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    Jacob and Terese Hershey Foundation

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    Houston, TXSitio web7135297610

    About Jacob and Terese Hershey Foundation

    The Jacob and Terese Hershey Foundation makes large, targeted investments in higher education institutions, exemplified by a single $500,000 grant to Texas Southern University Foundation to fund staff for the Bullard Center. The foundation appears to prioritize institutional capacity-building at local colleges—particularly support that strengthens programmatic or administrative infrastructure rather than general operating or small projects.

    Focus Areas

    Capacity-building staffing support for university centersSupport for Texas Southern University (HBCU-focused higher education in Houston)Higher education institutional strengthening in the Houston area

    Who They Fund

    Texans (statewide focus)historically underserved farmers and ranchersLatinx youth organizers / campus youthport and upper Texas coast communities (environmental justice populations)people seeking reproductive health and abortion services in Texas

    About Jacob and Terese Hershey Foundation

    A $500,000 grant to Texas Southern University Foundation for adding key Bullard Center staff positions captures the Jacob and Terese Hershey Foundation’s pattern: it backs institutional capacity where it can change how Texas organizations work. Across its recent grants, the foundation supports higher education, reproductive rights, environmental justice, land conservation, and animal welfare, with many awards aimed at operating support, staff capacity, or policy and legal work rather than one-time projects. The same approach shows up in Houston-area and statewide Texas organizations, including support for reproductive-health information, public accountability, and coastal environmental advocacy. The foundation’s largest recent awards sit in the six-figure range, but its portfolio also includes many smaller grants tied to specific functions such as general operations, research, legal services, and organizing. It makes program-related investments and runs multiple grantmaking programs, including regular cycles and a Texas Coastal Frontline Fund. In the grant list, the foundation repeatedly funds organizations that strengthen Texas-based infrastructure: university centers, advocacy groups, land conservation groups, and community organizations working on climate and public health issues.

    What Jacob and Terese Hershey Foundation Funds

    Higher education capacity is a clear throughline. In 2023, the foundation gave $500,000 to Texas Southern University Foundation for adding key Bullard Center staff positions, showing an interest in staffing that expands institutional reach. On reproductive rights, it has supported both direct advocacy and information access. Grants include $250,000 to Hopewell Fund in 2024 to provide accurate and up-to-date reproductive health information to Texans, and $100,000 to Planned Parenthood Texas Votes in 2023 to mobilize support for reproductive rights in Texas. Environmental and conservation work appears in several forms. The foundation gave $250,000 to Parks and Wildlife Foundation of Texas Inc in 2025 toward developing Palo Pinto Mountains State Park, and $82,000 to Nature Conservancy Inc in 2024 for land acquisition to protect Honey Creek. It also funds policy and accountability efforts, such as $175,000 to Public Citizen Foundation Inc in 2025 toward accountability for the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality.

    How Jacob and Terese Hershey Foundation Gives

    Financial Snapshot

    Annual Giving

    $6.8M

    Total Assets

    $107M

    Total Revenue

    $8.6M

    Total Expenses

    $9M

    Typical Grant Size

    Most grants fall between $15K and $50K, with a median of $25K.

    25th Percentile

    $15K

    Median

    $25K

    75th Percentile

    $50K

    Geographic Reach

    Regional20 states funded
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    Baja
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    Giving Approach

    Highly concentrated—very few grants (here a single grant) with a large, one-off commitment to a local higher-education institution rather than many small or distributed gifts.

    Funding Style

    general operating supportcapacity building (staffing & institutional strengthening)legal defense / legal services fundingadvocacy & policy change / systems changeproject-specific funding (land acquisition & infrastructure)

    Notable grantees: Texas Southern University Foundation

    Topics

    reproductive rights and reproductive health informationenvironmental justice along the Texas coast (including port communities)land conservation and support for land trusts / farmland preservationwater quality and sustainable water management (including produced water)climate justice and youth organizing (campus and Latinx youth)anti-nuclear / resisting nuclear waste storage and new nuclear facilitiesoil & gas oversight and stopping oil export terminal buildout

    Typical awards cluster at a modest institutional level relative to the headline grants: the 25th percentile is $15,000, the median is $25,000, and the 75th percentile is $50,000. At the same time, the recent grant list includes several six-figure awards and a few very large commitments, which suggests a mix of routine grants and occasional larger strategic investments. The foundation is a regular funder, not a foundation that funds individuals, and it makes program-related investments. Recipients do reappear across years, including repeated support for donor-advised funds and several organizations that received more than one grant in different years. The foundation also operates through LOI-based cycle processes and accepts unsolicited inquiries in its regular programs.

    Where Jacob and Terese Hershey Foundation Makes Grants

    Grantmaking is overwhelmingly Texas-centered: 74% of grants go to recipients in the headquarters state, and the top giving state is Texas. Houston appears repeatedly in recipient locations, along with Austin, Dallas, Wimberley, San Antonio, Laredo, and Greater Houston-area organizations. Outside Texas, only a small number of grants land in places such as New York, Washington, DC, Warwick, RI, Oakland, CA, Takoma Park, MD, and Fort Collins, CO. The recipient-country distribution is entirely U.S.-based.

    Frequently Asked Questions About Jacob and Terese Hershey Foundation

    How does the Jacob and Terese Hershey Foundation accept applications?

    The foundation uses Letter of Inquiry first in its regular grantmaking cycles. Prospective applicants can submit LOIs through its online portal at any time, and invited applicants then submit a full application. Its active programs also note two annual or biannual cycles.

    What kinds of work does the foundation fund most often?

    Its recent grants show a strong mix of higher education capacity-building, reproductive rights, environmental justice, land conservation, and policy accountability. Several awards support staff, operations, legal services, organizing, or capital and project work rather than unrestricted small project grants.

    What is a typical grant size?

    The foundation’s reported grant-size distribution is $15,000 at the 25th percentile, $25,000 at the median, and $50,000 at the 75th percentile. Recent grants also include larger awards in the six-figure range.

    Where does the foundation primarily give?

    It gives primarily in Texas. Texas is the top state by grant count, and 74% of grants go to recipients in the headquarters state. Recent recipient locations include Houston, Austin, Dallas, San Antonio, Wimberley, and Laredo.

    Does the foundation fund the same organizations more than once?

    Yes. The grant list shows repeated support across multiple years for several recipients, including donor-advised fund vehicles and organizations that received separate grants in different years, which indicates an ongoing relationship model rather than strictly one-time awards.

    Latest 990 Filing

    2025

    Source: IRS Form 990-PF, fiscal year 2025.

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    Regular Grantmaking Cycles

    environment and conservationreproductive rightsparks and open space+2 más

    ¿Quién puede postularse? Primary geographic focus is Texas. Work outside Texas is by invitation only. For community parks, environmental education programs, and animal welfare, the foundation focuses on greater Houston and central Texas and accepts LOIs from outside these areas by invitation only. The foundation funds tax-exempt work toward charitable purposes, typically through a 501(c)(3) public charity or public institution; in some circumstances, tax-exempt charitable work of a 501(c)(4) may be considered.

    Fecha límite: LOIs received by January 8, 2027 will be considered during the Spring 2027 grantmaking cycle. LOIs received after this date will be considered during the Fall 2027 grantmaking cycle.

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    Abierta ahoraRecepción continua / abiertaMonto: 3 mil US$ – 8 mil US$

    Latitude Fund

    Environment and conservationReproductive rightsParks and open space+3 más

    ¿Quién puede postularse? Applicants must be grassroots, community-based groups based in Texas with budgets of approximately $500,000 or less, aligned with one of the Foundation’s focus areas. Groups may be current, former, or new JTHF grantees, but are limited to one Latitude Fund grant per calendar year. Funds support time-sensitive internal needs such as leadership training, executive coaching, specialized consultants, seizing opportunities, and self-care or healing practices; ongoing payroll, rent, core programming, longer-term activities, disaster relief, and fundraising events are generally ineligible.

    Fecha límite: Applications are accepted on a rolling basis until the fund is depleted.

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    Recent Grants

    Most recent grants reported to the IRS.

    RecipientLocationAmountYearPurpose
    Vanguard CharitableWarwick, RI$455,0002025Contribution to Donor Advised Fund
    Parks and Wildlife Foundation of Texas IncDallas, TX$250,0002025Toward developing Palo Pinto Mountains State Park
    Rockefeller Family Fund IncNew York, NY$250,0002025Toward efforts to stop the buildout of oil export terminals along the Texas coast
    Public Citizen Foundation IncAustin, TX$175,0002025Toward accountability for the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
    Center for Reproductive RightsNew York, NY$150,0002025Toward operating support for the organization's work in Texas
    Air Alliance HoustonHouston, TX$120,0002025Toward general operations
    Healthy GulfHouston, TX$100,0002025Toward the purposes of CEER
    Amalgamated Charitable Foundation IncWashington, DC$100,0002025Toward the purposes of Organizing Resilience
    Nuclear Information & Resource ServiceTakoma Park, MD$90,0002025Toward resisting new nuclear energy facilities and waste storage sites in Texas
    Bayou City WaterkeeperHouston, TX$80,0002025Toward general operations
    LINK HoustonHouston, TX$77,0002025Toward general operations
    Commission ShiftLaredo, TX$76,0002025Toward general operations
    Inside Climate NewsBrooklyn, NY$75,0002025Toward reporting on the issue of produced water in Texas
    SPARKHouston, TX$75,0002025Toward general operations
    Texas Land Trust CouncilWimberley, TX$75,0002025Toward general operations
    Calhoun County Resource WatchSeadrift, TX$75,0002025Toward general operations
    The Film Collaborative IncLos Angeles, CA$75,0002025Toward the Zurawski v. Texas film
    Sierra Club FoundationOakland, CA$75,0002025Toward the purposes of the Lone Star chapter of the Sierra Club
    Lone Star Legal AidHouston, TX$75,0002025Toward environmental justice legal services along the upper Texas coast
    Jolt InitiativeAustin, TX$70,0002025Toward general operations
    ACLU Foundation of TexasHouston, TX$65,5002025Toward efforts to restore reproductive rights in Texas
    Avow Foundation for Abortion Access IncAustin, TX$65,0002025Toward general operations
    Public Citizen Foundation IncAustin, TX$65,0002025Toward the purposes of the Healthy Port Communities Coalition
    Environmental Integrity ProjectWashington, DC$65,0002025Toward operating support for the organization's work in Texas
    The Afiya CenterDallas, TX$65,0002025Toward general operations
    Texas Freedom Network Education FundAustin, TX$61,0002025Toward general operations
    Texas Impact Education FundAustin, TX$60,0002025Toward general operations
    National Wildlife FederationAustin, TX$60,0002025Toward advancing a sustainable water future for the people and wildlife of Texas
    Tides CenterSan Francisco, CA$60,0002025Toward the purposes of RRRH
    Land Trust Alliance IncWashington, DC$60,0002025Toward building capacity among Texas land trusts
    Texas Campaign for the Environment FundAustin, TX$60,0002025Toward general operations
    Texas Tribune IncAustin, TX$60,0002025Toward reporting on the environment and reproductive rights
    National Wildlife FederationAustin, TX$60,0002025Toward ensuring responsible storm surge protection along the upper Texas coast
    Young InvinciblesWashington, DC$51,0002025Toward general operations
    Public Citizen Foundation IncAustin, TX$50,0002025Toward the purposes of Close Parish Coal coalition
    Powerhouse TexasAustin, TX$50,0002025Toward general operations
    Sustainable Markets FoundationNew York, NY$50,0002025Toward the purposes of the Property Rights and Pipeline Center
    Our Children's TrustEugene, OR$50,0002025Toward general operations
    Public Citizen Foundation IncAustin, TX$50,0002025Toward climate justice organizing in East Harris County
    IpasChapel Hill, NC$50,0002025Toward power building for reproductive rights in Texas
    National Latina Institute for Reproductive JusticeNew York, NY$50,0002025Toward general operations
    Environmental Defense Fund IncNew York, NY$50,0002025Toward advancing sustainable groundwater management in Texas
    Move Texas Civic FundSan Antonio, TX$50,0002025Toward general operations
    Houston in Action NetworkHouston, TX$50,0002025Toward building communications capacity for reproductive rights in Texas
    Texas Land ConservancyAustin, TX$50,0002025Toward general operations
    Hill Country AllianceAUSTIN, TX$50,0002025Toward general operations
    Texas Health and Environment Alliance IncHouston, TX$50,0002025Toward general operations
    Friends of Brazoria Wildlife RefugesLake Jackson, TX$50,0002025Toward advancing land conservation along Texas' mid-coast
    Galveston Bay FoundationKemah, TX$50,0002025Toward accelerating land conservation along Galveston Bay
    Great Springs Project IncAustin, TX$50,0002025Toward general operations

    Vanguard Charitable

    $455,000
    Warwick, RI2025

    Contribution to Donor Advised Fund

    Parks and Wildlife Foundation of Texas Inc

    $250,000
    Dallas, TX2025

    Toward developing Palo Pinto Mountains State Park

    Rockefeller Family Fund Inc

    $250,000
    New York, NY2025

    Toward efforts to stop the buildout of oil export terminals along the Texas coast

    Public Citizen Foundation Inc

    $175,000
    Austin, TX2025

    Toward accountability for the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality

    Center for Reproductive Rights

    $150,000
    New York, NY
    2025

    Toward operating support for the organization's work in Texas

    Air Alliance Houston

    $120,000
    Houston, TX2025

    Toward general operations

    Healthy Gulf

    $100,000
    Houston, TX2025

    Toward the purposes of CEER

    Amalgamated Charitable Foundation Inc

    $100,000
    Washington, DC2025

    Toward the purposes of Organizing Resilience

    Nuclear Information & Resource Service

    $90,000
    Takoma Park, MD2025

    Toward resisting new nuclear energy facilities and waste storage sites in Texas

    Bayou City Waterkeeper

    $80,000
    Houston, TX2025

    Toward general operations

    LINK Houston

    $77,000
    Houston, TX2025

    Toward general operations

    Commission Shift

    $76,000
    Laredo, TX2025

    Toward general operations

    Inside Climate News

    $75,000
    Brooklyn, NY2025

    Toward reporting on the issue of produced water in Texas

    SPARK

    $75,000
    Houston, TX2025

    Toward general operations

    Texas Land Trust Council

    $75,000
    Wimberley, TX2025

    Toward general operations

    Calhoun County Resource Watch

    $75,000
    Seadrift, TX2025

    Toward general operations

    The Film Collaborative Inc

    $75,000
    Los Angeles, CA2025

    Toward the Zurawski v. Texas film

    Sierra Club Foundation

    $75,000
    Oakland, CA2025

    Toward the purposes of the Lone Star chapter of the Sierra Club

    Lone Star Legal Aid

    $75,000
    Houston, TX2025

    Toward environmental justice legal services along the upper Texas coast

    Jolt Initiative

    $70,000
    Austin, TX2025

    Toward general operations

    ACLU Foundation of Texas

    $65,500
    Houston, TX2025

    Toward efforts to restore reproductive rights in Texas

    Avow Foundation for Abortion Access Inc

    $65,000
    Austin, TX2025

    Toward general operations

    Public Citizen Foundation Inc

    $65,000
    Austin, TX2025

    Toward the purposes of the Healthy Port Communities Coalition

    Environmental Integrity Project

    $65,000
    Washington, DC2025

    Toward operating support for the organization's work in Texas

    The Afiya Center

    $65,000
    Dallas, TX2025

    Toward general operations

    Texas Freedom Network Education Fund

    $61,000
    Austin, TX2025

    Toward general operations

    Texas Impact Education Fund

    $60,000
    Austin, TX2025

    Toward general operations

    National Wildlife Federation

    $60,000
    Austin, TX2025

    Toward advancing a sustainable water future for the people and wildlife of Texas

    Tides Center

    $60,000
    San Francisco, CA2025

    Toward the purposes of RRRH

    Land Trust Alliance Inc

    $60,000
    Washington, DC2025

    Toward building capacity among Texas land trusts

    Texas Campaign for the Environment Fund

    $60,000
    Austin, TX2025

    Toward general operations

    Texas Tribune Inc

    $60,000
    Austin, TX2025

    Toward reporting on the environment and reproductive rights

    National Wildlife Federation

    $60,000
    Austin, TX2025

    Toward ensuring responsible storm surge protection along the upper Texas coast

    Young Invincibles

    $51,000
    Washington, DC2025

    Toward general operations

    Public Citizen Foundation Inc

    $50,000
    Austin, TX2025

    Toward the purposes of Close Parish Coal coalition

    Powerhouse Texas

    $50,000
    Austin, TX2025

    Toward general operations

    Sustainable Markets Foundation

    $50,000
    New York, NY2025

    Toward the purposes of the Property Rights and Pipeline Center

    Our Children's Trust

    $50,000
    Eugene, OR2025

    Toward general operations

    Public Citizen Foundation Inc

    $50,000
    Austin, TX2025

    Toward climate justice organizing in East Harris County

    Ipas

    $50,000
    Chapel Hill, NC2025

    Toward power building for reproductive rights in Texas

    National Latina Institute for Reproductive Justice

    $50,000
    New York, NY2025

    Toward general operations

    Environmental Defense Fund Inc

    $50,000
    New York, NY2025

    Toward advancing sustainable groundwater management in Texas

    Move Texas Civic Fund

    $50,000
    San Antonio, TX2025

    Toward general operations

    Houston in Action Network

    $50,000
    Houston, TX2025

    Toward building communications capacity for reproductive rights in Texas

    Texas Land Conservancy

    $50,000
    Austin, TX2025

    Toward general operations

    Hill Country Alliance

    $50,000
    AUSTIN, TX2025

    Toward general operations

    Texas Health and Environment Alliance Inc

    $50,000
    Houston, TX2025

    Toward general operations

    Friends of Brazoria Wildlife Refuges

    $50,000
    Lake Jackson, TX2025

    Toward advancing land conservation along Texas' mid-coast

    Galveston Bay Foundation

    $50,000
    Kemah, TX2025

    Toward accelerating land conservation along Galveston Bay

    Great Springs Project Inc

    $50,000
    Austin, TX2025

    Toward general operations