The Hersh Foundation

Café Momentum

Café Momentum, a Dallas-based restaurant and culinary training facility, transforms young lives by equipping our community’s most at-risk youth

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Dallas Theater Center

The Hersh Foundation supports Dallas Theater Center's mission to engage, entertain, and inspire

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Momentous Institute

Momentous Institute’s comprehensive mental health programming strengthens children’s social emotional health and results in healing and hope after trauma, improved family relationships and long-term wellbeing.

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Dallas Black Dance Theater

The Hersh Foundation has partnered with Dallas Black Dance Theatre for many years on its Summer Youth Enrichment program.

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We support initiatives in three key areas.

About our Founders

Meet Julie Hersh Kosnik and Ken Hersh

Over the last 30+ years, Julie and Ken have helped make a positive impact in the community through their leadership on various boards, their philanthropy through the Hersh Foundation and their volunteer service. Julie Hersh Kosnik and Ken Hersh began the Hersh Foundation in 1997 as a way to secure long-term financial commitments to non-profits in their community and are dedicated to making a lasting impact on non-profits within the Foundation’s focus areas.

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Dallas Black Dance Theater

The Hersh Foundation has partnered with Dallas Black Dance Theatre for many years on its Summer Youth Enrichment program. This health-focused program encourages youth and teens to be active through dance to maintain a healthy lifestyle. Curriculum emphasizes the importance of movement, leadership, nutrition, and mental health, with morning talks from industry professionals like doctors, counselors, nutritionists, and police officers, among others.

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About The Hersh Foundation

Founded in 1997 by Julie and Ken Hersh, The Hersh Foundation is a private family foundation located in North Texas. The Hersh Foundation is committed to enriching and improving the quality of life for all people by supporting organizations with demonstrable results in efforts that support our mission and focus areas.

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