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Heising-Simons Foundation
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The Heising-Simons Foundation is a Los Altos, California family foundation established in 2007 by Liz Simons and Mark Heising. It works to advance sustainable solutions in climate and clean energy, enable groundbreaking science research, enhance the education of the youngest learners, and support human rights. Grantmaking is mainly US-focused, and it does not accept unsolicited proposals.
- Website
- www.hsfoundation.org
- Capabilities
- Climate and Clean Energy, Science, Education, Human Rights, Community and Opportunity, Technology and Society
- Listing status
- Unclaimed · Editor-verified
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