Houston, TX
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| Range | Grants |
|---|---|
| Under $5K | 9 |
| $5K–$25K | 52 |
| $25K–$100K | 105 |
| $100K+ | 8 |
Smallest $500 · Largest $455,000
| TX | 66% | |
| NY | 11% | |
| RI | 7% | |
| DC | 6% | |
| CA | 5% | |
| MD | 1% | |
| AZ | 1% | |
| NC | 1% |
| Tax year | Contributions paid | Total assets | Grants listed |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | $6,398,614 | $107,316,267 | 164 |
| 2024 | $6,844,100 | $106,953,604 | 174 |
Years shown are the filings ingested so far; more years are added as additional IRS batches are processed.
| Contact | Jacob and Terese Hershey Foundation |
|---|---|
| Address | PO Box 66009, Houston, TX, 77266 |
| Phone | 7135297612 |
| support@jthershey.org | |
| Form & materials | Anyone interested in applying for a grant must first submit a letter of inquiry via our online system at https://jthershey.org/apply/. |
| Deadlines | Varies, see website |
| Restrictions | Evaluated on case by case basis by the Board |
Source: 990-PF Part XV line 2, tax year 2024.
| Recipient | Location | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vanguard Charitable | Warwick, RI | Contribution to Donor Advised Fund | $455,000 |
| Parks And Wildlife Foundation Of Texas Inc | Dallas, TX | Toward developing Palo Pinto Mountains State Park | $250,000 |
| Rockefeller Family Fund Inc | New York, NY | Toward efforts to stop the buildout of oil export terminals along the Texas coast | $250,000 |
| Public Citizen Foundation Inc | Austin, TX | Toward accountability for the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality | $175,000 |
| Center For Reproductive Rights | New York, NY | Toward operating support for the organization's work in Texas | $150,000 |
| Air Alliance Houston | Houston, TX | Toward general operations | $120,000 |
| Amalgamated Charitable Foundation Inc | Washington, DC | Toward the purposes of Organizing Resilience | $100,000 |
| Healthy Gulf | Houston, TX | Toward the purposes of CEER | $100,000 |
| Nuclear Information & Resource Service | Takoma Park, MD | Toward resisting new nuclear energy facilities and waste storage sites in Texas | $90,000 |
| Bayou City Waterkeeper | Houston, TX | Toward general operations | $80,000 |
| Link Houston | Houston, TX | Toward general operations | $77,000 |
| Commission Shift | Laredo, TX | Toward general operations | $76,000 |
| Calhoun County Resource Watch | Seadrift, TX | Toward general operations | $75,000 |
| Inside Climate News | Brooklyn, NY | Toward reporting on the issue of produced water in Texas | $75,000 |
| Lone Star Legal Aid | Houston, TX | Toward environmental justice legal services along the upper Texas coast | $75,000 |
| Sierra Club Foundation | Oakland, CA | Toward the purposes of the Lone Star chapter of the Sierra Club | $75,000 |
| Spark | Houston, TX | Toward general operations | $75,000 |
| Texas Land Trust Council | Wimberley, TX | Toward general operations | $75,000 |
| The Film Collaborative Inc | Los Angeles, CA | Toward the Zurawski v. Texas film | $75,000 |
| Jolt Initiative | Austin, TX | Toward general operations | $70,000 |
| Aclu Foundation Of Texas | Houston, TX | Toward efforts to restore reproductive rights in Texas | $65,500 |
| Avow Foundation For Abortion Access Inc | Austin, TX | Toward general operations | $65,000 |
| Environmental Integrity Project | Washington, DC | Toward operating support for the organization's work in Texas | $65,000 |
| Public Citizen Foundation Inc | Austin, TX | Toward the purposes of the Healthy Port Communities Coalition | $65,000 |
| The Afiya Center | Dallas, TX | Toward general operations | $65,000 |
