52020–20242024MA
U University of Hawaii $1.9M72020–20242024— —
Education Development Center INC $1.9M52020–20242024MA
Health Federation of Philadelphia $1.9M72020–20242024PA
I Individual recipient $1.9M52021–20242024— —
N Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP $1.9M72020–20232023— —
T Trustees of Purdue University $1.9M42021–20242024— —

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