Public Charity

THE HEISING-SIMONS ACTION FUND

THE HEISING-SIMONS ACTION FUND, of LOS ALTOS, CA, is a Public Charity tracked in Imperigo's IRS 990 database. The 2024 filing shows $14.7M in revenue, $17.1M in expenses, $2.7M in total assets. 1 publicly reported grants to this organization, totaling roughly $45K, appear in IRS filings.

EIN: 844316553 LOS ALTOS, CA Single Organization Support NTEE: R11 Latest filing: 2024
Total Revenue$14.7M
Total Expenses$17.1M
Total Assets$2.7M
Grant Records1
Funding Total$45K
Filing Years2020–2024

Mission

THE ACTION FUND ENGAGES PRIMARILY IN LEGISLATIVE AND OTHER PUBLIC POLICY ACTIVITIES, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO MAKING CONTRIBUTIONS TO BALLOT MEASURE CAMPAIGNS AND TO OTHER POLICY AND LEGISLATIVE ADVOCACY EFFORTS, TO PROMOTE THE COMMON GOOD AND GENERAL WELFARE OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC IN CALIFORNIA AND ELSEWHERE. IT IS FOCUSED ON A VARIETY OF ISSUE AREAS, INCLUDING CLIMATE AND CLEAN ENERGY, EDUCATION, HUMAN RIGHTS, BOLSTERING CIVIC ENGAGEMENT AND COMMUNITY ADVOCACY IN THE CITY OF SAN JOSE, CA, AND GRASSROOTS MOBILIZATION AT THE FEDERAL AND STATE LEVEL TO STRENGTHEN DEMOCRACY AND EQUITABLE REPRESENTATION.

Where $100 goes at The Heising-Simons Action Fund

How The Heising-Simons Action Fund divides every $100 it spends, from its own Form 990 filings, averaged across 4 years.

$98 Programs the work itself
$2 Management running the organization
$0 Fundraising none reported

No fundraising costs are reported. That often means fundraising runs through a separate affiliated organization that files its own return.

Inside the $98 for programs

$98
The action fund provided grants to 64 organizations focused on policy and legislative advocacy on climate and clean energy, education, and human rights
All program spending · Reported in the filing: 64 organizations
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Source: Form 990 filings with the IRS, latest fiscal year 2024. Shares are from the organization's reported expenses. Data by Imperigo; not affiliated with the IRS.

Officers & Directors

PROGRAM DIRECTOR Angie Junck
PROGRAM DIRECTOR Barbara Chow
COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTOR Brian Eule
VICE CHAIR Caitlin Heising
SPECIAL INITIATIVES Camellia Pham
SECRETARY Chelsey Scaffidi

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Top Grant Purposes

General Support
$44,735 1 grant

Financial Trends

Year Revenue Expenses Assets
2024 $14.7M $17.1M $2.7M
2023 $18.3M $16.6M $5.9M
2022 $15.1M $16.8M $3.8M
2020 $13.0M $11.3M $1.7M

Between 2020 and 2024, reported annual revenue grew from $13.0M to $14.7M (+13%), with total assets most recently reported at $2.7M.

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