The Hershey Family Foundation Choate Hall & Stewart Llp C Casey
Invitation OnlyBoston, Massachusetts · EIN 34-1574366 · Private foundation
Grants paid (2024)$6.6M
Organizations funded43
Typical grant$100,000
Total assets$82.8M
Half of its grants to organizations were between $75,000 and $200,000.
From the return
How to apply
On its return for tax year 2024 the foundation checked the box saying it only makes contributions to preselected charitable organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests for funds.
What it funds
Share of grant lines on the latest return, classified from the purpose each grant states.
Where it gives
58% of grants went outside Massachusetts.
Grants paid in tax year 2024
| Recipient | Location | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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… | $750,000 |
| Pres & Fellows Harvard University | Cambridge, MA | Scholarships, grants, and awards to students (both undergraduate and graduate) and faculty of harvard university, ma | $500,000 |
| Mind and Life Institute | Boulder, CO | Fund projects that advance our understanding of the mechanisms, implementation, and outcomes of contemplative approaches to promote… | $451,900 |
| 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… | $400,000 |
| 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… | $350,000 |
| Hershey Montessory School | Concord Twp, OH | Funding for educating children from infancy to 12 years of age and adolescents. | $300,000 |
| 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… | $250,000 |
| Univ of Wisconsin Foundation | Madison, WI | AIDS university of wisconsin-madison by soliciting gifts and bequests, administers and invests securities and property and distributes… | $250,000 |
| 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… | $200,000 |
| Inward Bound Mindfulness Education | N Andover, MA | Funding for youth training | $200,000 |
| 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 |
| Graduate School Fund (Harvard) | Cambridge, MA | Funding to harvard university for graduate programs. | $150,000 |
| 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 |
| UC Davis Foundation | Davis, CA | Funding for university of california, davis to educate students. | $137,304 |
| 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… | $132,195 |
| 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… | $128,084 |
| 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 |
| 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… | $108,502 |
| Buddhist Digital Resource Ctr | Boston, MA | Using state-of-the art technology, the buddhist digital resource center is the leader in the field of digital preservation of buddhist… | $100,000 |
| Equal Justice Initiative | Montgomery, AL | Eji is committed to ending mass incarceration and excessive punishment in the united states, to challenging racial and economic injustice,… | $100,000 |
| Feeding America | Chicago, IL | Funding for america's hungry through a nationwide network of food banks in the fight to end hunger. | $100,000 |
| Finca | Washington, DC | Funding helps provide financial services to the world's lowest-income entrepreneurs. | $100,000 |
| 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… | $100,000 |
| 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 |
| Institute for Advanced Study | Princeton, NJ | The institute exists to encourage and support fundamental scholarshipthe original, often speculative, thinking that produces advances in… | $100,000 |
| Sravasti Abbey | Newport, WA | Funding supports a flourishing monastic community where learning and practicing buddhas ancient teachings cultivate peace in the hearts of… | $100,000 |
| 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 |
| 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… | $100,000 |
| Brown University | Providence, RI | Funding to brown university for contemplatice studies initiative. | $90,000 |
| Altruism in Medical Institute | Pittsburgh, PA | To increase compassion and resilience among health care professionals and their patients. we deliver lectures and workshops; write… | $80,000 |
| St Barbara Institute for Consciousness Studies | Santa Barbara, CA | Contemplative research and education. | $80,000 |
| Funderburg Scholars | Concord, MA | Funderburg scholars is an all volunteer organization that helps inner city youth attend college. 86% of our funds were used for tuition and… | $75,000 |
| Haiti Projects Inc | Annisquam, MA | Funding for the employment of local haitian women to create embroidered products and linens to stimulate income production and employment… | $75,000 |
| Teensmart International | Morrisville, NC | Funding life-skills education for teenagers | $60,000 |
| Wisdom Publications | Somerville, MA | The leading publisher of contemporary and classic books and practical works on buddhism, mindfulness, meditation, and other contemplative… | $60,000 |
| Harvard Law School | Cambridge, MA | Harvard law school offers a range of academic programs, clinics, and student organizations for j.d. and graduate students. | $50,000 |
| Lama Yeshe Wisdom Publications | Weston, MA | Funding helps translate, edit, reproduce, publish and distribute educational materials on the teachings of lama yeshe and lama zapa… | $50,000 |
| Tergar International | Minneapolis, MN | Transform hearts and minds by making the ancient wisdom of meditation accessible to the modern world. | $50,000 |
| The Huntington | Boston, MA | Funding for the huntington theater company. the mission of the huntington is to engage, inspire, entertain, educate, and challenge… | $50,000 |
| Global Arts Project for Peace | Tucson, AZ | Funding for the promotion of world peace through use of the arts. | $35,000 |
| Project Bread | Boston, MA | Funding provides hunger relief grants to food pantries, soup kitchens, food banks, food salvage programs, and food transportation programs. | $30,000 |
| Rosie's Place | Boston, MA | Funding helps provide food and nutrition, housing, employment, and health services for poor and homeless women in boston. | $30,000 |
| Macdowell | Peterborough, NH | The mission of macdowell is to nurture the arts by offering creative individuals an inspiring environment in which they can produce… | $25,000 |
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants paid | Grant lines |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $6,616,585 | 43 |
| 2023 | $6,543,094 | 45 |
Sources
- IRS Form 990-PF, tax year 2024, filed Nov 17, 2025 - IRS e-file batch, object ID 202503219349107120
- IRS Tax Exempt Organization Search for EIN 34-1574366
- Profile updated Nov 5, 2026
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