Nancy Smith Hurd Foundation
History of Nancy Smith Hurd
Nancy Smith Hurd was born on March 6, 1926 in San Antonio, Texas. She was a descendent of the McKean family who came to Texas from Tennessee before the fall of the Alamo. She graduated from Alamo Heights High School and attended Trinity University. In 1957 she married the late John G. Hurd of Laredo, Texas, who was a widower with four young children. In 1970 her husband was appointed as Ambassador to the Republic of South Africa, where he served until 1975. Mrs. Hurd was a gracious and talented First Lady of the Embassy during this exciting period in the lives of the family. She was particularly adept at coping with the task of transferring the embassy residence between Capetown and Pretoria every six months.
Mrs. Hurd supported numerous philanthropic organizations addressing needs in education, charity, arts, medical research and nursing. She had a deep respect for the nurses who care for and tend the sick and wounded.
Mission Statement: The Nancy Smith Hurd Foundation will be a trusted funder in Bexar County, Texas, by supporting programs that improve education, health, family well-being, arts, culture, and animal welfare.
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 between $100,000 and $250,000. Grants at these level are intended to make a substantial and measurable impact on the Bexar County community; create opportunities to partner with other philanthropic-minded funders encouraging community collaboration; fund capital campaigns in progress; general operations and for the advancement of an organization which would not occur without the grant.
In exceptional circumstances, the Foundation may consider grant requests exceeding $250,000 where the proposed initiative demonstrates extraordinary impact and strategic alignment with the Foundation’s priorities.
The Foundation does not provide consecutive year funding for the same project or organization. Organizations must wait a minimum of 18 months from the date of their last grant award before submitting a new application.
Only requests submitted by the deadline will be considered. Requests submitted after the deadline are considered in the next grant cycle.
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