Jacob and Terese Hershey Foundation Grants
Private foundation · EIN 74-6039126 · IRS 990-PF filings through tax year 2024
- Total grants paid
- $6.8M
- Grants reported
- 174
- Median grant
- $30K
- Future commitments
- $3.5M
Giving by tax year
| Tax year | Grants paid | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 174 | $6.8M |
Where Jacob and Terese Hershey Foundation gives
States of grant recipients reported on the foundation's 990-PF filings, by dollars received.
Largest reported grants
The biggest individual grants on file, as reported by the foundation to the IRS.
| Recipient | Location | Purpose | Tax year | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vanguard Charitable | Warwick, RI | Contribution to Donor Advised Fund | 2024 | $455K |
| Parks and Wildlife Foundation of Texas Inc | Dallas, TX | Toward developing Palo Pinto Mountains State Park | 2024 | $250K |
| Rockefeller Family Fund Inc | New York, NY | Toward efforts to stop the buildout of oil export terminals along the Texas coast | 2024 | $250K |
| Public Citizen Foundation Inc | Austin, TX | Toward accountability for the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality | 2024 | $175K |
| Center for Reproductive Rights | New York, NY | Toward operating support for the organization's work in Texas | 2024 | $150K |
| Air Alliance Houston | Houston, TX | Toward general operations | 2024 | $120K |
| Amalgamated Charitable Foundation Inc | Washington, DC | Toward the purposes of Organizing Resilience | 2024 | $100K |
| Healthy Gulf | Houston, TX | Toward the purposes of CEER | 2024 | $100K |
| Nuclear Information & Resource Service | Takoma Park, MD | Toward resisting new nuclear energy facilities and waste storage sites in Texas | 2024 | $90K |
| Bayou City Waterkeeper | Houston, TX | Toward general operations | 2024 | $80K |
| LINK Houston | Houston, TX | Toward general operations | 2024 | $77K |
| Commission Shift | Laredo, TX | Toward general operations | 2024 | $76K |
| Sierra Club Foundation | Oakland, CA | Toward the purposes of the Lone Star chapter of the Sierra Club | 2024 | $75K |
| SPARK | Houston, TX | Toward general operations | 2024 | $75K |
| Calhoun County Resource Watch | Seadrift, TX | Toward general operations | 2024 | $75K |
| Texas Land Trust Council | Wimberley, TX | Toward general operations | 2024 | $75K |
| Lone Star Legal Aid | Houston, TX | Toward environmental justice legal services along the upper Texas coast | 2024 | $75K |
| Inside Climate News | Brooklyn, NY | Toward reporting on the issue of produced water in Texas | 2024 | $75K |
| The Film Collaborative Inc | Los Angeles, CA | Toward the Zurawski v. Texas film | 2024 | $75K |
| Jolt Initiative | Austin, TX | Toward general operations | 2024 | $70K |
| ACLU Foundation of Texas | Houston, TX | Toward efforts to restore reproductive rights in Texas | 2024 | $65.5K |
| Environmental Integrity Project | Washington, DC | Toward operating support for the organization's work in Texas | 2024 | $65K |
| Public Citizen Foundation Inc | Austin, TX | Toward the purposes of the Healthy Port Communities Coalition | 2024 | $65K |
| The Afiya Center | Dallas, TX | Toward general operations | 2024 | $65K |
| Avow Foundation for Abortion Access Inc | Austin, TX | Toward general operations | 2024 | $65K |
How to apply
This foundation publishes application instructions on its latest 990-PF and does not report restricting giving to preselected organizations. See more foundations that accept applications.
- Contact
- Jacob and Terese Hershey Foundation
- Address
- PO Box 66009 Houston, TX, 77266
- Phone
- 7135297612
- support@jthershey.org
- Deadlines
- Varies, see website
- Application materials
- Anyone interested in applying for a grant must first submit a letter of inquiry via our online system at https://jthershey.org/apply/.
- Restrictions
- Evaluated on case by case basis by the Board
Application information: https://jthershey.org/apply/
About this data
Figures are aggregated from Jacob and Terese Hershey Foundation's IRS Form 990-PF electronic filings (1 filing on file, most recent tax year 2024). Totals reflect grants the foundation reported as paid, and can lag the current year because foundations file annually and often on extension. Source: IRS 990-PF e-file archive.