Grants
The Heising-Simons Action Fund is committed to transparency. We will continue to share descriptions of our work as the Action Fund evolves, and we plan to post a list of the Fund’s grants and contributions in January of each year.
Climate and Clean Energy
National Wildlife Federation Action Fund — $250,000
for general support
Partnership Project Action Fund — $200,000
for general support
Solar United Neighbors Action — $100,000
for general support
California Environmental Voters — $100,000
for general support
BlueGreen Alliance — $275,000
for general support
Sixteen Thirty Fund — $500,000
for general support
Climate Jobs Action Fund — $400,000
for general support
Fund for a Better Future — $400,000
for Climate Power
EDF Action — $400,000
for general support
Energy Action Fund — $475,000
for general support
Advanced Energy Works — $200,000
for general support
League of Conservation Voters — $400,000
for general support
NRDC Action Fund — $300,000
for general support
Bipartisan Policy Center Action — $300,000
for general support
Center for American Progress Action Fund — $250,000
for general support
Climate Cabinet Action — $50,000
for general support
WE ACT 4 Change — $200,000
for general support
Sunrise Movement — $100,000
for general support
Tides Advocacy — $100,000
for general support
Fund for a Better Future — $2,800,000
for Climate Power
Partnership Project Action Fund — $300,000
for general support
Advanced Energy Works — $150,000
for general support
Solar United Neighbors Action — $100,000
for general support
BlueGreen Alliance — $100,000
for general support
Climate Jobs National Resource Center Action Fund, Inc. — $150,000
for general support
Center for American Progress Action Fund — $300,000
for general support
Working Families Organization, Inc. — $200,000
for general support
League of Conservation Voters, Inc. — $250,000
for general support
NRDC Action Fund Inc. — $300,000
for general support
Energy Action Fund Inc. — $250,000
for general support
Sunrise Movement — $250,000
for general support
Cabinet Action — $35,000
for general support
Environmental Defense Action Fund — $400,000
for general support
WE ACT 4 Change Inc. — $150,000
for general support
Bipartisan Policy Center Action — $300,000
for general support
Sixteen Thirty Fund — $500,000
for the Climate Equity Action Fund
Partnership Project Action Fund — $125,000
for General Support
Advanced Energy Works — $100,000
for General Support
League of Conservation Voters, Inc. — $100,000
for General Support
Energy Action Fund — $200,000
for General Support
Environmental Defense Action Fund — $500,000
for General Support
NRDC Action Fund — $500,000
for General Support
Community and Opportunity
North Fund for Fair Representation – $250,000
for Redistricting Action Fund
States United Action – $700,000
for general support
North Fund for Fair Representation – $200,000
in Redistricting Action Fund
Silicon Valley Rising Action – $100,000
for general support
Way to Win Action Fund – $500,000
for general support
MOVE Texas Action Fund – $300,000
for general support
Living United for Change in Arizona – $100,000
for general support
End Citizens United-Let America Vote Action Fund – $100,000
for general support
Tides Advocacy – $700,000
for Fight Back Table Action Fund
Sixteen Thirty Fund – $450,000
for Civic Action Fund
Silicon Valley Rising Action – $50,000
for general support
Education
MomsRising Together — $400,000
for general support
First Five Action Fund — $500,000
for general support
Million Voter Project Action Fund — $200,000
for general support
Our Kids Our Future — $225,000
for Our Kids Our Future Initiative
Impact Fellows Action Fund — $400,000
for general support
Center for Community Change Action — $500,000
for general support
Care for Monterey County Kids — $225,000
for general support
Care in Action — $400,000
for general support
Children’s Funding Accelerator — $400,000
for general support
Early Care and Education for All South San Francisco — $25,000
for general support
Vote Yes for Kids — $300,000
for general support
Stand for Children, Inc. — $400,000
for general support
Save the Children Action Network — $400,000
for general support
National Women’s Law Center Action Fund — $300,000
for general support
Parent Voices Action— $100,000
for general support
Care for Monterey County Kids — $25,000
for general support
Communities for A New California — $100,000
for general support
Early Care and Education for All South San Francisco — $24,999
for general support
Tides Advocacy — $100,000
for the Building the California Dream Alliance
Save the Children Action Network — $400,000
for general support
Moms Rising Together — $400,000
for general support
Parent Voices Action — $100,000
for General Support
Children Now Action Fund — $200,000
for the California Pro-Kid Scorecard
Communities For A New California — $100,000
for general support
Yes on Santa Cruz Children’s Fund Committee — $25,000
for general support
Care in Action Inc.— $400,000
for general support
Impact Fellows Action Fund — $300,000
for general support
First Five Action Fund — $500,000
for general support
Children’s Funding Accelerator Inc. — $375,000
for general support
National Women’s Law Center Action Fund — $200,000
for general support
Center for Community Change Action — $500,000
for general support
PLUS Action Fund — $150,000
for general support
Million Voter Action Fund Sponsored By Social Justice Orgs — $200,000
for general support
Economic Security Action — $100,000
for general support
Children Now Action Fund — $25,000
for Planning Phase to Develop a Pro-kid Legislative Scoreboard in California
National Women’s Law Center Action Fund — $200,000
for General Support
United for San Joaquin Kid & Community — Yes on Measure X — $50,000
for General Support
Million Voter Project Action Fund — $200,000
for Voter Engagement in California
Support our Public Schools — $50,000
for General Support
Center for American Progress Action Fund — $800,000
for General Support
Center for Community Change Action — $500,000
for General Support
Impact Fellow — $250,000
for General Support
PLUS Action Fund — $100,000
for General Support
Children’s Funding Accelerator, Inc. — $250,000
for General Support
Human Rights
Color of Change — $400,000
for general support
Tides Advocacy — $400,000
for Sister Warriors Action Fund
Equity Action — $200,000
for general support
Tides Advocacy — $100,000
for Texas Black Civic Engagement Action Fund
Siembra NC — $100,000
for general support
Workers Defense Action Fund — $150,000
for general support
North Carolina A Philip Randolph Educational Fund — $150,000
for general support
Ella Baker Center Action Fund — $100,000
for general support
Center for Empowered Politics – $100,000
for general support
Texas Organizing Project — $250,000
for general support
Caldwell Hays Examiner — $50,000
for general support
Advance North Carolina Inc — $150,000
for general support
Tides Advocacy — $75,000
for Chispa
OC Action — $100,000
for OCCET Action
MOVE Texas Action Fund — $150,000
for general support
Texas Freedom Network — $150,000
for general support
Tides Advocacy — $200,000
to support Equity in Advance’s work on the Emerald New Deal initiative
Tides Advocacy — $300,000
for La Defensa
Poder NC Action — $200,000
for general support
Asian American Advocacy Fund — $200,000
for general support
Mijente — $200,000
for general support
Initiate Justice Action — $100,000
for general support
GLAHR Action Network — $100,000
for general support
Carolina Federation — $200,000
for general support
New Left Accelerator — $325,000
for capacity building supports and technical assistance to Heising Simons Action Fund grantees
Dignity and Power in Action — $200,000
for capacity building supports and technical assistance to Heising Simons Action Fund grantees
Forward Justice Action Network — $100,000
for general support
Working Families Organization — $200,000
for United Fort Worth
Yes on Measure A — $100,000
for general support
Tides Advocacy — $20,000
for Sister Warriors Action Fund for assistance with Legal, accounting, and compliance needs
Tides Advocacy — $50,000
for Smart Justice California
Tides Advocacy — $100,000
for La Defensa
Tides Advocacy — $100,000
for the Sister Warriors Action Fund
Tides Advocacy for Chispa — $20,000
for assistance with legal, accounting, and compliance needs
Tides Advocacy for La Defensa — $20,000
for assistance with legal, accounting, and compliance needs
Working Families Organization Inc. — $200,000
for United Fort Worth
Working Families Organization Inc. — $20,000
for United Fort Worth for assistance with legal, accounting, and compliance needs
Texas Organizing Project — $100,000
for general support
Working Families Organization Inc. — $1,200,000
for work in California, Texas, Georgia, and North Carolina
New Georgia Project Action Fund Inc. — $200,000
for general support
NEO Philanthropy Action Fund — $200,000
for the Four Freedoms Action Fund
New Left Accelerator — $400,000
for capacity building supports and technical assistance to Heising-Simons Action Fund grantees
Forward Justice Action Network — $100,000
for general support
Workers Defense Action Fund — $100,000
for general support
Carolina Federation — $20,000
for assistance with legal, accounting and compliance needs
Mijente — $20,000
for assistance with legal, accounting and compliance needs
Poder NC Action — $20,000
for assistance with legal, accounting and compliance needs
Asian American Advocacy Fund — $20,000
for assistance with legal, accounting and compliance needs
Poder NC Action — $100,000
for general support
Carolina Federation — $100,000
for general support
GLAHR Action Network — $20,000
for assistance with legal, accounting and compliance needs
Siembra NC — $20,000
for assistance with legal, accounting and compliance needs
ColorOfChange.org — $250,000
for general support
Asian American Advocacy Fund, Inc. — $100,000
for general support
Mijente for general support — $200,000
GLAHR Action Network — $50,000
for general support
Repeal California’s Three Strikes Law Ballot Committee — $250,000
for general support
NILC Immigrant Justice Fund — $200,000
for federal immigration work
Tides Advocacy — $25,000
for Smart Justice California
Tides Advocacy for La Defensa — $100,000
Drug Policy Action — $150,000
for Oregon Ballot Measure 110 Work
No on Prop 25 — Committee Against Pretrial Racism — $100,000
for General Support
Re-imagine LA, A Coalition of Nonprofits Orgs and Justice Advocates — $200,000
for General Support
Poder NC Action — $100,000
for General Support
Free the Vote CA, Yes on Prop 17, Sponsored by Civil and Voting Rights Organizations — $100,000
for Free the Vote CA, Yes on Prop 17
New Georgia Project Action Fund, Inc. — $200,000
for General Support
Carolina Federation— $100,000
for General Support
Texas Freedom Network — $100,000
for General Support
Black Voters Matter Fund — $200,000
for General Support
Move Texas Action Fund — $100,000
for General Support
Asian American Advocacy Fund, Inc. — $100,000
for General Support
ColorOfChange.org — $200,000
for General Support
Forward Justice Action Network — $100,000
for General Support
Workers Defense Action Fund — $100,000
for General Support
Californians Against the Prison Spending Scam — $375,000
for Defeating the Cooper Prison Measure (Cooper Initiative)