THE HEISING-SIMONS FOUNDATION: Form 990PF, tax year 2011

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Organization: THE HEISING-SIMONS FOUNDATION (EIN 26-0799587)
Tax period: 2011-01-01 to 2011-12-31
Filed: 2012-11-15
IRS object ID: 201213209349101056
Schema version: 2011v1.2
Source: Download XML · Original 990 at ProPublica

Every field in the e-filed return. Faint text is the IRS element name, for citing.

Return header
Form 990-PF
Schedule B
Accounting Fees Schedule
Contractor Compensation Expln
Depreciation Schedule
Investments Other Schedule2
Land Etc Schedule2
Legal Fees Schedule
Other Assets Schedule
Other Expenses Schedule
Other Increases Schedule
Other Liabilities Schedule
Other Professional Fees Schedule
Substantial Contributors Sch
Taxes Schedule

Return header ReturnHeader

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Timestamp	2012-11-15T09:29:59-08:00	Timestamp
Tax Period End Date	2011-12-31	TaxPeriodEndDate

Preparer Firm PreparerFirm

Preparer Firm Business Name PreparerFirmBusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	Comyns Smith McCleary & Deaver LLP	BusinessNameLine1

Preparer Firm US Address PreparerFirmUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	3470 Mt Diablo Blvd A110	AddressLine1
City	Lafayette	City
State	CA	State
ZIP Code	94549	ZIPCode

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return Type	990PF	ReturnType
Tax Period Begin Date	2011-01-01	TaxPeriodBeginDate

Filer Filer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EIN	260799587	EIN

Name Name

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	The Heising-Simons Foundation	BusinessNameLine1

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name Control	HEIS	NameControl
Phone	6508870277	Phone

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	300 Second Street	AddressLine1
City	Los Altos	City
State	CA	State
ZIP Code	94022	ZIPCode

Officer Officer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name	Mark W Heising	Name
Title	Secretary	Title
Date Signed	2012-11-15	DateSigned
Authorize Third Party	true	AuthorizeThirdParty

Preparer Preparer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name	Brent M Baxter	Name
Phone	9252991040	Phone

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Tax Year	2011	TaxYear
Build TS	2016-02-24 21:20:13Z	BuildTS

Form 990-PF IRS990PF

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Change	X	AddressChange
Exempt PF	X	ExemptPF
FMV Assets EOY	174825022	FMVAssetsEOY
Method Of Accounting Accrual	X	MethodOfAccountingAccrual

Analysis Of Revenue And Expenses AnalysisOfRevenueAndExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Contri Received Rev And Expnss	23945000	ContriReceivedRevAndExpnss
Interest On Savings Rev And Expnss	3118	InterestOnSavingsRevAndExpnss
Interest On Savings Net Invst Incm	3118	InterestOnSavingsNetInvstIncm
Net Gain Sale Assets Rev And Expnss	20281747	NetGainSaleAssetsRevAndExpnss
Gross Sales Price	26822694	GrossSalesPrice
Capital Gain Net Incm Net Invst Incm	20281747	CapitalGainNetIncmNetInvstIncm
Total Revenue And Expenses	44229865	TotalRevenueAndExpenses
Total Net Investment Income	20284865	TotalNetInvestmentIncome
Oth Empl Slrs Wgs Rev And Expnss	165161	OthEmplSlrsWgsRevAndExpnss
Oth Empl Slrs Wgs Dsbrs Chrtbl Prps	164838	OthEmplSlrsWgsDsbrsChrtblPrps
Pension Empl Bnft Rev And Expnss	12674	PensionEmplBnftRevAndExpnss
Pension Empl Bnft Dsbrs Chrtbl Prps	12674	PensionEmplBnftDsbrsChrtblPrps
Legal Fees Rev And Expnss	5855	LegalFeesRevAndExpnss
Legal Fees Dsbrs Chrtbl Prps	5855	LegalFeesDsbrsChrtblPrps
Accounting Fees Rev And Expnss	26977	AccountingFeesRevAndExpnss
Accounting Fees Dsbrs Chrtbl Prps	26977	AccountingFeesDsbrsChrtblPrps
Other Prof Fees Rev And Expnss	200324	OtherProfFeesRevAndExpnss
Other Prof Fees Dsbrs Chrtbl Prps	200324	OtherProfFeesDsbrsChrtblPrps
Interest Rev And Expnss	946	InterestRevAndExpnss
Interest Dsbrs Chrtbl Prps	946	InterestDsbrsChrtblPrps
Taxes Rev And Expnss	429820	TaxesRevAndExpnss
Taxes Dsbrs Chrtbl Prps	13378	TaxesDsbrsChrtblPrps
Deprec And Depletion Rev And Expnss	13902	DeprecAndDepletionRevAndExpnss
Occupancy Rev And Expnss	59046	OccupancyRevAndExpnss
Occupancy Dsbrs Chrtbl Prps	59046	OccupancyDsbrsChrtblPrps
Trav Conf Meeting Rev And Expnss	8882	TravConfMeetingRevAndExpnss
Trav Conf Meeting Dsbrs Chrtbl Prps	8882	TravConfMeetingDsbrsChrtblPrps
Printing And Pub Rev And Expnss	361	PrintingAndPubRevAndExpnss
Printing And Pub Dsbrs Chrtbl Prps	361	PrintingAndPubDsbrsChrtblPrps
Other Expenses Rev And Expnss	470066	OtherExpensesRevAndExpnss
Other Expenses Dsbrs Chrtbl Prps	469601	OtherExpensesDsbrsChrtblPrps
Tot Opr Expenses Rev And Expnss	1394014	TotOprExpensesRevAndExpnss
Tot Opr Expenses Net Invst Incm	0	TotOprExpensesNetInvstIncm
Tot Opr Expenses Dsbrs Chrtbl Prps	962882	TotOprExpensesDsbrsChrtblPrps
Contri Gifts Paid Rev And Expnss	10334238	ContriGiftsPaidRevAndExpnss
Contri Gifts Paid Dsbrs Chrtbl Prps	13109488	ContriGiftsPaidDsbrsChrtblPrps
Total Expenses Rev And Expnss	11728252	TotalExpensesRevAndExpnss
Total Expenses Net Invst Incm	0	TotalExpensesNetInvstIncm
Total Expenses Dsbrs Chrtbl Prps	14072370	TotalExpensesDsbrsChrtblPrps
Excess Of Revenue Over Expenses	32501613	ExcessOfRevenueOverExpenses
Net Investment Income	20284865	NetInvestmentIncome

Balance Sheets BalanceSheets

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Savings And Temp Cash Invst BOY	8681011	SavingsAndTempCashInvstBOY
Savings And Temp Cash Invst EOY	18952465	SavingsAndTempCashInvstEOY
Savings And Temp Cash Invst EOYFMV	18952465	SavingsAndTempCashInvstEOYFMV
Grants Receivable BOY	300000	GrantsReceivableBOY
Investments Other BOY	125463493	InvestmentsOtherBOY
Investments Other EOY	155792369	InvestmentsOtherEOY
Investments Other EOYFMV	155792369	InvestmentsOtherEOYFMV
Land Building And Equipment Basis	84758	LandBuildingAndEquipmentBasis
Accum Deprec Land Bldg And Equip	14336	AccumDeprecLandBldgAndEquip
Land Building And Equipment BOY	4338	LandBuildingAndEquipmentBOY
Land Building And Equipment EOY	70422	LandBuildingAndEquipmentEOY
Land Building And Equipment EOYFMV	70422	LandBuildingAndEquipmentEOYFMV
Other Assets BOY	5000	OtherAssetsBOY
Other Assets EOY	9766	OtherAssetsEOY
Other Assets EOYFMV	9766	OtherAssetsEOYFMV
Total Assets BOY	134453842	TotalAssetsBOY
Total Assets EOY	174825022	TotalAssetsEOY
Total Assets EOYFMV	174825022	TotalAssetsEOYFMV
Grants Payable BOY	11098630	GrantsPayableBOY
Grants Payable EOY	8321381	GrantsPayableEOY
Other Liabilities BOY	133373	OtherLiabilitiesBOY
Other Liabilities EOY	275788	OtherLiabilitiesEOY
Total Liabilities BOY	11232003	TotalLiabilitiesBOY
Total Liabilities EOY	8597169	TotalLiabilitiesEOY
Org That Follow SFAS117	X	OrgThatFollowSFAS117
Unrestricted BOY	123221839	UnrestrictedBOY
Unrestricted EOY	166227853	UnrestrictedEOY
Total Net Assets BOY	123221839	TotalNetAssetsBOY
Total Net Assets EOY	166227853	TotalNetAssetsEOY
Total Liabilities Net Assets BOY	134453842	TotalLiabilitiesNetAssetsBOY
Total Liabilities Net Assets EOY	174825022	TotalLiabilitiesNetAssetsEOY

Changes In Net Assets Fund Balances ChangesInNetAssetsFundBalances

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Net Assets Fund Balances BOY	123221839	TotalNetAssetsFundBalancesBOY
Excess Of Revenue Over Expenses	32501613	ExcessOfRevenueOverExpenses
Other Increases	10504401	OtherIncreases
Subtotal	166227853	Subtotal
Total Net Assets Fund Balances EOY	166227853	TotalNetAssetsFundBalancesEOY

Capital Gains And Losses CapitalGainsAndLosses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Capital Gain Net Income	20281747	CapitalGainNetIncome

Qlfy Und Sect4940e For Reduced Tax QlfyUndSect4940eForReducedTax

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Liable For4942 Tax	false	LiableFor4942Tax
Qualifying Distributions Year1	12609064	QualifyingDistributionsYear1
Noncharitable Assets Year1	113978147	NoncharitableAssetsYear1
Distribution Ratio Year1	0.11063	DistributionRatioYear1
Qualifying Distributions Year2	5130171	QualifyingDistributionsYear2
Noncharitable Assets Year2	79926458	NoncharitableAssetsYear2
Distribution Ratio Year2	0.06419	DistributionRatioYear2
Qualifying Distributions Year3	3787937	QualifyingDistributionsYear3
Noncharitable Assets Year3	35142769	NoncharitableAssetsYear3
Distribution Ratio Year3	0.10779	DistributionRatioYear3
Qualifying Distributions Year4	250812	QualifyingDistributionsYear4
Noncharitable Assets Year4	986322	NoncharitableAssetsYear4
Distribution Ratio Year4	0.25429	DistributionRatioYear4
Total Distribution Ratio	0.53689	TotalDistributionRatio
Average Distribution Ratio	0.13422	AverageDistributionRatio
Net Noncharitable Assets	149169680	NetNoncharitableAssets
Adjusted Noncharitable Assets	20022002	AdjustedNoncharitableAssets
One Percent Net Investment Income	202849	OnePercentNetInvestmentIncome
Adj Nonchrtbl Assets And One	20224851	AdjNonchrtblAssetsAndOnePct
Qualifying Distributions	14072370	QualifyingDistributions

Excise Tax Based On Investment Incm ExciseTaxBasedOnInvestmentIncm

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Investment Income Excise Tax	405697	InvestmentIncomeExciseTax
Subtotal	405697	Subtotal
Tax Based On Investment Income	405697	TaxBasedOnInvestmentIncome
Est Tax Payments And Overpayment	140000	EstTaxPaymentsAndOverpayment
Tax Paid With Extension	275000	TaxPaidWithExtension
Total Credits And Payments	415000	TotalCreditsAndPayments
Form2220 Attached	X	Form2220Attached
Penalty For Underpayment	1	PenaltyForUnderpayment
Overpayment	9302	Overpayment
Amount Credited To Next Year	9302	AmountCreditedToNextYear

Statements Regarding Activities StatementsRegardingActivities

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Legislative Political Activities	false	LegislativePoliticalActivities
More Than100 Spent	false	MoreThan100Spent
Form1120 POL Filed	false	Form1120POLFiled
Activities Not Prev Reported	false	ActivitiesNotPrevReported
Changes To Articles Or Bylaws	false	ChangesToArticlesOrBylaws
Unrelated Bus Income Over1000	false	UnrelatedBusIncomeOver1000
Form990 T Filed	false	Form990TFiled
Termination Etc	false	TerminationEtc
Requirements Of Sect508e	true	RequirementsOfSect508e
At Least5000 In Assets	true	AtLeast5000InAssets
States Filed With	CA	StatesFiledWith
Form990 PF Filed With AG	true	Form990PFFiledWithAG
Private Operating Foundation	false	PrivateOperatingFoundation
New Substantial Contributors	true	NewSubstantialContributors
Interest In Controlled Entity	false	InterestInControlledEntity
Applicable Insurance Contract	false	ApplicableInsuranceContract
Comply With Public Inspection Rqr	true	ComplyWithPublicInspectionRqr
Website Address	N/A	WebsiteAddress

Books In Care Of Business Name BooksInCareOfBusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	Judy Blumenstein	BusinessNameLine1

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Books In Care Of Phone Number	6508870277	BooksInCareOfPhoneNumber

Books In Care Of US Address BooksInCareOfUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	300 Second Street	AddressLine1
City	Los Altos	City
State	CA	State
ZIP Code	94022	ZIPCode

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Foreign Bank	false	ForeignBank

Statements Regarding Acty4720 StatementsRegardingActy4720

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Sale Or Exchange With Dsqfly Person	false	SaleOrExchangeWithDsqflyPerson
Borrow Or Lend With Dsqfly Person	false	BorrowOrLendWithDsqflyPerson
Furnished Goods With Dsqfly Person	false	FurnishedGoodsWithDsqflyPerson
Pay Compensation To Dsqfly Person	true	PayCompensationToDsqflyPerson
Transfer Assets To Dsqfly Person	false	TransferAssetsToDsqflyPerson
Payment To Government Offical	false	PaymentToGovernmentOffical
Acts Fail To Qualify As Exceptions	false	ActsFailToQualifyAsExceptions
Uncorrected Prior Acts	false	UncorrectedPriorActs
Undistributed Income Prior Years	false	UndistributedIncomePriorYears
Undistr Income4942a2 Not Applied	false	UndistrIncome4942a2NotApplied
Business Holdings	false	BusinessHoldings
Excess Business Holdings	false	ExcessBusinessHoldings
Jeopardy Investments	false	JeopardyInvestments
Uncorrected Jeopardy Investments	false	UncorrectedJeopardyInvestments
Influence Legislation	false	InfluenceLegislation
Influence Election	false	InfluenceElection
Grants To Individuals	false	GrantsToIndividuals
Grants To Organizations	false	GrantsToOrganizations
Noncharitable Purpose	false	NoncharitablePurpose
Tr Fail To Qualify As Exceptions	false	TrFailToQualifyAsExceptions
Maint Expend Responsibility	false	MaintExpendResponsibility
Rcv Funds To Pay Prsnl Bnft Contract	false	RcvFundsToPayPrsnlBnftContract
Pay Premiums Prsnl Bnft Contract	false	PayPremiumsPrsnlBnftContract
Prohibited Tax Shelter Transactn	false	ProhibitedTaxShelterTransactn
Proceeds Or Net Income	false	ProceedsOrNetIncome

Ofcr Dir Trustees Key Employee Info OfcrDirTrusteesKeyEmployeeInfo

Ofcr Dir Trustees Or Key Employee OfcrDirTrusteesOrKeyEmployee (2 entries)

Address Line1USAddress/AddressLine1	CityUSAddress/City	StateUSAddress/State	ZIP CodeUSAddress/ZIPCode	TitleTitle	Avg Hours Per Wk Devoted To PositionAvgHoursPerWkDevotedToPosition	CompensationCompensation
Elizabeth D Simons
300 Second Street	Los Altos	CA	94022	President	20.00	0
Mark W Heising
300 Second Street	Los Altos	CA	94022	Secretary	1.00	0

Compensation Of Highest Paid Empl CompensationOfHighestPaidEmpl

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name	Joanne Reed	Name

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	721 Arroyo Rd	AddressLine1
City	Los Altos	City
State	CA	State
ZIP Code	94022	ZIPCode

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Title	Vice President	Title
Average Hours Per Week	25.00	AverageHoursPerWeek
Compensation	102083	Compensation

Compensation Of Hghst Paid Cntrct CompensationOfHghstPaidCntrct

Business Name BusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	Deanna Gomby	BusinessNameLine1

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	903 Sunrose Terrace 206	AddressLine1
City	Sunnyvale	City
State	CA	State
ZIP Code	94086	ZIPCode

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Type Of Service	Education Consultant	TypeOfService
Compensation	144863	Compensation

Minimum Investment Return MinimumInvestmentReturn

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Avg Monthly FMV Of Securities	0	AvgMonthlyFMVOfSecurities
Avg Monthly Cash Balances	13467056	AvgMonthlyCashBalances
FMV All Other Noncharitable Assets	137974244	FMVAllOtherNoncharitableAssets
Total FMV Of Unused Assets	151441300	TotalFMVOfUnusedAssets
Reduction Claimed	0	ReductionClaimed
Adj Total FMV Of Unused Assets	151441300	AdjTotalFMVOfUnusedAssets
Cash Deemed Charitable	2271620	CashDeemedCharitable
Net Noncharitable Assets	149169680	NetNoncharitableAssets
Minimum Investment Return	7458484	MinimumInvestmentReturn

Distributable DistributableAmount

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Minimum Investment Return	7458484	MinimumInvestmentReturn
Tax Based On Investment Income	405697	TaxBasedOnInvestmentIncome
Total Tax	405697	TotalTax
Distributable Amount Before Adj	7052787	DistributableAmountBeforeAdj
Distributable Amount Before Ded	7052787	DistributableAmountBeforeDed
Distributable Amount As Adjusted	7052787	DistributableAmountAsAdjusted

Qualifying Distributions QualifyingDistributions

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Expenses And Contributions	14072370	ExpensesAndContributions
Qualifying Distributions	14072370	QualifyingDistributions
Adj Qualifying Distributions	14072370	AdjQualifyingDistributions

Undistributed Income UndistributedIncome

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Distributable Amount As Adjusted	7052787	DistributableAmountAsAdjusted
Excess Distri Carryover Year4	228113	ExcessDistriCarryoverYear4
Excess Distri Carryover Year3	2031281	ExcessDistriCarryoverYear3
Excess Distri Carryover Year2	1225071	ExcessDistriCarryoverYear2
Excess Distri Carryover Year1	7134839	ExcessDistriCarryoverYear1
Total Excess Distri Carryover	10619304	TotalExcessDistriCarryover
Qualifying Distributions	14072370	QualifyingDistributions
Treated As Distri From Corpus	14072370	TreatedAsDistriFromCorpus
Excess Distri Cyov App CY Corpus	7052787	ExcessDistriCyovAppCYCorpus
Excess Distri Cyov Applied CY	7052787	ExcessDistriCyovAppliedCY
Total Corpus	17638887	TotalCorpus
Undistributed Income CY	0	UndistributedIncomeCY
Excess Distri Cyov To Next Year	17638887	ExcessDistriCyovToNextYear
Excess From Year1	3566517	ExcessFromYear1
Excess From Current Year	14072370	ExcessFromCurrentYear

Supplementary Information SupplementaryInformation

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Contributing Manager	Elizabeth D Simons	ContributingManager
Only Contributes To Preselected	X	OnlyContributesToPreselected

Grant Or Contri Paid During Year GrantOrContriPaidDuringYear (50 entries)

Address Line1RecipientUSAddress/AddressLine1	CityRecipientUSAddress/City	StateRecipientUSAddress/State	ZIP CodeRecipientUSAddress/ZIPCode	Recipient RelationshipRecipientRelationship	Recipient Foundation StatusRecipientFoundationStatus	Purpose Of Grant Or ContributionPurposeOfGrantOrContribution	AmountAmount
UC Regents
5885 Hollis Street	Emeryville	CA	94608	None	public	Trustee Interests	$130,000
UC Berkeley Foundation
2150 Shattuck Avenue Suite 300	Berkeley	CA	94704	None	public	Trustee Interests	$42,063
Parent-Child Home Program
1415 Kellum Place Suite 101	Garden City	NY	11530	None	public	Education	$54,107
The Innocence Project
100 Fifth Ave 3rd Floor	New York	NY	10011	None	public	Trustee Interests	$25,000
Planned Parenthood
1605 The Alameda	San Jose	CA	95126	None	public	Education	$5,000
Community Initiative
354 Pine St Ste 700	San Francisco	CA	94104	None	public	Education	$140,585
Silicon Valley Community Foundation
2440 W El Camino Real Suite 300	Mountain View	CA	94402	None	public	Education	$5,000
Save the Redwoods
114 Sansome St 1200	San Francisco	CA	94104	None	public	Environment	$15,000
California Children and Families Fn
719 El Cerrito Plaza	El Cerrito	CA	94530	None	public	Education	$13,500
The School Fund One Million Lights
2070 Waverly Street	Palo Alto	CA	94301	None	public	Education	$35,000
Nurse Family Partnership
1900 Grant St 400	Denver	CO	80203	None	public	Education	$127,589
Prevent Child Abuse America
228 South Wabash Ave 10th Floor	Chicago	IL	60604	None	public	Education	$37,000
San Mateo County Office of Educatio
101 Twin Dolphin Dr	Redwood City	CA	94065	None	public	Education	$164,660
California STEM Learning Network
1415 L Street Suite 870	Sacramento	CA	95814	None	public	Education	$20,000
Level Playing Field
543 Howard Street 5th Floor	San Francisco	CA	94501	None	public	Education	$100,000
HIPPY USA
1221 Bishop St	Little Rock	AR	72202	None	public	Education	$60,000
University of North Carolina Greens
248 Stone Building	Greensboro	NC	27402	None	public	Education	$156,122
Mathematical Sciences Research Inst
17 Gauss Way	Berkeley	CA	94720	None	public	Education	$40,000
UC Berkeley - Cal Teach
2150 Shattuck Ave Suite 300	Berkeley	CA	94704	None	public	Education	$100,000
Stanford - Early Math Roundtable
School of Education Stanford Univ	Stanford	CA	94305	None	public	Education	$38,840
UC Berkeley - Early Math Roundtable
2150 Shattuck Ave Ste 313	Berkeley	CA	94704	None	public	Education	$126,491
Philanthropic Ventures Foundation
1222 Preservation Park Way	Oakland	CA	94612	None	public	Education	$30,000
Community Legal Services East Palo
2117 B University Ave	Palo Alto	CA	94303	None	public	Education	$50,000
College Track
117 Broadway	Oakland	CA	94607	None	public	Education	$100,000
Parents as Teachers National Center
2228 Ball Dr	St Louis	MO	63146	None	public	Education	$58,626
EDF - Natural Gas
1875 Connecticut Ave	NW Washington	DC	20007	None	public	Environment	$500,000
Tides Foundation
PO Box 29903	San Francisco	CA	94129	None	public	Trustee Interests	$75,000
Baton Rouge Youth Coalition
4559 Orchid St	Baton Rouge	LA	70808	None	public	Education	$15,000
American Institutes for Research
1000 Thomas Jefferson St	NW Washington	DC	20007	None	public	Education	$264,000
GeoHazards International
200 Town and Country Village	Palo Alto	CA	94301	None	public	Trustee Interests	$47,368
The Innocence Project
100 Fifth Ave 3rd Floor	New York	NY	10011	None	public	Trustee Interests	$25,000
Resources for the Future
1616 P Street	NW Washington	DC	20036	None	public	Environment	$250,000
Philanthropic Ventures Foundation
1222 Preservation Park Way	Oakland	CA	94612	None	public	Education	$55,000
Center for American Progress
1333 H Street NW 10th Floor	Washington	DC	20005	None	public	Environment	$50,000
Family Connections
PO Box 358	San Carlos	CA	94070	None	public	Education	$15,000
Foothill-DeAnza Foundation
12345 El Monte Road	Los Altos Hills	CA	94022	None	public	Education	$190,000
Stanford New School
475 Pope St	Menlo Park	CA	94025	None	public	Education	$38,000
Stretch to Kindergarten
280 Second Street Suite 240	Los Altos	CA	94022	None	public	Education	$300,000
Climateworks Foundation
235 Montgomery St 1300	San Francisco	CA	94104	None	public	Environment	$1,000,000
Reading Partners
106 Linden Suite 202	Oakland	CA	94607	None	public	Education	$270,000
Palo Alto Unified School District
4120 Middlefield Road	Palo Alto	CA	94303	None	public	Education	$100,000
UC Regents
5885 Hollis Street	Emeryville	CA	94608	None	public	Science	$176,000
Clean Air Task Force
18 Tremont Street Suite 530	Boston	MA	02108	None	public	Environmental	$75,000
Brown University
110 Elm Street	Providence	RI	02912	None	public	Trustee Interests	$650,000
Bipartisan Policy Center
1225 Eye Street NW Suite 1000	Washington	DC	20005	None	public	Policy	$3,400,000
Level Playing Field Institute
543 Howard Street 5th Floor	San Francisco	CA	94501	None	public	Education	$83,334
The Daily Californian
600 Eshleman Hall - UC Berkeley	Berkeley	CA	94720	None	public	Trustee Interests	$180,000
CA Council on Science Technology
5005 La Mart Drive Suite 105	Riverside	CA	92507	None	public	Science	$250,000
UC Berkeley Foundation
2150 Shattuck Avenue Suite 300	Berkeley	CA	94704	None	public	Science	$1,000,000
Environmental Defense
123 Mission Street 28th Floor	San Francisco	CA	94105	None	public	Environment	$2,426,203

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Tot Grant Or Contri Paid During Year	13109488	TotGrantOrContriPaidDuringYear

Grant Or Contri Approved For Future GrantOrContriApprovedForFuture (15 entries)

Address Line1RecipientUSAddress/AddressLine1	CityRecipientUSAddress/City	StateRecipientUSAddress/State	ZIP CodeRecipientUSAddress/ZIPCode	Recipient RelationshipRecipientRelationship	Recipient Foundation StatusRecipientFoundationStatus	Purpose Of Grant Or ContributionPurposeOfGrantOrContribution	AmountAmount
Milpitas Unified School District
1331 E Calaveras Blvd	Milpitas	CA	95035	None	public	Education	$2,200
San Mateo County Office of Educatio
101 Twin Dolphin Dr	Redwood City	CA	94065	None	public	Education	$194,919
Community Initiative
354 Pine St Ste 700	San Francisco	CA	94104	None	public	Education	$100,000
Building Futures Now
840 Parma Way	Los Altos	CA	94024	None	public	Education	$20,000
Milpitas Unified School District
1331 E Calaveras Blvd	Milpitas	CA	95035	None	public	Education	$105,000
Prevent Child Abuse America
228 South Wabash Ave 10th Floor	Chicago	IL	60604	None	public	Education	$10,828
San Mateo County Office of Educatio
101 Twin Dolphin Dr	Redwood City	CA	94065	None	public	Education	$100,000
California STEM Learning Network
1415 L Street Suite 870	Sacramento	CA	95814	None	public	Education	$15,000
HIPPY USA
1221 Bishop St	Little Rock	AR	72202	None	public	Education	$40,000
American Institutes for Research
1000 Thomas Jefferson St	NW Washington	DC	20007	None	public	Education	$51,951
Parent-Child Home Program
1415 Kellum Place Suite 101	Garden City	NY	11530	None	public	Education	$54,108
Bipartisan Policy Center
1225 Eye Street NW Suite 1000	Washington	DC	20005	None	public	Policy	$3,500,000
The Daily Californian
600 Eshleman Hall - UC Berkeley	Berkeley	CA	94720	None	public	Trustee Interests	$17,420
Reading Partners
106 Linden Suite 202	Oakland	CA	94607	None	public	Education	$100,000
Environmental Defense
123 Mission Street 28th Floor	San Francisco	CA	94105	None	public	Environment	$341,109

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Tot Grant Or Contri Approved Future	4652535	TotGrantOrContriApprovedFuture

Analysis Income Producing Acty AnalysisIncomeProducingActy

Int On Savings And Temp Cash Invst IntOnSavingsAndTempCashInvst

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Exclusion Code	14	ExclusionCode
Exclusion	$3,118	ExclusionAmount

Gain Sales Assets Oth Than Invntry GainSalesAssetsOthThanInvntry

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Exclusion Code	18	ExclusionCode
Exclusion	$20,281,747	ExclusionAmount

Subtotals Part XVIA SubtotalsPartXVIA

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Exclusion	$20,284,865	ExclusionAmount

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Part XVIA	20284865	TotalPartXVIA

Trnsfr Tr Rln With Noncharitable EO TrnsfrTrRlnWithNoncharitableEO

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Trnsfr Of Cash To Noncharitable EO	false	TrnsfrOfCashToNoncharitableEO
Trnsfr Oth Assets Noncharitable EO	false	TrnsfrOthAssetsNoncharitableEO
Sales Or Exchanges Of Assets	false	SalesOrExchangesOfAssets
Purchase Assets Noncharitable EO	false	PurchaseAssetsNoncharitableEO
Rental Of Facilities Etc	false	RentalOfFacilitiesEtc
Reimbursement Arrangements	false	ReimbursementArrangements
Loans Or Loan Guarantees	false	LoansOrLoanGuarantees
Performance Of Services Etc	false	PerformanceOfServicesEtc
Sharing Of Facilities Etc	false	SharingOfFacilitiesEtc
Relationships Noncharitable E Os	false	RelationshipsNoncharitableEOs

Schedule B IRS990ScheduleB

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Organization501c3 Exempt PF	X	Organization501c3ExemptPF
General Rule	X	GeneralRule

Contributor Info ContributorInfo (4 entries)

Contributor NumberContributorNumber	Contributor Name IndividualContributorNameIndividual	Address Line1ContributorAddressForeign/AddressLine1	CityContributorAddressForeign/City	CountryContributorAddressForeign/Country	Postal CodeContributorAddressForeign/PostalCode	Aggregate ContributionsAggregateContributions	Person Contribution TypePersonContributionType	Address Line1ContributorAddressUS/AddressLine1	CityContributorAddressUS/City	StateContributorAddressUS/State	ZIP CodeContributorAddressUS/ZIPCode
4	The Elizabeth II Trust - Bermuda	6 Front Street	Hamilton	BD	HM 11	14000000	X
3	The Elizabeth Simons DE Trust II					7125000	X	500 Stanton Christiana Rd	Newark	DE	19713
2	James H Simons					750000	X	1060 Fifth Avenue	New York	NY	10128
1	The Elizabeth Simons DE Tr I					2070000	X	500 Stanton Christiana Road	Newark	DE	19713

Accounting Fees Schedule AccountingFeesSchedule

Accounting Fees AccountingFees

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Category	Accounting and Auditing	Category
Amount	$26,977	Amount
Net Investment Income	0	NetInvestmentIncome
Adjusted Net Income	0	AdjustedNetIncome
Disbursements Charitable Prps	26977	DisbursementsCharitablePrps

Contractor Compensation Expln ContractorCompensationExpln

Contractor Comp Explanation ContractorCompExplanation

Contractor Name Business ContractorNameBusiness

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	Deanna Gomby	BusinessNameLine1

Depreciation Schedule DepreciationSchedule

Depreciation Depreciation (12 entries)

Description Of PropertyDescriptionOfProperty	Date AcquiredDateAcquired	Cost Or Other BasisCostOrOtherBasis	Computation MethodComputationMethod	RateRate	Current Year ExpenseCurrentYearExpense	Prior Years DepreciationPriorYearsDepreciation
Freight & SAles Tax Table	2011-11-30	586	64	0.1000	59
Deliver Conference	2011-08-31	345	64	0.1000	35
Freight & SAles Tax chair	2011-08-26	1391	64	0.1000	139
Split End Table	2011-06-09	3705	64	0.1000	371
6 Exec Arm Chairs	2011-06-09	13943	64	0.1000	1394
Office Furniture	2011-03-21	3837	64	0.1000	767
Office Systems	2011-02-24	11918	64	0.1000	2384
Desk, chairs, files	2011-02-03	5861	64	0.1000	1172
Deposit on Table Lamps	2011-01-01	1486	64	0.1000	297
Deposit on Furniture	2011-01-01	26821	64	0.1000	5364
Video Conferencing Equip	2011-06-14	10527	53	0.2000	1053
Equipment	2010-07-01	4338	53	0.3200	867	434

Investments Other Schedule2 InvestmentsOtherSchedule2

Investments Other InvestmentsOther (5 entries)

Category Or ItemCategoryOrItem	Listed At Cost Or FMVListedAtCostOrFMV	Book ValueBookValue	EOYFMVEOYFMV
RIEF RMP LLC	FMV	5268325	5268325
Renaissance Institutional Futures Fund	FMV	4865752	4865752
Blackstone Partners Offshore Fund, Ltd	FMV	36521382	36521382
Medallion Capital Investments, Ltd	FMV	91446400	91446400
Due from Medallion	FMV	17690510	17690510

Land Etc Schedule2 LandEtcSchedule2

Land Etc LandEtc (2 entries)

Category Or ItemCategoryOrItem	Cost Or Other BasisCostOrOtherBasis	Accumulated DepreciationAccumulatedDepreciation	Book ValueBookValue	EOYFMVEOYFMV
Machinery and Equipment	14865	2354	12511	12511
Furniture and Fixtures	69893	11982	57911	57911

Legal Fees Schedule LegalFeesSchedule

Legal Fees LegalFees

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Category	Legal	Category
Amount	$5,855	Amount
Net Investment Income	0	NetInvestmentIncome
Adjusted Net Income	0	AdjustedNetIncome
Disbursements Charitable Prps	5855	DisbursementsCharitablePrps

Other Assets Schedule OtherAssetsSchedule

Other Assets OtherAssets (2 entries)

DescriptionDescription	EOY Book ValueEOYBookValue	EOYFMVEOYFMV	BOY Book ValueBOYBookValue
Prepaid Rent	4766	4766
Security deposit	5000	5000	5000

Other Expenses Schedule OtherExpensesSchedule

Other Expenses OtherExpenses (15 entries)

DescriptionDescription	Revenue And Expenses Per BooksRevenueAndExpensesPerBooks	Disbursements Charitable PrpsDisbursementsCharitablePrps
Miscellaneous	1	1
Management Fees	445381	445381
Dues & Subscriptions	50	50
Office Furniture	9650	9650
Office Equipment	1675	1675
Meals and Entertainment	530	530
Insurance	1860	1860
License and Permits	245	245
Software	993	993
Computer Equipment	987	987
Books and Publications	102	102
Employee Food	150	150
Postage & Delivery	280	280
Office Supplies and Expenses	5273	4808
Telephone	2889	2889

Other Increases Schedule OtherIncreasesSchedule

Other Increases OtherIncreases

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Description	Unreailized Gain on Investment	Description
Amount	$10,504,401	Amount

Other Liabilities Schedule OtherLiabilitiesSchedule

Other Liabilities OtherLiabilities (6 entries)

DescriptionDescription	BOY Book ValueBOYBookValue	EOY Book ValueEOYBookValue
American Express
Vacation Accrual
Federal Excise Tax Payable	130000	153
Fed Taxes	2520	323
CA PIT/SDI	727	275000
Chase Visa	126	312

Other Professional Fees Schedule OtherProfessionalFeesSchedule

Other Professional Fees OtherProfessionalFees (2 entries)

CategoryCategory	AmountAmount	Net Investment IncomeNetInvestmentIncome	Adjusted Net IncomeAdjustedNetIncome	Disbursements Charitable PrpsDisbursementsCharitablePrps
IT	$2,183	0	0	2183
Consulting Fees	$198,141	0	0	198141

Substantial Contributors Sch SubstantialContributorsSch

Substantial Contributor SubstantialContributor (2 entries)

Address Line1ForeignAddress/AddressLine1	CityForeignAddress/City	CountryForeignAddress/Country	Postal CodeForeignAddress/PostalCode	Address Line1USAddress/AddressLine1	CityUSAddress/City	StateUSAddress/State	ZIP CodeUSAddress/ZIPCode
The Elizabeth II Trust - Bermuda
6 Front Street	Hamilton	BD	HM 11
Elizabeth Simons Delaware Trust II
				500 Stanton Christiana Rd	Newark	DE	19713

Taxes Schedule TaxesSchedule

Taxes Taxes (3 entries)

CategoryCategory	AmountAmount	Disbursements Charitable PrpsDisbursementsCharitablePrps
Federal Excise Tax	$416,442
State Taxes	$10	10
Payroll Tax	$13,368	13368

THE HEISING-SIMONS FOUNDATION: Form 990PF, tax year 2011

Return header ReturnHeader

Preparer Firm PreparerFirm

Preparer Firm Business Name PreparerFirmBusinessName

Preparer Firm US Address PreparerFirmUSAddress

Filer Filer

Name Name

US Address USAddress

Officer Officer

Preparer Preparer

Form 990-PF IRS990PF

Analysis Of Revenue And Expenses AnalysisOfRevenueAndExpenses

Balance Sheets BalanceSheets

Changes In Net Assets Fund Balances ChangesInNetAssetsFundBalances

Capital Gains And Losses CapitalGainsAndLosses

Qlfy Und Sect4940e For Reduced Tax QlfyUndSect4940eForReducedTax

Excise Tax Based On Investment Incm ExciseTaxBasedOnInvestmentIncm

Statements Regarding Activities StatementsRegardingActivities

Books In Care Of Business Name BooksInCareOfBusinessName

Books In Care Of US Address BooksInCareOfUSAddress

Statements Regarding Acty4720 StatementsRegardingActy4720

Ofcr Dir Trustees Key Employee Info OfcrDirTrusteesKeyEmployeeInfo

Ofcr Dir Trustees Or Key Employee OfcrDirTrusteesOrKeyEmployee (2 entries)

Compensation Of Highest Paid Empl CompensationOfHighestPaidEmpl

US Address USAddress

Compensation Of Hghst Paid Cntrct CompensationOfHghstPaidCntrct

Business Name BusinessName

US Address USAddress

Minimum Investment Return MinimumInvestmentReturn

Distributable DistributableAmount

Qualifying Distributions QualifyingDistributions

Undistributed Income UndistributedIncome

Supplementary Information SupplementaryInformation

Grant Or Contri Paid During Year GrantOrContriPaidDuringYear (50 entries)

Grant Or Contri Approved For Future GrantOrContriApprovedForFuture (15 entries)

Analysis Income Producing Acty AnalysisIncomeProducingActy

Int On Savings And Temp Cash Invst IntOnSavingsAndTempCashInvst

Gain Sales Assets Oth Than Invntry GainSalesAssetsOthThanInvntry

Subtotals Part XVIA SubtotalsPartXVIA

Trnsfr Tr Rln With Noncharitable EO TrnsfrTrRlnWithNoncharitableEO

Schedule B IRS990ScheduleB

Contributor Info ContributorInfo (4 entries)

Accounting Fees Schedule AccountingFeesSchedule

Accounting Fees AccountingFees

Contractor Compensation Expln ContractorCompensationExpln

Contractor Comp Explanation ContractorCompExplanation

Contractor Name Business ContractorNameBusiness

Depreciation Schedule DepreciationSchedule

Depreciation Depreciation (12 entries)

Investments Other Schedule2 InvestmentsOtherSchedule2

Investments Other InvestmentsOther (5 entries)

Land Etc Schedule2 LandEtcSchedule2

Land Etc LandEtc (2 entries)

Legal Fees Schedule LegalFeesSchedule

Legal Fees LegalFees

Other Assets Schedule OtherAssetsSchedule

Other Assets OtherAssets (2 entries)

Other Expenses Schedule OtherExpensesSchedule

Other Expenses OtherExpenses (15 entries)

Other Increases Schedule OtherIncreasesSchedule

Other Increases OtherIncreases

Other Liabilities Schedule OtherLiabilitiesSchedule

Other Liabilities OtherLiabilities (6 entries)

Other Professional Fees Schedule OtherProfessionalFeesSchedule

Other Professional Fees OtherProfessionalFees (2 entries)

Substantial Contributors Sch SubstantialContributorsSch

Substantial Contributor SubstantialContributor (2 entries)

Taxes Schedule TaxesSchedule

Taxes Taxes (3 entries)

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