The Heising-Simons Foundation

EIN 260799587

San Francisco, CA 94111 |(650) 887-0277

https://WWW.HSFOUNDATION.ORG
Total Given 2016–2023
$853.8M
3,619 grants · $106.7M avg/year
based on 8 yrs of IRS 990-PF records on file
$100M+/yr
mega funder
capacity
$150K
typical big bets · $75K–$250K
grant size
61%
deep partner · 547/899 multi-year
repeat
$872.1M
Assets (2023)
899
Distinct Recipients

Focus Areas

Education Health Arts & Culture Environment Human Services

Application Information

Accepts Unsolicited Proposals No. Preselected Only
Contact Person DARCY COURTEAU
Phone (650) 887-0277

Financial Trends

Giving Over Time

Total Assets Over Time

View financial data as table
YearTotal GivingTotal AssetsRevenueGrants
2016 $76.9M $448.6M $142.1M 266
2017 $95.7M $505.1M $76.4M 341
2018 $127.2M $554.2M $179.9M 379
2019 $200K $592.4M $130.3M 2
2020 $165.7M $753.0M $190.7M 764
2022 $181.8M $847.2M $430.1M 880
2023 $206.3M $872.1M $152.1M 987

Grant Size Distribution

Based on 3619 grants on record

Minimum
$525
25th Pctl
$75K
Median
$150K
Average
$236K
75th Pctl
$250K
Maximum
$5.2M

Geographic Distribution

Texas Counties Served

2.5% of US grants · Rank #5 of 45 states $14.2M across 92 grants 6 of 254 counties

Top 6 counties

  1. 1 Travis 48 grants · $8.4M
  2. 2 Harris 17 grants · $3.0M
  3. 3 Bexar 10 grants · $906K
  4. 4 Dallas 7 grants · $840K
  5. 5 Hays 6 grants · $530K
  6. 6 Tarrant 4 grants · $524K

Officers & Directors

Grants Awarded (3,619 total)

Purpose
The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University Redwood City, CA $5,250,000 FOR THE DEVELOPMENT AND RESEARCH IN EARLY MATHEMATICS EDUCATION (DREME) NETWORK 2020
Environmental Defense Fund Inc San Francisco, CA $5,131,000 COLORADO CLEAN CAR STANDARDS, EDF CLIMATE AND ENERGY, OCEANS, HABITAT EXCHANGE AND ESA DEFENSE, WESTERN WATER,... 2018
The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University Stanford, CA $4,415,014 COMMUNITY - SPECIAL OPPORTUNITIES, EARLY EDUCATION - EARLY MATH, FAMILY ENGAGEMENT, SCIENCE - CLIMATE CHANGE... 2016
Natural Resources Defense Council San Francisco, CA $4,320,000 CLIMATE AND CLEAN ENERGY, EV FULL TIME EMPLOYEE, FEDERAL CLIMATE AND CLEAN ENERGY POLICY ANALYSIS, SUSTAINABLE FERC 2018
Environmental Defense Fund Inc San Francisco, CA $4,000,000 FOR GENERAL SUPPORT 2022
Environmental Defense Fund Inc San Francisco, CA $4,000,000 TO ADVANCE CLIMATE AND CLEAN ENERGY POLICIES 2023
Environmental Defense Fund Inc San Francisco, CA $3,750,000 CLIMATE & CLEAN ENERGY - INTELLECTUAL FOUNDATION 2016
Regents of the University of California at Berkeley Berkeley, CA $3,742,345 51 PEGASI B, A SEARCH FOR COSMOLOGICAL SIGNATURES OF THE AXION, AN INTEGRAL FIELD SPECTROSCOPIC STUDY OF BLACK... 2018
The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University Stanford, CA $3,684,510 ACQUISITION OF AN OXYGEN ISOTOPE RATIO MASS SPECTROMETER, DARK MATTER RADIO DEVELOPMENT OF THE PHASE 1 EXPERIMENT,... 2018
The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University Stanford, CA $3,662,778 ACQUISITION OF AN OXYGEN ISOTOPE RATIO MASS SPECTROMETER, CALIFORNIA POLICIES RELATED TO THE EDUCATION OF CHILDREN,... 2017
Natural Resources Defense Council San Francisco, CA $3,450,000 TO ADVANCE CLIMATE AND CLEAN ENERGY POLICIES 2020
The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University Stanford, CA $3,410,308 ELECTRICITY MARKETS GAME-BASED TRAINING, DREME, DARK MATTER RADIO DEVELOPMENT OF THE PHASE 1 EXPERIMENT 2018
Regents of the University of California at Berkeley Berkeley, CA $3,157,213 51 PEGASI B FELLOW PETER GAO, 51 PEGASI B FELLOW PETER GAO, BERKELEY CENTER FOR COSMOLOGICAL PHYSICS (BCCP), BY... 2017
Third Sector New England Inc Boston, MA $3,141,933 2018 ECFC MEMBERSHIP DUES, EXPANDING THE CAPACITY AND MEMBER SERVICES OF ECFC, POOLED FUND FOR EARLY CHILDHOOD... 2018
Regents of the University of California at Berkeley Berkeley, CA $3,100,553 COMMUNITY - SPECIAL OPPORTUNITIES, EARLY EDUCATION - EVIDENCE ADVOCACY & INVESTMENT, SCIENCE - ASTRONOMY & COSMOLOGY 2016
Natural Resources Defense Council San Francisco, CA $3,100,000 TO ADVANCE CLIMATE AND CLEAN ENERGY POLICIES 2023
Regents of the University of California at Berkeley Berkeley, CA $3,093,818 EARLY EDUCATION - POLICY PLUS, SCIENCE - CLIMATE CHANGE SCIENCE, ASTRONOMY & COSMOLOGY, OTHER 2016
Environmental Defense Fund Inc San Francisco, CA $3,050,000 DOMESTIC AND INTERNATIONAL OCEANS, HABITAT EXCHANGE, WATER MANAGEMENT, NATURAL GAS WASTE WATER, AND CLIMATE SCIENCE,... 2017
Natural Resources Defense Council San Francisco, CA $3,000,000 TO ADVANCE CLIMATE AND CLEAN ENERGY POLICIES 2022
Environmental Defense Fund Inc San Francisco, CA $2,900,000 FOR GENERAL SUPPORT 2020
Environmental Defense Fund Inc San Francisco, CA $2,731,000 COLORADO CLEAN CAR STANDARDS, OCEANS, HABITAT EXCHANGE AND ESA DEFENSE, WESTERN WATER, CLIMATE SCIENCE, AND NATURAL... 2017
Robin Hood Foundation New York, NY $2,683,333 EARLY EDUCATION - EARLY MATH, FAMILY ENGAGEMENT 2016
Alliance for Early Success Leawood, KS $2,650,000 FOR GENERAL SUPPORT 2022
Alliance for Early Success Leawood, KS $2,600,000 FOR GENERAL SUPPORT 2020
The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University Stanford, CA $2,594,802 EARLY EDUCATION - EARLY MATH, SCIENCE - CLIMATE CHANGE SCIENCE 2016