The Hershey Family Foundation Choate Hall & Stewart/ Ccasey

2 INTERNATIONAL PLACE - BOSTON - MA 02110, Massachusetts

Latest Filing: 2023

Total Assets: $48.13M

Total Giving: $6.81M

Grants: 42

Median Grant: $100,000

THE HERSHEY FAMILY FOUNDATION CHOATE HALL & STEWART/ CCASEY is a active grantmaker that only funds pre-selected organizations, distributing $6.8M...

2023 Summary

$48.13M

Total Assets

$6.81M

Funding Awarded

Grants Given

$100,000

Median Grant

$800,000

Largest Grant

$20,000

Smallest Grant

2023 Recipients

Recipient	Award	Location	Purpose
Bidmc	$800,000	Boston, MASSACHUSETTS	Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Serves Patients Compassionately And Effectively, And Creates A Healthy Future For Them And Their Families. Our Mission Is Supported By Our Commitment To Personalized, Excellent Care For Our Patients; A Workforce Committed To Individual Accountability, Mutual Respect And Collaboration; And A Commitment To Maintaining Our Financial Health.
Mind And Life Institute	$721,167	Boulder, COLORADO	Funding For Meetings Between Western Scientists And Leading Contemplative Figures To Study Similarities And Differences Between Western Scientific Practices And Contemplative Meditational Techniques.
Whole School Mindfulness	$500,000	Wrentham, MASSACHUSETTS	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.
Oxfam America	$400,000	Boston, MASSACHUSETTS	Funding Is For The Creation Of Lasting Solutions To End Poverty, Hunger And Injustice. 170(b)(1)(A)(Vi)
Partners In Health	$350,000	Boston, MASSACHUSETTS	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.
Huntington Theatre Company	$300,000	Boston, MASSACHUSETTS	Funding Helps Train And Support The Next Generation Of Theatre Artists, Provides Art Education Programs That Promote Life Long Learning To A Diverse Community, And Celebrates The Essential Power Of The Theatre.
Brigham And Womens	$250,000	Boston, MASSACHUSETTS	Mission 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,
Prajnopaya Institute Of Buddhist Studies	$250,000	Cambridge, MASSACHUSETTS	Purpose Is To Devote To A Non Sectarian And Non Denominational Approach To Dharma. Students Are Encouraged To Engage In The Study Of The Theravada, Mahayana, And Vajrayana (Triyana) Schools. Prajnopaya Also Brings Together All Five Schools Of Tibetan Buddhism.
Uc Davis Foundation	$218,244	Davis, CALIFORNIA	Funding For University Of California, Davis To Educate Students.
Harvard Divinity School	$200,000	Cambridge, MASSACHUSETTS	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.
Hershey Montessori School	$200,000	Concord Twp, OHIO	Funding For Educating Children From Infancy To 12 Years Of Age And Adolescents.
Inward Bound Mindfulness Education	$200,000	N Andover, MASSACHUSETTS	Funding For Youth Training
Karuna Shechen	$200,000	New York, NEW YORK	Karuna Shechen Works To Provide Health Care, Education, And Social Services For The Under Served Populations Of India, Nepal, And Tibet.
St Barbara Institute For Consciousness Studies	$200,000	Santa Barbara, CALIFORNIA	Contemplative Research And Education.
Univ Of Wisconsin Foundation	$200,000	Madison, WISCONSIN	Aids University Of Wisconsin Madison By Soliciting Gifts And Bequests, Administers And Invests Securities And Property And Distributes Payments For Benefit Of Uw Madison.
Upaya Institue And Zen Center	$200,000	Santa Fe, NEW MEXICO	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.
Harvard Univ Grad Sch Artssciences	$150,000	Cambridge, MASSACHUSETTS	Funding For Harvard University Graduate School Of Arts And Sciences To Educate Students.
Prison Mindfulness Institute	$125,000	Cranston, RHODE ISLAND	Provides Prisoners, And Those Who Work With Them, With The Most Effective Contemplative Tools For Self Transformation And Rehabilitation.
Feeding America	$100,000	Chicago, ILLINOIS	Funding For America's Hungry Through A Nationwide Network Of Food Banks In The Fight To End Hunger.
Finca	$100,000	Washington, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA	Funding Helps Provide Financial Services To The World's Lowest Income Entrepreneurs.
... and 15 more recipients.

$35,000

$3,932,000

State

Total

MA

Massachusetts

$3,932,000
CO

Colorado

$721,167
CA

California

$418,244
NY

New York

$300,000
OH

Ohio

$200,000
WI

Wisconsin

$200,000
NM

New Mexico

$200,000
RI

Rhode Island

$180,000
IL

Illinois

$100,000
DC

District of Columbia

$100,000
NJ

New Jersey

$100,000
AL

Alabama

$50,000
NC

North Carolina

$50,000
WA

Washington

$41,000
AZ

Arizona

$35,000

Contacts

Name	Phone	Title
BARRY J HERSHEY	6172484078	TRUSTEE
BARRY HERSHEY		Signing Officer

Historical Financials

Year	Total Assets	Total Giving	Grants	Median Grant	Max Grant	Min Grant
2023	$48,133,774	$6,812,411	42	$100,000	$800,000	$20,000
2022	$52,889,929	$5,597,307	41	$100,000	$600,000	$20,000
2021	$55,285,244	$4,255,852	38	$87,500	$552,433	$20,000