Grants
The Heising-Simons Action Fund is committed to transparency. We will continue to share descriptions of our work as the Action Fund evolves. Each February, we post a list of the Fund’s grants and contributions from the prior year. We do this annually, rather than in real time, to allow the organizations we fund enough time to let us know their comfort level with our transparency.
Climate and Clean Energy
League of Conservation Voters – $400,000
for general support
WE ACT 4 Change – $150,000
for general support
Climate Equity Action Fund – $500,000
for general support
EDF Action – $400,000
for general support
Citizens for Responsible Energy Solutions – $300,000
for general support
Center for American Progress Action Fund – $150,000
for general support
NRDC Action Fund – $300,000
for general support
Climate Jobs Action Fund – $400,000
for general support
Solar United Neighbors Action – $100,000
for general support
Counterspark – $200,000
for general support
Climate Equity Action Fund – $500,000
for the Climate Equity Action Fund
Climate Cabinet Action – $100,000
for general support
National Wildlife Federation Action Fund – $150,000
for general support
Down Ballot Climate Action Fund – $200,000
for Down Ballot Climate Action Fund
Climate Power – $400,000
for general support
Bipartisan Policy Center Action – $150,000
for general support
Climate Action Campaign – $150,000
for Climate Action Campaign
Clean Vehicles Campaign – C4 – $50,000
for the Clean Vehicles Campaign
Ceres – $50,000
to advance financial sector reform for climate action
Rebuild the Dream – $50,000
for Green for All
Evergreen Action – $100,000
for general support
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
Silicon Valley Rising Action – $100,000
for general support
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
Million Voter Project Action Fund – $200,000
for general support
Children Now Action Fund – $200,000
for ECE focused California Pro-Kid Scorecard
California Donor Table – $75,000
for the Building the California Dream Alliance
Care in Action – $400,000
for Care Can’t Wait Table
Children’s Funding Accelerator – $400,000
for general support
Community Change Action – $400,000
for general support
OLE – $100,000
for general support
First Five Action Fund – $400,000
for general support
Our Kids Our Future – $125,000
for Our Kids Our Future Initiative
Save the Children Action Network – $400,000
for general support
Impact Fellows Action Fund – $400,000
for general support
MomsRising Together – $400,000
for general support
Stand for Children, Inc. – $300,000
for general support
Parent Voices Action – $130,000
for general support
Child Care for Every Family Action – $200,000
for Child Care Every Family Action
National Women’s Law Center Action Fund – $300,000
for general support
Pomona Kids First – $160,000
for general support
Communities for A New California – $100,000
for general support
California Donor Table – $35,000
for school board pipeline research and landscape assessment
Million Voter Project Action Fund – $75,000
for ACA 13 defense strategy and implementation
Our Kids Our Future – $200,000
for Our Kids Our Future Initiative
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
Starting Over Strong – $75,000
for general support
Caldwell Hays Examiner – $150,000
for general support
Chispa – $150,000
for Chispa
Texas Organizing Project – $300,000
for general support
Workers Defense Action Fund – $200,000
for general support
Initiate Justice Action – $100,000
for general support
Ella Baker Center Action Fund – $100,000
for general support
Smart Justice California – $150,000
for Smart Justice California
Equity Action – $250,000
for general support
Texas Black Action Fund – $100,000
for Texas Black Action Fund
Galaxy Gives Action – $150,000
for the Democratizing Justice Initiative’s staff the gadget and field work
Pure Justice Action Fund – $100,000
for general support
Asian American Advocacy Fund, Inc. – $75,000
for the Southeast Regional Candidate Training
Act 4 SA Action Fund – $75,000
for general support
Ground Game Texas – $100,000
for Prop A the San Antonio Justice Charter
OC Action – $200,000
for general support
All of Us or None Action Network – $100,000
for general support
Quest for Democracy Action Network – $150,000
for Quest for Democracy Action Network
California Donor Table – $25,000
for California Donor Table membership dues
NEO Philanthropy Action Fund – $200,000
for the Four Freedoms Action Fund
Siembra NC – $200,000
for general support
Asian American Advocacy Fund, Inc. – $100,000
for general support
Down Home NC – $150,000
for general support
Mijente – $200,000
for general support
Color of Change – $400,000
for general support
Forward Justice Action Network – $100,000
for general support
Dignity and Power in Action – $150,000
for general support
NAKASEC Action Fund – $100,000
for NAKASEC Action Fund Texas Chapter
Carolina Federation – $50,000
for general support
United Fort Worth – $300,000
United Fort Worth
North Carolina Asian Americans Together in Action – $100,000
for general support
New Left Accelerator – $400,000
for capacity building supports and technical assistance to Heising Simons Action Fund grantees
VOTE Action Fund – $100,000
for general support
Sister Warriors Action Fund – $50,000
for Sister Warriors Action Fund
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)
Technology and Society/ CEO Fund
The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights – $200,000
for general support
Fight for the Future – $200,000
for general support
Encode Justice – $100,000
for the Encode Justice Project
TechEquity Action – $100,000
for general support