The Hershey Family Foundation Choate Hall & Stewart LLP C Casey
Boston, MA · EIN 341574366 990-PF tax year 2024“Preselected organizations only” box checked
Historical funder research: IRS Form 990-PF filings from US private foundations, showing who funded what in past years. This is not a list of currently open grant calls, and we do not track open RFPs from private foundations. From public IRS Form 990-PF filings (latest on file for this funder: tax year 2024). Coverage: tax years 2019–2025. Freshness: the IRS releases these returns 1.5–2+ years after the tax year ends, so 2025 is still partial and a funder's newest grants may not appear yet. Last updated: November 14, 2026. Filings can contain errors, so confirm current priorities and deadlines with the funder before applying.
Grants paid (tax yr 2024)
$6,616,585
Assets (fair market value)
$82,775,414
Median grant to orgs
$100,000
all loaded years
Grants in our data
130
since tax year 2022
Giving by tax year
$6,812,411
2022
42 grants
$6,543,094
2023
45 grants
$6,616,585
2024
43 grants
Year 2025 is still partial because many returns have not been filed or released yet. That is a freshness issue — coverage in our dataset is tax years 2019–2025.
Top recipient states
MA$10,862,000
CO$2,409,942
NY$1,243,600
OH$1,050,000
CA$855,548
WI$650,000
RI$590,000
NM$400,000
Cause areas funded
International Affairs7
Human Services3
Arts, Culture & Humanities3
Religion4
Science & Technology3
Food, Agriculture & Nutrition3
Education3
Civil Rights & Advocacy3
Only 22.3% of this funder's organizational grants could be linked to an IRS cause code.
How to apply (from the 990-PF, tax year 2024)
The foundation checked the box saying it contributes only to preselected organizations and doesn't accept unsolicited requests.
- Form & materials
- Not stated
- Deadlines
- Not stated
- Restrictions
- Not stated
Recent grants to organizations
| Recipient | Location | Purpose (as filed) | Amount | Tax yr |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whole School Mindfulness | Wrentham, MA | WOMEN'S STUDIO WORKSHOP ENVISIONS A SOCIETY WHERE WOMEN'S VISUAL ART IS INTEGRAL TO THE CULTURAL MAINSTREAM AND PERMANENTLY RECORDED IN HISTORY. OUR MISSION IS TO OPERATE AND MAINTAIN AN ARTISTS' WORKSPACE THAT ENCOURAGES THE VOICE AND VISION OF INDIVIDUAL WOMEN ARTISTS, PROVIDES PROFESSIONAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR ARTISTS AT VARIOUS STAGES OF THEIR CAREERS, AND PROMOTES PROGRAMS DESIGNED TO STIMULATE PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT, AWARENESS, AND SUPPORT FOR THE VISUAL ARTS. | $750,000 | 2024 |
| Pres & Fellows Harvard University | Cambridge, MA | SCHOLARSHIPS, GRANTS, AND AWARDS TO STUDENTS (BOTH UNDERGRADUATE AND GRADUATE) AND FACULTY OF HARVARD UNIVERSITY, MA | $500,000 | 2024 |
| Mind and Life Institute | Boulder, CO | FUND PROJECTS THAT ADVANCE OUR UNDERSTANDING OF THE MECHANISMS, IMPLEMENTATION, AND OUTCOMES OF CONTEMPLATIVE APPROACHES TO PROMOTE WELL-BEING AND PROSOCIAL BEHAVIOR IN INDIVIDUALS AND COMMUNITIES. | $451,900 | 2024 |
| Women's Studio Workshop | Kingston, NY | TO OPERATE AND MAINTAIN AN ARTISTS WORKSPACE THAT ENCOURAGES THE VOICE AND VISION OF INDIVIDUAL WOMEN ARTISTS, TO PROVIDE PROFESSIONAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR ARTISTS AND TO PROMOTE PROGRAMS DESIGNED TO STIMULATE PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT, AWARENESS AND SUPPORT FOR THE VISUAL ARTIST. | $400,000 | 2024 |
| Partners in Health | Boston, MA | OUR MISSION IS A PREFERENTIAL OPTION FOR THE POOR IN HEALTH CARE. BY ESTABLISHING LONG-TERM RELATIONSHIPS WITH SISTER ORGANIZATIONS BASED IN SETTINGS OF POVERTY, PARTNERS IN HEALTH STRIVES TO ACHIEVE TWO OVERARCHING GOALS: TO BRING BENEFITS OF MODERN MEDICAL SCIENCE TO THOSE MOST IN NEED OF THEM AND TO SERVE AS AN ANTIDOTE TO DESPAIR. | $350,000 | 2024 |
| Hershey Montessory School | Concord Twp, OH | FUNDING FOR EDUCATING CHILDREN FROM INFANCY TO 12 YEARS OF AGE AND ADOLESCENTS. | $300,000 | 2024 |
| Univ of Wisconsin Foundation | Madison, WI | AIDS UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON BY SOLICITING GIFTS AND BEQUESTS, ADMINISTERS AND INVESTS SECURITIES AND PROPERTY AND DISTRIBUTES PAYMENTS FOR BENEFIT OF UW-MADISON. | $250,000 | 2024 |
| Brigham & Women's Hospital | Boston, MA | FUNDING FOR PHYSICAL WELLNESS FUND AT BRIGHAM AND WOMANS. BRIGHAM AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL IS DEDICATED TO: SERVING THE NEEDS OF OUR LOCAL AND GLOBAL COMMUNITY, PROVIDING THE HIGHEST QUALITY HEALTH CARE TO PATIENTS AND THEIR FAMILIES, EXPANDING THE BOUNDARIES OF MEDICINE THROUGH RESEARCH, | $250,000 | 2024 |
| Oxfam America | Boston, MA | FUNDING IS FOR THE CREATION OF LASTING SOLUTIONS TO END POVERTY, HUNGER AND INJUSTICE. 170(B)(1)(A)(VI) | $200,000 | 2024 |
| Inward Bound Mindfulness Education | N Andover, MA | FUNDING FOR YOUTH TRAINING | $200,000 | 2024 |
| Harvard Divinity School | Cambridge, MA | HARVARD DIVINITY SCHOOL IS A NONSECTARIAN SCHOOL OF RELIGIOUS AND THEOLOGICAL STUDIES THAT EDUCATES STUDENTS BOTH IN THE PURSUIT OF THE ACADEMIC STUDY OF RELIGION AND IN PREPARATION FOR LEADERSHIP IN RELIGIOUS, GOVERNMENTAL, AND A WIDE RANGE OF SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS. | $200,000 | 2024 |
| Graduate School Fund (Harvard) | Cambridge, MA | FUNDING TO HARVARD UNIVERSITY FOR GRADUATE PROGRAMS. | $150,000 | 2024 |
| Karuna-Shechen | New York, NY | KARUNA-SHECHEN WORKS TO PROVIDE HEALTH CARE, EDUCATION, AND SOCIAL SERVICES FOR THE UNDER-SERVED POPULATIONS OF INDIA, NEPAL, AND TIBET. | $143,600 | 2024 |
| Uc Davis Foundation | Davis, CA | FUNDING FOR UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, DAVIS TO EDUCATE STUDENTS. | $137,304 | 2024 |
| Mind and Life Institute Summer Research Institute | Boulder, CO | FUNDING FOR MEETINGS BETWEEN WESTERN SCIENTISTS AND LEADING CONTEMPLATIVE FIGURES TO STUDY SIMILARITIES AND DIFFERENCES BETWEEN WESTERN SCIENTIFIC PRACTICES AND CONTEMPLATIVE MEDITATIONAL TECHNIQUES. | $132,195 | 2024 |
| Mind and Life Institute Europe Varela | Boulder, CO | FUNDING FOR GRANTS AWARDED ANNUALLY TO RESEARCH SCIENTISTS WHO HAVE ATTENDED THE EUROPEAN SUMMER RESEARCH INSTITUTE (ESRI). THESE GRANTS FUND SCIENTIFIC AND SCHOLARLY EXAMINATIONS OF CONTEMPLATIVE TECHNIQUES, WITH THE ULTIMATE GOAL THAT FINDINGS WILL PROVIDE GREATER INSIGHT INTO THE MECHANISMS OF CONTEMPLATIVE PRACTICE AND ITS APPLICATION FOR REDUCING HUMAN SUFFERING. SEE IN THE LIST BELOW ALL EVA RECIPIENTS AND THEIR RESEARCH PROJECTS. | $128,084 | 2024 |
| Prison Mindfulness Institute | Cranston, RI | PROVIDES PRISONERS, AND THOSE WHO WORK WITH THEM, WITH THE MOST EFFECTIVE CONTEMPLATIVE TOOLS FOR SELF-TRANSFORMATION AND REHABILITATION. | $125,000 | 2024 |
| Mind and Life Institute Mind & Life Europe | Boulder, CO | MLE IS A HOME FOR UNCONVENTIONAL INTERDISCIPLINARY ENCOUNTERS, WHERE RESEARCHERS AND PRACTITIONERS ENRICH ONE ANOTHER IN THEIR UNDERSTANDING OF MIND AND LIFE, THROUGH THE RIGOUR OF SCIENTIFIC INQUIRY, THE OPENNESS OF PHILOSOPHICAL INVESTIGATION, THE EDGINESS OF ARTISTIC EXPLORATION, AND THE DEPTH OF CONTEMPLATIVE WISDOM TRADITIONS. WE BELIEVE THAT HOLDING AN OPEN-HEARTED AND INTERDISCIPLINARY SPACE OF DIALOGUE IS IN ITSELF A RADICAL, ETHICAL MODE OF BEING-IN-THE-WORLD, WHICH GENERATES NEW PATHWAYS OF RESEARCH AND COLLECTIVE SENSE-MAKING WITH TRANSFORMATIVE POTENTIAL. | $108,502 | 2024 |
| Upaya Institue and Zen Center | Santa Fe, NM | UPAYA ZEN CENTER IS MODEL OF SOCIALLY ENGAGED BUDDHISM. IT BRINGS TOGETHER MANY PROJECTS FOCUSED ON SOCIAL TRANSFORMATION, INCLUDING WORK IN PRISONS, END-OF-LIFE CARE, SERVING THE HOMELESS, TRAINING OF CHAPLAINS IN SOCIALLY ENGAGED PRACTICE, PEACE AND NON-VIOLENCE WORK, TRAINING OF CLINICIANS ALL OVER THE WORLD IN COMPASSIONATE CARE, AND DELIVERING HEALTHCARE IN REMOTE REGIONS OF THE HIMALAYAS. UPAYA IS A GLOBAL COMMUNITY FOR THOSE WORKING TO CREATE RACIAL, ECONOMIC, AND ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE, COMPASSIONATE CARE FOR THE MOST VULNERABLE, AND A PLACE OF COMMITTED, DAILY CONTEMPLATIVE PRACTICE AND LEARNING THROUGH ITS RETREATS, TRAININGS, AND PROGRAMS, FREE DHARMA PODCASTS AND COMMUNITY SERVICES. | $100,000 | 2024 |
| The Hunger Project | New York, NY | FUNDING GOES TOWARDS EMPOWERING PEOPLE TO CREATE LASTING PROGRESS THROUGH EDUCATION, HEALTH, NUTRITION, FAMILY INCOMES AND GENDER EQUALITY. | $100,000 | 2024 |
| Sravasti Abbey | Newport, WA | FUNDING SUPPORTS A FLOURISHING MONASTIC COMMUNITY WHERE LEARNING AND PRACTICING BUDDHAS ANCIENT TEACHINGS CULTIVATE PEACE IN THE HEARTS OF RESIDENTS, VISITORS, AND THE WORLD. | $100,000 | 2024 |
| Institute for Advanced Study | Princeton, NJ | THE INSTITUTE EXISTS TO ENCOURAGE AND SUPPORT FUNDAMENTAL SCHOLARSHIPTHE ORIGINAL, OFTEN SPECULATIVE, THINKING THAT PRODUCES ADVANCES IN KNOWLEDGE THAT CHANGE THE WAY WE UNDERSTAND THE WORLD. WORK AT THE INSTITUTE TAKES PLACE IN FOUR SCHOOLS: HISTORICAL STUDIES, MATHEMATICS, NATURAL SCIENCES AND SOCIAL SCIENCE. IT PROVIDES FOR THE MENTORING OF YOUNGER SCHOLARS BY A PERMANENT FACULTY, AND IT OFFERS ALL WHO WORK THERE THE FREEDOM TO UNDERTAKE RESEARCH THAT WILL MAKE SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTIONS IN ANY OF THE BROAD RANGE OF FIELDS IN THE SCIENCES AND HUMANITIES STUDIED AT THE INSTITUTE. THE INSTITUTE, FOUNDED IN 1930, IS A PRIVATE, INDEPENDENT ACADEMIC INSTITUTION LOCATED IN PRINCETON, NEW JERSEY. | $100,000 | 2024 |
| Holden Forests & Gardens | Cleveland, OH | CONNECTS PEOPLE WITH THE WONDER, BEAUTY, AND VALUE OF TREES AND PLANTS, TO INSPIRE ACTION FOR HEALTHY COMMUNITIES. | $100,000 | 2024 |
| Health Equity International Fka Saint Boniface Haiti Foundation | Newton, MA | HEALTH EQUITY INTERNATIONAL IS DEDICATED TO PROVIDING ESSENTIAL HEALTH SERVICES TO THE PEOPLE OF SOUTHERN HAITI, ESPECIALLY THE MOST VULNERABLE. WE ARE COMMITTED TO BUILDING A COMPREHENSIVE, EFFICIENT, AND RESILIENT HEALTH SYSTEM THAT PROVIDES HIGH QUALITY CARE. WE BELIEVE THAT ENSURING ACCESS TO LIFE-SAVING AND LIFE-CHANGING HEALTH SERVICES IS A CRITICAL COMPONENT TO BUILDING STRONG AND PRODUCTIVE COMMUNITIES. | $100,000 | 2024 |
| Finca | Washington, DC | FUNDING HELPS PROVIDE FINANCIAL SERVICES TO THE WORLD'S LOWEST-INCOME ENTREPRENEURS. | $100,000 | 2024 |
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