Nancy Smith Hurd Foundation Grant Program

The Nancy Smith Hurd Foundation Grant Program aims to enhance education, health, family well-being, arts, culture, and animal welfare in Bexar County, Texas. Established in memory of Nancy Smith Hurd, this foundation supports 501(c)(3) organizations through semi-annual grants. The foundation prioritizes impactful projects that foster community collaboration, advance current capital campaigns, and address pressing needs in various sectors, thereby ensuring a significant contribution to the local community.

Grant Making
The Nancy Smith Hurd Foundation makes distributions on a semi-annual basis. These grants are directed to 501(c)(3) organizations which fall within the principal charitable purposes of the foundation as outlined in Article 5 of the document.
The Nancy Smith Hurd Foundation will consider significant grant requests where the award of the grant would make a major impact in the community; create opportunities to partner with other philanthropic minded funders encouraging community collaboration; fund capital campaigns in progress; and for the advancement of an organization which would not occur without the grant.

Eligibility

Applicants must be registered as 501(c)(3) organizations.