Jacob and Terese Hershey Foundation Grant Program – United States

Jacob and Terese Hershey Foundation Grant Program – United States

Deadline: 15-Jan-21

The Jacob and Terese Hershey Foundation is seeking applications for its Grant Program 2021.

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Established in 1961 by Jacob W. and Terese T. Hershey, The Jacob and Terese Hershey Foundation is a private philanthropic grant-making foundation dedicated to the defense and conservation of their natural world, parks and open space, animal welfare, and family planning. The Foundation’s geographic areas of giving are primarily centered in Houston, Austin, and southwestern Colorado.

The Jacob and Terese Hershey Foundation’s areas of interest mirror the values and lifelong work of its founders. As owner of an inland marine transportation business and former competitive sailor, Jake Hershey was vitally interested in the health of Galveston Bay and area waterways.

Priorities

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The five priority areas that have been the focus of the Foundation’s grant making since its beginning are:

Preservation and conservation of land, forests, streams, wetlands and habitat existing in a natural state and the defense of such resources
Establishment, conservation and preservation of parks and open space for public use
Care facilities for domestic and wild animals and birds
Educational efforts to promote environmental literacy and comprehension of the complexities of the web of life, particularly in primary and secondary schools, museums and through citizen nonprofit organizations with like purpose
Efforts toward reproductive rights, family planning, and sex education
For more information, visit https://jthershey.org/apply/