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The Heising-Simons Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$150M
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
671
Grants FY2024
413
Organizations funded FY2023
18%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$148,432
Largest grant, FY2024
$3,600,000
Organizations funded a year
245 to 413
FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
40
Total assets, FY2024
$810M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 18% of the organizations The Heising-Simons Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 12% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 88% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $16M went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’18’19’20’21’22’23
EducationHuman ServicesEnvironmentCivil RightsArts & CultureCrime & LegalOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2024still arriving393$129M13%
FY2023413$135M18%
FY2022380$124M24%
FY2021342$113M29%
FY2020337$109M28%
FY2019277$87M32%
FY2018264$80M42%
FY2017245$53Mn/a
100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Education$254MEnvironment$161MPhilanthropy$117MScience & Tech$102MCivil Rights$63MCrime & Legal$52MHuman Services$47MHealth$47MOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

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Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Environmental Defense Fund Incorporated$32,531,00082%
Natural Resources Defense Council Inc$29,375,00082%
Regents of the University of California at Berkeley$23,101,5608n/a
California Institute of Technology$19,423,12480%
Regents of the University of California$12,488,4148n/a
Alliance for Early Success Fka Birth to Five Policy Alliance$11,720,000721%
Third Sector New England Inc$11,502,38786%
Regents of the University of California at San Diego$10,402,2687n/a
NEO Philanthropy Inc$8,740,00071%
The Partnership Project Inc$8,473,00067%
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All grantees of The Heising-Simons Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Environmental Defense Fund Incorporated$32,531,00082%
Natural Resources Defense Council Inc$29,375,00082%
Regents of the University of California at Berkeley$23,101,5608n/a
California Institute of Technology$19,423,12480%
Regents of the University of California$12,488,4148n/a
Alliance for Early Success Fka Birth to Five Policy Alliance$11,720,000721%
Third Sector New England Inc$11,502,38786%
Regents of the University of California at San Diego$10,402,2687n/a
NEO Philanthropy Inc$8,740,00071%
The Partnership Project Inc$8,473,00067%
University of Chicago$8,472,85280%
Community Initiatives$8,098,50086%
The California Education Partners$7,850,000533%
University of California Santa Barbara$7,525,1198n/a
University of Arizona$7,337,9348n/a
Regents of the University of Michigan$7,140,4088n/a
United States Energy Foundation$7,070,00061%
National Association for Family School & Community$6,433,000875%
Social and Environmental Entrepreneurs (See) Inc$5,830,17072%
Arizona State University Foundation for a New American University$5,537,54171%
Regents of the University of California at Irvine$5,525,2177n/a
Las Cumbres Observatory Gtn Inc$5,146,65478%
Advanced Energy Institute$5,067,000721%
James Bell Associates$5,042,9097n/a
California Association for Research in Astronomy$4,920,18167%
Climateworks Foundation$4,772,97170%
PowerMyLearning Inc$4,740,000517%
Start Early$4,675,00081%
Society for Research in Child Development Inc$4,623,819823%
Center for American Progress$4,601,47083%
University of California Davis$4,590,9918n/a
Georgetown University$4,534,46580%
Pennsylvania State University$4,357,1288n/a
The International Council on Clean Transportation Inc$4,300,000611%
Bill Hillary & Chelsea Clinton Foundation$4,050,00072%
Teachers College Columbia University$4,031,79850%
Immigrant Legal Resource Center$3,960,00084%
National Women's Law Center$3,890,00074%
Rocky Mountain Institute$3,865,00072%
Yale University$3,702,2337n/a
Center for Law and Social Policy$3,688,92587%
The Union of Concerned Scientists Inc$3,614,00082%
Aspen Global Change Institute Inc$3,567,300519%
New America Foundation$3,425,00081%
Bipartisan Policy Center Inc$3,400,00082%
WGBH Educational Foundation$3,314,60580%
Learning Policy Institute$3,305,21077%
Center for Community Change$3,251,00063%
The Energy Foundation$3,250,00022%
Education Development Center Inc$3,214,21580%
Yale University$3,166,2694n/a
Edsource Inc$3,090,000821%
New York University$3,045,98380%
American Association for the Advancement of Science$3,020,01181%
Robin Hood Foundation$2,983,33342%
Borealis Philanthropy$2,950,00072%
Public Media Group of Southern California$2,920,60443%
Vanderbilt University$2,876,97970%
Illustrative Mathematics$2,833,000221%
The Greenlining Institute$2,817,00068%
Foothill-Deanza Community Colleges Foundation$2,800,000614%
Cornell University$2,759,42770%
University of Washington$2,752,9426n/a
Regents of the University of Colorado$2,695,1766n/a
Low Income Investment Fund$2,679,35151%
Edvance College$2,675,000394%
Great Plains Institute for Sustainable Development Inc$2,646,000821%
Catalyst California$2,608,60265%
Fund for the City of New York Inc$2,560,00061%
Children's Funding Project$2,534,000617%
University of Kansas Center for Research Inc$2,501,52170%
Council of Chief State School Officers$2,500,00062%
Community Partners$2,491,66741%
Parents as Teachers National Center Inc$2,457,04859%
Dignity and Power Now$2,425,000711%
National Foundation for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Inc$2,400,00011%
Climate and Clean Energy Equity Fund$2,400,00034%
Momsrising Education Fund$2,365,00076%
Ceres Inc$2,350,00062%
Human Rights Watch Inc$2,325,00071%
California Child Care Resource and Referral Network$2,315,00087%
GridLab Inc$2,304,450426%
Family Values Work a Multi-State Consortium$2,295,00059%
Groundswell Fund$2,290,000323%
The Education Trust Inc$2,250,00072%
California Children and Families Foundation Inc$2,225,000548%
Children Now$2,224,50086%
Sierra Health Foundation Center for Health Program Management$2,212,00061%
Sacred Heart Community Service$2,202,00052%
Californians Dedicated to Education Foundation$2,201,64589%
Silicon Valley De-Bug$2,190,000822%
Forth Mobility Fund$2,185,000532%
The Futuro Media Group$2,097,000711%
Georgia Tech Research Corporation$2,083,08750%
Center for Applied Environmental Law and Policy$2,040,654422%
The Research Foundation for The State University of New York$2,035,85970%
University of California San Francisco Foundation$2,000,00010%
Astrophysical Research Consortium$1,981,451215%
Health Federation of Philadelphia Inc$1,980,00062%
National Immigration Law Center$1,925,42883%
Mathtalk Pbc$1,900,2404n/a
Civil Rights Corps$1,875,000810%
Transgender Law Center$1,875,00064%
Asian Law Caucus$1,875,00084%
Resources for the Future Inc$1,870,00055%
National Consumer Law Center Inc$1,855,00074%
American Indian College Fund$1,850,00042%
Education Commission of the States$1,830,16075%
National Association for the Education of Young Children$1,828,07673%
Northwestern University$1,802,40360%
Climate Power Education Fund$1,710,00027%
Houston in Action Network$1,700,000312%
Johns Hopkins University$1,682,41760%
California Budget & Policy Center$1,665,000715%
National Academy of Sciences$1,648,46870%
The Glen Price Group$1,643,6924n/a
Carnegie Institution of Washington$1,629,99641%
Sobrato Early Academic Language Program$1,611,00055%
R Street Institute$1,600,00063%
Justleadershipusa Inc$1,580,000727%
The Justice and Diversity Center of the Bar Association of San Francisco$1,575,00057%
Forward Justice$1,553,40069%
Child Care Aware of America$1,550,00033%
Terc Inc$1,532,23644%
Science Friday Initiative Inc$1,505,000615%
San Jose Grail Family Services$1,495,000716%
Texas Center for Justice and Equity$1,475,000672%
Network on Women in Prison dba Legal Services for Prisoners w Children$1,465,25066%
Southern Center for Human Rights$1,455,00088%
The National Council for Incarcerated and Formerly Incarcerated Women & Girls$1,450,00068%
Just Futures Law Inc$1,441,775524%
Climate Central Inc$1,425,00075%
Somos Mayfair Inc$1,419,000710%
Latinojustice Prldef$1,415,000510%
Ella Baker Center for Human Rights$1,400,000710%
Greater Washington Educational Telecommunications Association Inc$1,400,00070%
American Physical Society$1,388,73770%
Erikson Institute$1,385,00072%
New Teacher Center$1,375,00042%
Yale University$1,362,4223n/a
Foundations Inc$1,355,00055%
English Learners Success Forum$1,350,000312%
West Harlem Environmental Action Inc$1,350,00046%
Child Care Law Center$1,350,000823%
Impact Justice$1,350,00073%
The Marshall Project Inc$1,350,00082%
Rhodium Group LLC$1,325,0004n/a
Goodnation Foundation Inc$1,304,20024%
The Opportunity Institute$1,300,000211%
Reach Out and Read Inc$1,296,36744%
Parent Institute for Quality Education Inc$1,282,00056%
World Resources Institute$1,275,00050%
Detention Watch Network$1,265,00059%
Northeast Energy Efficiency Partnerships$1,250,00066%
Northern California Grantmakers$1,232,26075%
Council for a Strong America$1,225,00065%
United We Dream Network Inc$1,225,00052%
Tandem Partners in Early Learning$1,200,838414%
Common Justice Inc$1,200,00074%
Cangress Dba Los Angeles Community Action Network$1,200,000516%
Essie Justice Group$1,200,000714%
El Education Inc$1,171,62222%
The Urban Institute$1,130,70560%
National Governors Association Center for Best Practices$1,125,00042%
Young Women's Freedom Center$1,110,00067%
Research Foundation of the City University of New York$1,102,25160%
State Democracy Project$1,100,00023%
Electrification Coalition Foundation$1,100,00049%
National Center for Youth Law$1,095,00062%
California Calls Education Fund$1,092,50044%
The Century Foundation Inc$1,085,00054%
Repairers of the Breach$1,080,00065%
Associated Universities Inc$1,076,15330%
Working Partnerships USA$1,075,00046%
Young Men's Christian Association of Silicon Valley$1,069,05240%
Teachers Development Group$1,063,199424%
New Breath Foundation$1,060,000617%
Grassroots Leadership Inc$1,050,000623%
Voice of the Experienced Vote$1,025,00076%
Unite-La Inc$1,015,12353%
Reach University$1,014,87144%
Building Decarbonization Coalition$1,000,00035%
Society for Science & the Public$1,000,00061%
The Fred Rogers Company$1,000,00023%
Californians For Justice Education Fund$1,000,00046%
Tntp Inc$987,38321%
Policylink$975,00031%
Trustees of Tufts College$974,39640%
Education First Consulting LLC$973,8275n/a
A New Way of Life Reentry Project$960,00044%
Inadvance$950,000514%
Lowell Observatory$950,00015%
American Institutes for Research in the Behavioral Sciences$945,57560%
Lsst Inc$934,728541%
Southerners on New Ground Inc$930,00076%
League of Conservation Voters Education Fund$925,00021%
Movement Strategy Center$904,80061%
Pro Publica Inc$900,00061%
Unbounded Learning Inc$900,00013%
Partnership for Americas Children$900,000131%
Atlanta Fulton County Prearrest Diversion Initiative Inc$900,000616%
Oficina Legal del Pueblo Unido Inc$900,00038%
The Center for Investigative Reporting Inc$900,00052%
William J Brennan Center for Justice Inc$891,66840%
Mijente Support Committee$885,00059%
Center for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Technologies$884,000413%
Project South Inc$880,000614%
Georgia Latino Alliance for Human Rights Inc$875,000612%
University of California Berkeley Foundation$866,90640%
Santa Clara County Asian Law Alliance$851,000411%
Sunrise Movement Education Fund$850,00054%
Heartland Alliance for Human Needs and Rights$850,00051%
Northeastern University$839,70040%
Resources Legacy Fund$825,00011%
Resource Media$805,00045%
Drug Policy Alliance$800,00042%
Bold Training Institute Inc$800,00044%
Solar United Neighbors Inc$800,00025%
The Foundation for City College$800,00031%
Counterspark Inc$800,000133%
Ultimate Block Party Inc$798,634334%
Californians Together$792,20069%
Association for Energy Affordability Inc$791,00041%
Workers Defense Project$785,00049%
Ccf Community Initiatives Fund$775,00052%
Carolina Federation Fund$775,000322%
W Haywood Burns Institute$770,00043%
Equal Justice Initiative$750,00041%
Right to the City Alliance$750,00042%
Color of Changeorg Education Fund$750,00052%
GreenLatinos$745,000614%
Mathematica Policy Research Inc$742,6621n/a
Faith in Action Network$730,00031%
Community Legal Services in East Palo Alto Inc$730,00044%
California Immigrant Policy Center$725,00074%
La Plazita Institute$705,00068%
Youth Justice Coalition Inc$700,00059%
Citizens for Responsible Energy Solutions Forum$700,00064%
The Sunrise Project Inc$700,00021%
Define American Inc$700,00047%
La Luz Center$700,000415%
Communities For A New California Education Fund$700,000317%
Family Engagement Lab$700,000227%
Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy Inc$695,98630%
Inland Congregations United for Change Sponsoring Committee Inc$695,00045%
Partnership for Children & Youth$690,349320%
National Black Child Development Institute$685,00044%
Charitable Ventures of Orange County$675,00061%
Rockwood Leadership Institute$660,00052%
Acadia Center$655,000511%
United Nations Foundation Inc$650,00030%
Center for Rural Affairs$650,00033%
National Immigration Project of the National Lawyers Guild Inc$650,00047%
Clean Air Task Force Inc$650,00035%
University of Rhode Island Foundation & Alumni Engagement$632,58422%
Friends of Educare California at Silicon Valley$630,000413%
Critical Resistance$628,000610%
Code for Science & Society Inc$625,00024%
Childrens Network of Solano County$625,000421%
Gente Organizada$625,000417%
Community Asset Development Re-Defining Education$625,000428%
Family Resource Navigators$625,000416%
BLU Educational Foundation$625,000417%
The Aspen Institute Inc$623,00070%
Anti Police-Terror Project Inc$620,00046%
Rector & Visitors of the University of Virginia$619,1774n/a
Woodwell Climate Research Center Inc$615,61841%
Success Stories Program$610,000421%
Grantmakers Concerned With Immigrants and Refugees$608,00084%
Designing Justice Designing Spaces$600,00037%
The Ahimsa Collective$600,00047%
The Groundtruth Project Inc$600,00042%
Environmental Leadership Program Inc$600,000216%
Undocublack Network Inc$600,000331%
P5 Strategies$600,000213%
BYP100 Education Fund$600,00047%
National Domestic Workers Alliance Inc$600,00031%
Texas Organizing Project Education Fund$600,00044%
Initiate Justice$600,000610%
University System of New Hampshire$596,3303n/a
Southern Vision Alliance$594,73532%
The Translatin Coalition$575,00055%
Families in Schools$575,000318%
Aip Foundation$557,750219%
United Way of Santa Cruz County$550,00037%
Pure Justice$550,000446%
Family Pictures Institute for Inclusive Storytelling Inc$550,000247%
Rosenberg Foundation$550,00063%
National Park Foundation$548,15920%
Regents of the University of California at Riverside$530,6524n/a
Brightline Defense Project$525,000220%
National Korean American Service and Education Consortium Inc$525,00033%
Kqed Inc$525,00060%
The Young People's Project Inc$525,000220%
Black Californians United for Early Care and Education$516,000350%
Child Trends Inc$510,00031%
Mano Amiga Sm$505,000420%
Child Care Alliance of Los Angeles$501,00024%
Institute for Advanced Study - Louis Bamberger & Mrs Felix Fuld Foundation$500,00021%
United for Respect Education Fund$500,00025%
The Tribal Child Care Association of California$500,000221%
Alternate RootsInc$500,00044%
Mdrc$500,00011%
Oregon Environmental Council$500,000116%
Allied Media Projects Inc$500,00041%
Floodlight Inc$500,000318%
Jewish Family Service of San Diego$500,00030%
Organizing Roots Inc$500,000223%
Protect Democracy Project$500,00012%
The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press$500,00035%
Progeorgia State Table Inc$500,00042%
EveryChild California$500,000222%
Santa Cruz Barrios Unidos Inc$500,000521%
American Immigration Council$500,00017%
Clasp$500,00017%
Berkeley Lab Foundation$500,000112%
Institute for Educational Leadership$491,90081%
Stand for Children Leadership Center Inc$489,96813%
National Day Laborer Organizing Network$485,00063%
Frameworks Institute$484,04755%
University of Denver$477,68020%
Occidental College$475,00010%
Youth Rise Texas Inc$475,000323%
Jail Project of Texas$475,000478%
Rural Investment to Protect Our Environment$475,000331%
Fresh Lifelines for Youth Inc$472,00062%
Foundation for California Community Colleges$453,21821%
The Joan Ganz Cooney Center for Educational Media and Research Inc$452,13824%
BlueGreen Alliance Foundation$450,00023%
Mothers Against Police Brutality$450,000491%
The Climate Group Inc$450,000310%
Black Emotional and Mental Health Collec$450,00037%
Bend the Arc - a Jewish Partnership for Justice$450,00033%
Regulatory Assistance Project$450,00033%
Blueprint North Carolina$450,00023%
Collective Action for Youth$450,000311%
Women Make Movies Inc$444,96421%
Family Resource & Referral Center of San Joaquin$433,33440%
Institute for Child Success Inc$432,25027%
Formerly Incarcerated Convicted People and Families Movement Inc$429,6431n/a
Dreamorg$429,06352%
The Tower Foundation of San Jose State University$428,00041%
Puente de la Costa Sur$427,60046%
National Association For Family Child Care$425,000113%
Association of State and Tribal Home Visiting Initiatives$416,896447%
Restoreher Usamerica Inc$415,000237%
Detroit Justice Center$410,00043%
Chinese Progressive Association$400,00041%
Capacity Shop$400,000213%
Environmental Protection Network$400,00028%
Families for Freedom Inc$400,000430%
Wiki Education Foundation$400,000213%
Institute For Racial Equity And Excellence$400,000210%
Translash Media Inc$400,000210%
After Violence Project$400,000411%
Vera Institute of Justice Inc$400,00020%
Emancipate NC Inc$400,000414%
Deep Center Incorporated$400,00047%
Consumer Reports Inc$390,00020%
Todos Mathematics for All$390,000439%
International Documentary Foundation Inc$380,47322%
Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability$375,00024%
The Ordinary People Society Tops$375,00056%
University of Arizona Foundation$371,96420%
Southern California Grantmakers$371,93263%
People Acting in Community Together$370,000615%
African American Community Service Agency$366,00046%
Duke University$360,00010%
Henry J Kaiser Family Foundation$355,0001n/a
Highlander Research & Education Center Inc$354,50041%
Urban Community Network$350,000433%
Calstart Inc$350,00020%
Communities United for Restorative Youth Justice Dba Curyj$350,00023%
American Council On Renewable Energy$350,00015%
Western Resource Advocates$350,00016%
Equity and Transformation$350,00037%
University of Illinois Foundation$350,00010%
Committee to Protect Journalists Inc$350,00032%
Chinese for Affirmative Action$347,00051%
Starting Over Inc$345,00034%
Foundation for Minority Interests in Media Inc$345,00055%
University of Oregon Foundation$340,00010%
California Changelawyers$335,00037%
Board of Regents Nevada System of Higher Education$333,9514n/a
Youth Radio$330,20072%
Earthjustice$330,00010%
The Campaign for the Fair Sentencing of Youth$330,00033%
Solutions Journalism Network Inc$330,00032%
Uc Santa Cruz Foundation$328,94712%
Common Sense Media$325,00021%
Pen American Center Inc$325,00041%
Amigos de Guadalupe Center for Justice and Enpowerment$324,72522%
Latinos United for a New America$322,500420%
Trustees of Boston College$320,33230%
Restoring Lifeways$320,00025%
Energy Systems Integration Group Inc$319,78246%
Natural Resource Governance Institute$307,00031%
College Track$305,00021%
Services Immigrant Rights and Education Network (Siren)$301,000412%
Fresno Barrios Unidos$300,00036%
Clean Energy For America Education Fund$300,000339%
Momentum Community Inc$300,00037%
Southeast Asian Coalition$300,000321%
Possibility Labs$300,00020%
The Praxis Project Inc$300,00022%
Somos Siembra$300,000211%
People's Action Institute$300,00012%
Capital B News Inc$300,00032%
The 19th News$300,00031%
Redf Impact Investing Fund$300,000159%
Citizens Utility Board$300,000225%
Coming Clean Inc$300,000110%
Raheem Ai DBA Community Response Works$300,000212%
Texas Immigration Law Council$300,00018%
Public Health Institute$300,00010%
Credible Messenger Mentoring Movement$300,00019%
Native Skywatchers Incorporated$295,223381%
Homies Unidos Inc$287,000316%
Emerald Cities Collaborative Inc$285,00025%
Save The Children Federation Inc$280,00010%
The Tahirih Justice Center$275,33441%
The City College 21st Century Foundation Inc$275,00021%
The Afiya Center$275,00033%
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution$274,36510%
Legal Aid Society of San Mateo County$270,00033%
National Society of Black Physicists$269,915315%
National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy$269,00073%
Silicon Valley Council of Nonprofits$264,589611%
Kidango Inc$260,00040%
Center for Empowered Politics Education Fund$260,00031%
University Corporation for Atmospheric Research$252,75220%
Growth Philanthropy Network Inc$251,666714%
Talkingpoints$250,00015%
Center for Popular Democracy Inc$250,00011%
New Profit Inc$250,00011%
The South-Central Partnership for Energy Efficiency as a Resource$250,000212%
American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy$250,00021%
Panorama Global$250,00011%
Witness Inc$250,00032%
Realize Impact$250,00022%
National Association of State Leaders in Early Education$250,000233%
Youth Alive$250,00031%
San Jose Conservation Corps$250,00021%
Act 4 SA$250,000325%
American Impact Capital Foundation Inc$250,0002n/a
Wnet$250,00020%
American Leadership Forum - Silicon Valley$240,00057%
Southern Poverty Law Center Inc$231,66830%
Able Works$225,000310%
Interfaith Movement for Human Integrity$225,00046%
American Civil Liberties Union of North Carolina Legal Foundation Inc$225,00024%
El Refugio Ministry Inc$225,000231%
Migration Policy Institute$225,00022%
Brooklyn Community Bail Fund Inc$225,00017%
Strong Youth Inc$225,000114%
Climate Policy Initiative Inc$220,0001n/a
Orange County Superintendent of Schools$218,4501n/a
Southwest Energy Efficiency Project$217,000110%
American Friends Service Committee$215,0002n/a
Carolina Migrant Network Inc$215,000116%
Child Care Resource Center Inc$215,00040%
Community Interventions Inc$212,500223%
American Museum of Natural History$210,00030%
Council on Foundations Inc$206,80070%
Type Media Center Inc$205,00033%
Bard College$204,93630%
The Algebra Project Inc$203,9791n/a
Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System$200,0001n/a
Community Movement Builders Inc$200,00023%
The Center for Media Justice DBA MediaJustice$200,00016%
The Markup News Inc$200,00015%
Restore 180$200,000228%
Capital & Main$200,00023%
Renewable Northwest Project Dba Renewable Northwest$200,000118%
American Civil Liberties Union Foundation of Northern California Inc$200,00021%
The Unity Care Group$200,00031%
The Edna McConnell Clark Foundation$200,0002n/a
Milpa$200,00023%
Silicon Valley Creates$200,00015%
American Institute of Physics Inc$200,00010%
Online News Association$200,00015%
Voices of Community Activists & Leaders (Vocal-Ny) Inc$200,00021%
Common Cause Education Fund$200,00011%
Stewards of Change Institute Inc$200,000216%
Western States Center$200,00013%
Amelia Ann Adams Whole Life Center$200,00027%
Solidaire Network Inc$200,00041%
Hua Nani Partners$200,0001n/a
Multiplier$200,00011%
Haitian Bridge Alliance$200,00023%
Valley Health Foundation (Vhf)$200,00011%
Asian Americans Advancing Justice Atlanta Inc$200,00021%
Purpose Dignity Action$200,00011%
Spirithouse South Inc$200,00027%
Foundation Financial Officers Group Inc$198,00067%
21st Century School Fund$189,806328%
National Public Education Support Fund$189,00071%
Friendship House Association of American Indians Inc$185,00021%
Grantmakers for Effective Organizations$178,00061%
The Center for Independent Documentary Inc$175,00021%
All Good Work Space Foundation$174,615356%
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill$171,6443n/a
The Leadership Conference Education Fund Inc$166,66811%
University of Maryland Foundation Inc$165,84020%
Human Rights First$160,00021%
Csusb Philanthropic Foundation$159,83021%
The National Press Foundation Inc$155,00034%
First Focus on Children$155,00013%
Trustees of Boston University$153,37020%
Civic Ventures Dba Cogenerate$150,07514%
Community Vision Capital & Consulting$150,0001n/a
Community Aid and Development Corp$150,000112%
Alliance for Justice$150,00021%
Center for Climate and Energy Solutions Inc$150,00013%
Black Alliance for Just Immigration$150,00015%
The Center for Evaluation Innovation Inc$150,00013%
Center for Death Penalty Litigation$150,000110%
Brooklyn Arts Council Inc$150,00022%
California Council on Science and Techno logy$150,00013%
American Public Human Services Association$150,00011%
Restore Justice$150,00027%
Rvc Seattle$150,00011%
Border Network for Human Rights$150,000111%
National Regulatory Research Institute$150,000115%
Potential Energy Coalition Inc$150,00011%
California State University Foundation$150,00022%
Movement Alliance Project$150,00012%
Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce Foundation$150,00014%
Urban Peace Movement - Oakland$145,004110%
National Center for Family Philanthropy Inc$142,20044%
National Museum of Mathematics$137,7701n/a
Strong City Baltimore Inc$136,36611%
Aspen Center for Physics$135,00033%
University of Utah$135,0002n/a
National Center for Families Learning Inc$132,50050%
San Jose News Bureau$131,000210%
Accion Opportunity Fund Community Development$130,00020%
The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois$130,0001n/a
Onaketa Inc$129,639250%
Quality Education for Minorities Network$128,69018%
Latina Coalition of Silicon Valley$126,000310%
Nw Energy Coalition$125,000110%
Greatnonprofits$125,00025%
The Roosevelt Institute$125,00011%
American Constitution Society for Law & Policy$125,00012%
Uncommon Law$125,00043%
Community Works West Inc$125,00013%
Choices for Freedom Inc$125,000236%
Macalester College$125,00010%
Sepa Mujer Inc$125,000215%
Safe Passages$125,00031%
Indiana University School of Medicine$124,5181n/a
Parent Voices Oakland$120,000215%
Restaurant Opportunities Centers United Inc$120,00012%
Embodiment Institute Incorporated$120,00025%
Media Impact Funders Inc$116,80583%
Planned Parenthood Mar Monte Inc$115,00020%
Eureka Scientific Inc$114,9051n/a
Radio Ambulante Studios Inc$110,00023%
Youth Forward$110,00035%
First 5 Alameda County$105,0003n/a
International Rescue Committee INC$100,00020%
Center for Excellence in Nonprofits$100,00024%
Puente Human Rights Movement$100,00017%
Austin Justice Coalition$100,000119%
Prison University Project Inc Dba Mount Tamalpais College$100,00024%
Integral Community Solutions Institute$100,00019%
American University$100,00010%
Nevada News Bureau Inc$100,00013%
Tech Integrity Institute$100,000110%
Center for Ai and Digital Policy$100,000111%
Electronic Privacy Information Center$100,00013%
Science Communication Lab Inc$100,00013%
The Bridgespan Group Inc$100,00010%
Bias Buccaneers Inc$100,000121%
CalMatters$100,00022%
Ayni Institute Inc$100,00015%
Upturn Inc$100,00013%
Association of Ramaytush Ohlone$100,00038%
La Clinica de la Raza Inc$100,00010%
African American Cultural Center$100,00019%
Faith in Texas - Pico$100,00019%
Fight for the Future Education Fund$100,00015%
Physicians for Social Responsibility$100,00012%
National Association of Free and Charitable Clinics Inc$100,00012%
Feeding Georgia Inc$100,00016%
Central Valley Journalism Collaborative$100,00016%
Ensemble Learning$100,00017%
Second Harvest of Silicon Valley$100,00020%
Pangea Legal Services$100,00012%
Robert F Kennedy Center for Justice and Human Rights$100,00011%
The Anti-Recidivism Coalition$100,00011%
Inter-Faith Council for Social Service Inc$100,00013%
Second Harvest Food Bank Greater New Orleans and Acadiana$100,00010%
The Asian Americans for Community Involvement of Santa Clara County Inc$100,00030%
Peak Grantmaking Inc$98,15661%
Nijc Nfp$97,25611%
University of Minnesota Foundation$90,00010%
Public Policy Institute of California$87,2832n/a
Child Care Coordinating Council of San Mateo County Inc$85,00011%
Jumpstart for Young Children Inc$85,00010%
California Science Center Foundation$82,50010%
Merck Family Fund$80,0001n/a
Journal-Isms Inc$80,0003n/a
Fund for Global Human Rights Inc$80,0001n/a
Institute for Local Government$80,00016%
Jobtrain Inc$75,00011%
Indian Health Center of Santa Clara Valley$75,00010%
American Geophysical Union$75,00010%
Go Kids Inc$75,00011%
Peer Health Exchange Inc$75,00011%
Center for Earth Energy and Democracy$75,00015%
Earth Day Network Inc$75,00012%
African Advocacy Network$75,00015%
Atlantic Council of the United States Inc$75,00010%
Institute for Human & Social Development$75,00011%
Local Initiatives Support Corporation$65,00010%
Math Shelf Inc$62,9091n/a
Insideout Writers Inc$60,00024%
San Jose Childrens Musical Theater$60,00031%
Five Keys Schools and Programs$60,00020%
Sv Home$60,00026%
The Opportunity Agenda Inc$57,71911%
Ocean Research Project Inc$57,000131%
St Louis University$55,00010%
Southwest Research Institute$55,00010%
University of Pittsburgh$55,00010%
Lehigh University$55,00010%
Carnegie Mellon University$55,00010%
Amherst College Trustees$54,78910%
Intersection for the Arts$51,00021%
Campus Compact$50,00011%
The Foundation Fcoe Inc$50,00011%
A Better Glynn Inc$50,0001n/a
Sylvia Woods Josephine Wyatt and Clarice Durham$50,000139%
Youth Leadership Institute$50,00011%
Project Open Hand$50,00010%
Children's Assessment Center Foundation$50,00011%
Gridworks Organization$50,00017%
Root & Rebound$50,00011%
The Center for Effective Philanthropy Inc$50,00020%
Living Through Giving Foundation$50,00015%
National Network for Immigrant & Refugee Rights$50,000122%
Community Civil Activist Inc$50,0001n/a
Solidago Foundation$50,00012%
Street Level Health Project$50,00014%
Hispanic Foundation of Silicon Valley$50,00021%
International Women's Media Foundation$50,00011%
Roots Community Health Center$50,00010%
NumFOCUS INC$50,00011%
Parent Possible$50,00012%
Asian Pacific Environmental Network$50,00012%
Lutheran Immigration & Refugee Service Inc Dba Global Refuge$50,00010%
Poder in Action$50,00012%
Restore Life Incorporated$50,00017%
Rebuild Local News$50,00012%
Research Triangle Institute$50,00010%
Environmental Grantmakers Association$49,68321%
San Francisco Symphony$45,00010%
Justice Funders$45,00031%
Asian AmericansPacific Islanders in Philanthropy Inc$45,00051%
Curiodyssey$45,00021%
Marine Science Institute$45,00022%
San Jose Jazz$45,00021%
San Jose Children's Discovery Museum$45,00020%
California Academy of Sciences$45,00010%
Eastside College Preparatory School Inc$45,00010%
Thrive Alliance Thrive - The Alliance of Nonprofits$43,000222%
CONSULTATIVE GROUP ON BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY INC Biodiversity Funders Grp$42,50081%
The Exploratorium$40,00020%
CORA Community Overcoming Relationship Abuse$40,00020%
San Diego State University Foundation Sdsu Research Foundation$40,00010%
Theatreworks Silicon Valley$40,00020%
The Place4grace$40,00018%
The Tech Interactive$40,00020%
Mpt Foundation Inc$40,00011%
Accountability Counsel$40,00012%
Environmental Volunteers Inc$40,00033%
The Center for Public Integrity$40,00011%
Asylum Access$40,00011%
Goodpower Education Fund Inc$40,00022%
Evident Change$35,00010%
San Francisco Opera Association$30,00010%
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art$30,00010%
Corporation of the Fine Arts Museums$30,00010%
Cacfp Roundtable$30,00027%
Anita Borg Institute for Technology$30,00010%
Mk Level Playing Field Institute$30,00010%
Sempervirens Fund$30,00011%
San Francisco Ballet Association$30,00010%
East Palo Alto Kids Foundation$30,000110%
Peninsula Open Space Trust$30,00010%
Equal Justice USA Inc$30,00011%
Save the Redwoods League$30,00010%
The Trust for Public Land$30,00010%
San Francisco Jazz Organization$30,00010%
Daily Californian Education Foundation$30,000151%
West Virginia University Research Corporation$30,00010%
Korean-American Scientists & Engineers Association Inc$28,75011%
Firelight Media Inc$25,00011%
New Schools Fund$25,00010%
Twin Cities Innovation Alliance$25,000114%
Next Door Solutions to Domestic Violence$25,00011%
Center for Common Ground$25,00010%
Safe & Sound$25,00010%
The Sentencing Project$25,00010%
Communications Consortium Media Center$25,00014%
Council for the Advancement of Science Writing Inc$21,92111%
Trust for Hidden Villa$20,00020%
Union City Board of Education$20,0001n/a
Asset Funders Network$20,00020%
Children's Health Council Inc$20,00010%
The Reading League Inc$20,00010%
Science Is Elementary Inc$20,00023%
Oak Crest Institute of Science$19,46410%
Community Organizing and Family Issues$17,97910%
Healthier Kids Foundation$15,00010%
The Oakland Public Education Fund$15,00010%
Black Cooperative Impact Fund$15,00019%
Foster Forward$15,00011%
School Fund$15,00016%
YWCA Golden Gate Silicon Valley$15,00010%
Lifemoves$15,00010%
Lucile Packard Foundation for Children's Health$15,00010%
Law Foundation of Silicon Valley$15,00010%
StarVista$15,00010%
Human Investment Project Inc$15,00010%
Spark$15,00015%
Association of Black Foundation Executives Inc$15,00010%
California Family Child Care Network$15,000139%
Western Michigan University$13,1221n/a
Technology Association of Grantmakers Inc$12,63921%
Hispanics in Philanthropy$11,00020%
San Jose Police Foundation$10,0001n/a
Candid$10,00010%
National Association of Black Journalists$10,00020%
Asian American Journalists Association$10,0002n/a
Refugee & Immigrant Transitions$10,00011%
Forward Change$9,0001n/a
The Communications Network$7,50020%
Global Fairness Initiative$7,50010%
Neighborhood Funders Group$6,50020%
Native American Journalists Association$5,00011%
Adelante Alabama Worker Center$5,0001n/a
Contina Impact$5,00020%
Mission Investors Exchange Inc$3,00010%
National Association of Community and Restorative Justice$2,50010%
Silicon Valley Education Foundation$1,70010%
A Black Education Network$1,00010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 109 recipients with no EIN on record ($62M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

The Heising-Simons Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 41 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 200 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetEnvironmental Defense Fund Incorporated: $32,531,000 over 8y, 2.4% of budgetNatural Resources Defense Council Inc: $29,375,000 over 8y, 2.4% of budgetCalifornia Institute of Technology: $19,423,124 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetAlliance for Early Success Fka Birth to Five Policy Alliance: $11,720,000 over 7y, 21% of budgetThird Sector New England Inc: $11,502,387 over 8y, 6.2% of budgetNEO Philanthropy Inc: $8,740,000 over 7y, 1.3% of budgetThe Partnership Project Inc: $8,473,000 over 6y, 7.2% of budgetUniversity of Chicago: $8,472,852 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetCommunity Initiatives: $8,098,500 over 8y, 5.6% of budgetThe California Education Partners: $7,850,000 over 5y, 33% of budgetUnited States Energy Foundation: $7,070,000 over 6y, 1.0% of budgetNational Association for Family School & Community: $6,433,000 over 8y, 75% of budgetSocial and Environmental Entrepreneurs (See) Inc: $5,830,170 over 7y, 2.2% of budgetArizona State University Foundation for a New American University: $5,537,541 over 7y, 0.7% of budgetLas Cumbres Observatory Gtn Inc: $5,146,654 over 7y, 8.2% of budgetAdvanced Energy Institute: $5,067,000 over 7y, 21% of budgetCalifornia Association for Research in Astronomy: $4,920,181 over 6y, 6.5% of budgetClimateworks Foundation: $4,772,971 over 7y, 0.4% of budgetPowerMyLearning Inc: $4,740,000 over 5y, 17% of budgetStart Early: $4,675,000 over 8y, 1.2% of budgetSociety for Research in Child Development Inc: $4,623,819 over 8y, 23% of budgetCenter for American Progress: $4,601,470 over 8y, 2.6% of budgetGeorgetown University: $4,534,465 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetThe International Council on Clean Transportation Inc: $4,300,000 over 6y, 11% of budgetBill Hillary & Chelsea Clinton Foundation: $4,050,000 over 7y, 2.3% of budgetTeachers College Columbia University: $4,031,798 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetImmigrant Legal Resource Center: $3,960,000 over 8y, 3.5% of budgetNational Women's Law Center: $3,890,000 over 7y, 3.5% of budgetRocky Mountain Institute: $3,865,000 over 7y, 1.9% of budgetCenter for Law and Social Policy: $3,688,925 over 8y, 7.0% of budgetThe Union of Concerned Scientists Inc: $3,614,000 over 8y, 1.5% of budgetAspen Global Change Institute Inc: $3,567,300 over 5y, 19% of budgetNew America Foundation: $3,425,000 over 8y, 1.4% of budgetBipartisan Policy Center Inc: $3,400,000 over 8y, 2.5% of budgetWGBH Educational Foundation: $3,314,605 over 8y, 0.3% of budgetLearning Policy Institute: $3,305,210 over 7y, 7.4% of budgetCenter for Community Change: $3,251,000 over 6y, 3.3% of budgetThe Energy Foundation: $3,250,000 over 2y, 1.6% of budgetEducation Development Center Inc: $3,214,215 over 8y, 0.5% of budgetEdsource Inc: $3,090,000 over 8y, 21% of budgetNew York University: $3,045,983 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Association for the Advancement of Science: $3,020,011 over 8y, 0.6% of budgetRobin Hood Foundation: $2,983,333 over 4y, 1.6% of budgetBorealis Philanthropy: $2,950,000 over 7y, 2.4% of budgetPublic Media Group of Southern California: $2,920,604 over 4y, 2.9% of budgetVanderbilt University: $2,876,979 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetIllustrative Mathematics: $2,833,000 over 2y, 21% of budgetThe Greenlining Institute: $2,817,000 over 6y, 8.2% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 200.

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Co-funders

Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Philanthropic Ventures FoundationCA126.6× affinity89 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Philanthropic Ventures Foundation · The David and Lucile Packard Foundation · The Sobrato Family Foundation · The California Endowment · The William & Flora Hewlett Foundation · The James Irvine Foundation · Wellspring Philanthropic Fund Inc · The California Wellness Foundation · NEO Philanthropy Inc · Sunlight Giving · Amalgamated Charitable Foundation Inc · The Libra Foundation

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

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Find your warmest path to The Heising-Simons Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

About The Heising-Simons Foundation

How much does The Heising-Simons Foundation give?
The Heising-Simons Foundation reported 671 grants totaling $149,587,063 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 245 and 413 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does The Heising-Simons Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (26%), Environment (17%), Philanthropy (12%).
Who are The Heising-Simons Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Environmental Defense Fund Incorporated ($33M), Natural Resources Defense Council Inc ($29M), Regents of the University of California at Berkeley ($23M).
Does The Heising-Simons Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 18% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does The Heising-Simons Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
Which funders back the same organizations as The Heising-Simons Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Philanthropic Ventures Foundation, The David and Lucile Packard Foundation, The Sobrato Family Foundation.
Where is The Heising-Simons Foundation based?
The Heising-Simons Foundation is based in CA.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 899 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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