Foundation president, Harvey Fineberg, and chairman emeritus and co-founder, Gordon Moore, discuss the Statement of Founders’ Intent with staff.
We seek and coordinate with individuals and organizations that have good ideas and the ability to execute. The success of our strategies hinges on capable grantees and we work closely with them as respected experts in their fields.
The Space Science Institute is shaping our future by enabling scientists to advance our understanding of Earth and the Universe; increasing science and technology literacy for people of all ages and backgrounds; and inspiring youth to pursue science-technology education and career opportunities. To promote learning around the solar eclipses in 2023 and 2024, the Space Science Institute is providing 5 million solar viewing glasses, in-person training workshops, kits, print resources and more to over 10,000 public libraries and state library agencies across the U.S.
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Formed in 2006 with the merger of several affiliated organizations, the J. Craig Venter Institute focuses on multidisciplinary genomic science and research. More than 250 scientists and staff work in …
The San Francisco-based Gladstone Institutes is a research and education nonprofit dedicated to preventing, treating and curing a subset of the world’s most devastating diseases including cardiovascul…
Jewish Vocational and Career Counseling Service is a San Francisco-based agency transforming lives by helping people build skills and find jobs to achieve self-sufficiency. Headquartered in downtown S…
Founded in 1876, John Hopkins University has campuses in Maryland and Washington as well as Bologna, Italy, and Nanjing, China. Faculty and students conduct research on six continents across 134 count…
The mission of the John Muir Land Trust is to protect and care for open space, ranches, farms, parkland and shoreline in California’s Contra Costa County. The organization changed its name from the Mu…
Julia Computing provides a sophisticated compiler, distributed parallel execution, numerical accuracy, and an extensive library of fast mathematical functions. It is being used by a number of universi…
Founded in 1945, Kaiser Permanente is the largest nonprofit managed health care organization in the United States. A community of 17,000 physicians provides clinical care to more than 10 million peopl…
The W. M. Keck Observatory is a two-telescope astronomical observatory located near the summit of Mauna Kea on the island of Hawaii. The observatory is governed by the California Association for Resea…
The Kitasoo-Xaixais Band Council represents a group of First Nations people that hold rights to land along British Columbia’s Central Coast and in parts of the Great Bear Rainforest. For years the nat…
Located on a 62-acre, green-certified campus in the heart of San Francisco, Laguna Honda Hospital is a skilled nursing and rehabilitation center for adults and people with disabilities, owned and oper…
The Washington D.C.-based Land Trust Alliance is a national land conservation organization founded in 1982 that represents more than 1,100 national land trusts across the country. The organization adv…
Established in 1976, the Land Trust of Napa County is a community-based nonprofit dedicated to preserving the character of Napa by permanently protecting land. Through conservation easements, acquisit…
The Land Trust of Santa Cruz County protects working and natural lands with high conservation value to ensure future clean water supplies, wildlife habitats and open space. Since its inception in 1978…
LDOS (Loh Down on Science) Media Lab is a nonprofit that produces the daily radio science minute and other innovative approaches to science education. Co-founded in 2005 by the California Institute of…
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