Funding search · EIN 746039126 · Houston, TX

Jacob and Terese Hershey Foundation

Name: Jacob and Terese Hershey Foundation grants, 2022–2024
Creator: PaperOrbit
License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.

498
grants reported: $19.3M
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $25,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

texas environmental reproductive rights justice climate education land

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Funding pattern

What this funder pays for, at what size, and how to position adjacent work. Read from their filings, with every number checked against the record.

29 grants matching “environmental education” · $739,500

$50,000
Verde Valley School · Sedona, AZ · 2024
Toward Verde Valleys environmental education initiatives
$25,000
Families in Nature · Austin, TX · 2024
Toward inclusive environmental education for all abilities
$20,000
Partners for Education Agriculture and Sustainability · Austin, TX · 2024
Toward inclusive environmental education for all abilities
$20,000
Collective Action for Youth · Houston, TX · 2024
Toward environmental education and advocacy training for systems involved youth
$15,000
St Edwards University · Austin, TX · 2024
Toward inclusive environmental education for highly vulnerable students
$7,500
Pease Park Conservancy · Austin, TX · 2024
Toward inclusive environmental education for all abilities
$50,000
Texas Network of Youth Services Incorporated · Austin, TX · 2023
Toward environmental education for youth in foster care
$50,000
Verde Valley School · Sedona, AZ · 2023
Toward its environmental education initiatives
$25,000
National Audubon Society · Fort Collins, CO · 2023
Toward environmental education programs in southwestern Colorado
$25,000
Bat Conservation International · Austin, TX · 2023
Toward environmental education programs for underserved communities at the Bracken Cave Preserve
$25,000
Families in Nature · Austin, TX · 2023
Toward inclusive environmental education and camping for all abilities
$20,000
Partners for Education Agriculture and Sustainability · Austin, TX · 2023
Toward inclusive environmental education curriculum for all abilities
$15,000
St Edwards University · Austin, TX · 2023
Toward inclusive environmental education for highly vulnerable students
$12,000
Houston Arboretum & Nature Center · Houston, TX · 2023
Toward environmental education programs for underserved students
$10,000
Citizens' Environmental Coalition Educational Fund · Houston, TX · 2023
Toward general operating support
$10,000
Armand Bayou Nature Center · Houston, TX · 2023
Toward environmental education programs for underserved communities
$10,000
Lake Fork Valley Conservancy · Lake City, CO · 2023
Toward a pilot environmental education program with Lake City Public Schools
$100,000
National Audubon Society · Fort Collins, CO · 2022
Toward environmental education programs in southwestern Colorado
$50,000
Verde Valley School · Sedona, AZ · 2022
Toward environmental education efforts
$50,000
Families in Nature · Austin, TX · 2022
Toward expanding environmental education and outdoor learning
$25,000
Westcave Outdoor Discovery Center · Round Mountain, TX · 2022
Toward environmental education programs
$25,000
Bat Conservation International · Austin, TX · 2022
Toward environmental education programs at the Bracken Cave Preserve
$25,000
Friends of Cibolo Wilderness · Boerne, TX · 2022
Toward environmental education programs
$25,000
St Edwards University · Austin, TX · 2022
Toward environmental education programs at the Wild Basin Preserve
$15,000
Mountain Studies Institute San Juan Mountains Colorado · Durango, CO · 2022
Toward addressing environmental education gaps in southwestern Colorado
$10,000
Houston Arboretum & Nature Center · Houston, TX · 2022
Toward environmental education programs
$10,000
Armand Bayou Nature Center · Houston, TX · 2022
Toward environmental education programs
$10,000
Citizens' Environmental Coalition Educational Fund · Houston, TX · 2022
Toward general operating support
$5,000
Texas Fund for Energy and Environmental Education · Austin, TX · 2022
Toward legal expenses to contest a license to store nuclear waste in Texas

Top recipients

Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.

Vanguard Charitable3 grants · $945,000
Public Citizen Foundation9 grants · $600,000
Texas Southern University Foundation2 grants · $501,000
Parks and Wildlife Foundation of Texas5 grants · $367,425
National Wildlife Federation6 grants · $340,000
Rockefeller Family Fund2 grants · $325,000
Center for Reproductive Rights4 grants · $302,000
Air Alliance Houston5 grants · $280,000
Texas Land Trust Council3 grants · $275,000
Healthy Gulf5 grants · $260,000

Giving over time

$6.1M

2022

$6.4M

2023

$6.8M

2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 498 grants.

$500,000
Texas Southern University Foundation · Houston, TX · 2022
Toward adding key Bullard Center staff positions
$455,000
Vanguard Charitable · Warwick, RI · 2024
Contribution to Donor Advised Fund
$365,000
Vanguard Charitable · Warwick, RI · 2023
Contribution to Donor Advised Fund
$250,000
Parks and Wildlife Foundation of Texas · Dallas, TX · 2024
Toward developing Palo Pinto Mountains State Park
$250,000
Rockefeller Family Fund · New York, NY · 2024
Toward efforts to stop the buildout of oil export terminals along the Texas coast
$250,000
Clean Energy Fund of Texas · Houston, TX · 2023
Toward building capacity to serve as Texas' green bank
$250,000
Hopewell Fund · Washington, DC · 2023
Toward providing accurate and up-to-date reproductive health information to Texans
$175,000
Public Citizen Foundation · Austin, TX · 2024
Toward accountability for the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
$150,000
Center for Reproductive Rights · New York, NY · 2024
Toward operating support for the organization's work in Texas
$150,000
Center for Reproductive Rights · New York, NY · 2023
Toward operating support for the organization's work in Texas
$150,000
Center for Reproductive Rights · New York, NY · 2022
Toward legal services to protect abortion rights in Texas
$125,000
Nuclear Information & Resource Center · Takoma Park, MD · 2023
Toward the Coalition Against Centralized Interim Nuclear Storage
$125,000
Nuclear Information & Resource Service · Takoma Park, MD · 2022
Toward the Coalition Against Centralized Interim Nuclear Storage
$125,000
Vanguard Charitable · Warwick, RI · 2022
Contribution to Donor Advised Fund
$120,000
Air Alliance Houston · Houston, TX · 2024
Toward general operations
$100,000
Amalgamated Charitable Foundation · Washington, DC · 2024
Toward the purposes of Organizing Resilience
$100,000
Healthy Gulf · Houston, TX · 2024
Toward the purposes of CEER
$100,000
Greater Houston Community Foundation · Houston, TX · 2023
Toward examining trends in obstetric medical education in Texas following the Dobbs decision
$100,000
Texas Land Trust Council · Wimberley, TX · 2023
Toward exploring strategies to expand state funding for land conservation and general operating support
$100,000
National Audubon Society · Fort Collins, CO · 2022
Toward environmental education programs in southwestern Colorado
$100,000
Planned Parenthood Texas Votes · Austin, TX · 2022
Toward mobilizing support for reproductive rights in Texas
$100,000
Texas Land Trust Council · Wimberley, TX · 2022
Toward exploring strategies to expand state funding for land conservation and general operating support
$90,000
Nuclear Information & Resource Service · Takoma Park, MD · 2024
Toward resisting new nuclear energy facilities and waste storage sites in Texas
$82,000
Nature Conservancy · San Antonio, TX · 2023
Toward land acquisition to protect Honey Creek
$80,000
Bayou City Waterkeeper · Houston, TX · 2024
Toward general operations
$77,000
Link Houston · Houston, TX · 2024
Toward general operations
$76,000
Commission Shift · Laredo, TX · 2024
Toward general operations
$75,000
Calhoun County Resource Watch · Seadrift, TX · 2024
Toward general operations
$75,000
Inside Climate News · Brooklyn, NY · 2024
Toward reporting on the issue of produced water in Texas
$75,000
Lone Star Legal Aid · Houston, TX · 2024
Toward environmental justice legal services along the upper Texas coast
$75,000
Sierra Club Foundation · Oakland, CA · 2024
Toward the purposes of the Lone Star chapter of the Sierra Club
$75,000
Spark · Houston, TX · 2024
Toward general operations
$75,000
Texas Land Trust Council · Wimberley, TX · 2024
Toward general operations
$75,000
The Film Collaborative · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Toward the Zurawski v. Texas film
$75,000
Avow Foundation for Abortion Access · Austin, TX · 2023
Reproductive Justice Defense Resource Project
$75,000
Bayou City Waterkeeper · Houston, TX · 2023
Toward general operating support
$75,000
Link Houston · Houston, TX · 2023
Toward general operating support
$75,000
Sierra Club Foundation · Oakland, CA · 2023
Toward organizing and advocacy to address water quality in Texas
$75,000
Spark · Houston, TX · 2023
Toward general operating support
$75,000
Texas Agricultural Land Trust · San Antonio, TX · 2023
Toward supporting historically underserved farmers and ranchers in preserving their land
$75,000
Bayou City Waterkeeper · Houston, TX · 2022
Toward general operating support
$75,000
Healthy Gulf · Houston, TX · 2022
Toward general operating support for the Coalition for Environment, Equity and Resilience
$75,000
Link Houston · Houston, TX · 2022
Toward general operating support
$75,000
Rockefeller Family Fund · New York, NY · 2022
Toward reforming oil and gas oversight at the Texas Railroad Commission
$75,000
Texas Agricultural Land Trust · San Antonio, TX · 2022
Toward supporting historically underserved farmers and ranchers in preserving their land
$75,000
The University of Texas · Austin, TX · 2022
Toward building a legal resource hub for reproductive rights in Texas
$70,500
Houston in Action Network · Houston, TX · 2022
Toward arts-based strategies to mobilize support for reproductive rights
$70,000
Jolt Initiative · Austin, TX · 2024
Toward general operations
$70,000
Jolt Initiative · Austin, TX · 2023
Toward Latinx youth organizing against climate change
$70,000
Jolt Initiative · Austin, TX · 2022
Toward Latinx youth organizing against climate change
$65,500
Aclu Foundation of Texas · Houston, TX · 2024
Toward efforts to restore reproductive rights in Texas
$65,000
Avow Foundation for Abortion Access · Austin, TX · 2024
Toward general operations
$65,000
Environmental Integrity Project · Washington, DC · 2024
Toward operating support for the organization's work in Texas
$65,000
Public Citizen Foundation · Austin, TX · 2024
Toward the purposes of the Healthy Port Communities Coalition
$65,000
The Afiya Center · Dallas, TX · 2024
Toward general operations
$65,000
Aclu Foundation of Texas · Houston, TX · 2023
Toward legal services to restore reproductive rights in Texas
$65,000
Environmental Integrity Project · Washington, DC · 2023
Toward operating support for the organization's work in Texas
$65,000
Lone Star Legal Aid · Houston, TX · 2023
Toward environmental justice legal services along the upper Texas Coast
$65,000
Aclu Foundation of Texas · Houston, TX · 2022
Toward legal services to restore reproductive rights in Texas
$65,000
Environmental Integrity Project · Washington, DC · 2022
Toward environmental legal and technical services in Texas
$65,000
Lone Star Legal Aid · Houston, TX · 2022
Toward environmental justice legal services along the upper Texas Coast
$65,000
Spark · Houston, TX · 2022
Toward general operating support
$61,000
Texas Freedom Network Education Fund · Austin, TX · 2024
Toward general operations
$60,000
Land Trust Alliance · Washington, DC · 2024
Toward building capacity among Texas land trusts
$60,000
National Wildlife Federation · Austin, TX · 2024
Toward ensuring responsible storm surge protection along the upper Texas coast
$60,000
National Wildlife Federation · Austin, TX · 2024
Toward advancing a sustainable water future for the people and wildlife of Texas
$60,000
Texas Campaign for the Environment Fund · Austin, TX · 2024
Toward general operations
$60,000
Texas Impact Education Fund · Austin, TX · 2024
Toward general operations
$60,000
Texas Tribune · Austin, TX · 2024
Toward reporting on the environment and reproductive rights
$60,000
Tides Center · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Toward the purposes of RRRH
$60,000
Air Alliance Houston · Houston, TX · 2023
Toward general operating support
$60,000
Houston Audubon Society · Houston, TX · 2023
Toward general operating support and expenses to review a potential organizational name change
$60,000
Land Trust Alliance · Washington, DC · 2023
Toward building capacity among Texas' land trusts
$60,000
National Audubon Society · Austin, TX · 2023
Toward activating members for conservation action in Texas
$60,000
National Wildlife Federation · Austin, TX · 2023
Toward ensuring responsible storm surge protection along the upper Texas coast
$60,000
Public Citizen Foundation · Austin, TX · 2023
Toward operating support for the Healthy Port Communities Coalition
$60,000
Texas Freedom Network Education Fund · Austin, TX · 2023
Toward campus-focused climate justice organizing
$60,000
Texas Tribune · Austin, TX · 2023
Toward reporting on the environment and reproductive rights
$60,000
Tides Center · San Francisco, CA · 2023
Toward evaluating the impact of state laws related to reproductive rights
$60,000
Air Alliance Houston · Houston, TX · 2022
Toward general operating support
$60,000
Land Trust Alliance · Washington, DC · 2022
Toward building capacity among Texas' land trusts
$60,000
National Audubon Society · Austin, TX · 2022
Toward activating members for conservation action in Texas
$60,000
National Wildlife Federation · Austin, TX · 2022
Toward ensuring responsible storm surge protection along the upper Texas coast
$60,000
Public Citizen Foundation · Austin, TX · 2022
Toward the Healthy Port Communities Coalition
$60,000
Texas Freedom Network Education Fund · Austin, TX · 2022
Toward campus-focused climate justice organizing
$60,000
Texas Tribune · Austin, TX · 2022
Toward reporting on the environment and reproductive rights
$60,000
The University of Texas at Austin · Austin, TX · 2022
Toward evaluating the impact of state laws related to reproductive rights
$51,000
Young Invincibles · Washington, DC · 2024
Toward general operations
$50,000
Achieving Community Tasks Successfully · Houston, TX · 2024
Toward improvements at Pleasantville Park
$50,000
Austin Parks Foundation · Austin, TX · 2024
Toward advancing local parks
$50,000
Bayou Land Conservancy · Spring, TX · 2024
Toward general operations
$50,000
Coastal Prairie Conservancy · Houston, TX · 2024
Toward general operations
$50,000
Environmental Defense Fund · New York, NY · 2024
Toward advancing sustainable groundwater management in Texas
$50,000
Friends of Brazoria Wildlife Refuges · Lake Jackson, TX · 2024
Toward advancing land conservation along Texas' mid-coast
$50,000
Galveston Bay Foundation · Kemah, TX · 2024
Toward accelerating land conservation along Galveston Bay
$50,000
Great Springs Project · Austin, TX · 2024
Toward general operations
$50,000
Hill Country Alliance · Austin, TX · 2024
Toward general operations
$50,000
Hill Country Conservancy · Austin, TX · 2024
Toward general operations
$50,000
Houston in Action Network · Houston, TX · 2024
Toward building communications capacity for reproductive rights in Texas
$50,000
Ipas · Chapel Hill, NC · 2024
Toward power building for reproductive rights in Texas

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