Hershey Foundation Grant

Hershey Foundation Grant

Status: ACTIVE
Funder: The Hershey Foundation
Amount: US $5,000 - US $25,000
Last Updated: July 29, 2025

Summary

The Hershey Foundation Grant supports innovative projects for children in Northeast Ohio, focusing on dismantling racism and injustice through education. The foundation prioritizes creative educational initiatives and offers grants ranging from $5,000 to $25,000. Eligible organizations must be tax-exempt under Section 501(c)(3). The foundation has a new initiative to empower educators and community leaders, aiming to create equitable educational spaces where all young people can thrive.

Overview

NOTE: We have allocated all funding for 2025. Therefore, we will not be accepting LOIs for new grant funding in the second half of 2025, and the July 15, 2025, deadline has now closed. Hershey Foundation Grant The Hershey Foundation is drawn to unique, innovative and impactful projects for children in Northeast Ohio. New Initiative As of November 1, 2021, The Hershey Foundation has a new strategic initiative to empower educators and community leaders to dismantle patterns of racism and injustice in our schools and neighborhoods in NE Ohio. We envision a world where all young people learn and thrive in racially equitable, liberating, and empowering educational spaces. Funding is provided for: equipment that directly impacts the children capital campaigns endowment campaigns The Hershey Foundation reserves the right to initiate and fund projects and organizations that are of particular interest to family members. Funding Our typical grant range is $5,000-$25,000.

Eligibility

You can learn more about this opportunity by visiting the funder's website. The Hershey Foundation only makes grants to organizations which are tax-exempt under Section 501(c)3 of the Internal Revenue Code.We do make multi-year grants anywhere from 2 to 5 years depending on the size of the grant. This allows us to make a larger grant over a longer period of time. Frequently, multi-year grants are made for capital projects and capital campaigns.

Ineligibility

We do not consider grant requests outside Northeast Ohio. On rare occasions, we have made grants outside of our region that are board member-driven.Funding is not provided for: salaries computers, software or technology annual campaigns research or feasibility studies consulting services operating budgets individual loans scholarships general purposes mass mailings individuals