Jacob and Terese Hershey Foundation Grants

Quick-turnaround grants of $2,500 to $7,500 for unbudgeted, time-sensitive internal organizational needs that enhance the capacity, functioning, and impact of grassroots groups working on environmental issues and reproductive rights in Texas. Qualifying needs include leadership training and executive coaching, specialized consultants or facilitators, opportunities to “seize the moment,” and self-care and healing practices. Eligible applicants: Applicants must be grassroots, community-based groups based in Texas with budgets of approximately $500,000 or less whose work aligns with environment and conservation, reproductive rights, parks and open space, environmental education, or animal welfare.; An applicant must be a 501(c)(3) public charity or be fiscally sponsored by a 501(c)(3) public charity.; Groups need not be current or past Jacob and Terese Hershey Foundation grantees.; Organizations are eligible for no more than one Latitude Fund grant per calendar year.; Requests must address time-sensitive internal organizational needs.; Ongoing operational expenses such as payroll or rent do not qualify.; Core or day-to-day programming does not qualify.; Longer-term activities that could be addressed through the Foundation’s regular grantmaking cycles do not qualify.; Disaster-relief activities do not qualify for the Latitude Fund; possible future natural-disaster funding would be distinct from this program.; Activities typically outside the Foundation’s scope, such as fundraising events, do not qualify.; Prospective applicants must contact Elizabeth Love or Carolina Salmeron to determine eligibility; eligible groups will then be asked to complete a short application form.. Geography served: Texas. Deadline: Applications will be accepted on a rolling basis until fund depletion..