Hershey Indivisible Team (HIT) is an organization based in Derry Township and nearby regions of Pennsylvania, operating as part of the national left-of-center Indivisible Project. Founded in 2016, it declared itself one of the national Indivisible groups and committed to opposing an extremist agenda, electing “local champions,” and fighting for left-of-center policies. ¹

Activities

Hershey Indivisible Team along with Capital Region Stands Up, Cumberland Valley Rising, Indivisible YORK and MarchOnHarrisburg sponsored a demonstration on the third anniversary of the January 6, 2021 riot at the U.S. Capitol in 2024. ^{2  1}

Hershey Indivisible Team supported the July 17, 2025 protest on the anniversary of the death of former U.S. Representative John Lewis (D-GA), titled “Good Trouble Lives On,” in Lebanon, Pennsylvania to protest supposed attacks on civil and human rights by the Trump administration. ³

HIT promoted “No Kings” demonstrations held between July 5 and July 12, 2025 in Springfield, Pennsylvania to protest the Trump administration. ⁴

HIT published an editorial on its website in May 2025, “Homeland Security Investigations-Who are they, what do they do and what have they become,” which accuses arresting officers with failing to provide suspects their Constitutional rights, and of being “Trump’s secret police.” In July 2025 the group published an article titled “Trump’s deportations could cost 115,000 jobs in Pennsylvania, report finds” as part of a supposed six million jobs lost nationally. ^{5  6}

Hershey Indivisible Team hosted a town hall meeting with Pennsylvania State Representative Tom Mehaffie (R-Dauphin) on May 21, 2025. ^{7  8}

Hershey Indivisible Team promoted the “NO KINGS nationwide day of defiance” on June 14, 2025 to counter the celebration of the United States Army’s 250th anniversary. ¹

HIT hosted an event featuring Union Theological Seminary professor Pamela Cooper-White titled “the Psychology of Christian Nationalism” in November of 2024. ⁹

The organization posted on the website BlueSky on July 16, 2025 to its 472 followers that deportation of illegal immigrants plus the increase of tariffs on imports would “tank the economy.” ¹⁰

Controversies

Hershey Indivisible Team’s 501(c)(4) status was revoked by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) on May 15, 2023, for failure to file tax returns for three straight years. As of July 2025, its last filing available on the IRS’s exempt organization search was a Form 990-N (e-postcard used for organizations that receive less than $50,000 in revenue) for the 2019 tax year. ¹¹

HIT’s Facebook page was no longer available as of 2024 and it had no YouTube presence, which along with the IRS revocation led to a rumor that the group had disbanded. Indicators of continued operation as of 2025 include the launch of a new website, its presence on BlueSky, grants from Indivisible, and continued support of protests in resistance to what it calls extremist policies. ¹⁰

Funding

Hershey Indivisible Team received a July 2024 “GROW” grant from Indivisible Civics of an unspecified amount for its “GOTV – Stamp out MAGA” postcard parties targeting women under 40 in Pennsylvania’s 7th and 8th Congressional districts. ²

1. “Hershey Indivisible Team.” Hershey Indivisible Team. Accessed July 21, 2025. https://www.hersheyindivisibleteam.org/.
2. “Grow Grant News & Updates.” Indivisible. Accessed July 21, 2025. https://indivisible.org/grow-grant-news-updates.
3. “Good Trouble Lives on Rally – July 17, 2025.” Hershey Indivisible Team, July 14, 2025. Accessed July 21, 2025. https://www.hersheyindivisibleteam.org/event/good-trouble-lives-on-rally-july-17-2025/.
4. “Events from March 29 – April 23.” Hershey Indivisible Team. Accessed July 21, 2025. https://www.hersheyindivisibleteam.org/events/.
5. “Homeland Security Investigations – Who Are They, What Do They Do and What Have They Become?” Hershey Indivisible Team, May 1, 2025. Accessed July 21, 2025.https://www.hersheyindivisibleteam.org/2025/05/01/homeland-security-investigations-who-are-they-what-do-they-do-and-what-have-they-become/.
6. “News.” Hershey Indivisible Team. Accessed July 21, 2025. http://www.hersheyindivisibleteam.org/news/
7. “Log into Facebook.” Facebook. Accessed July 21, 2025. https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=647659464933676&set=a.108454762187485
8. “Meet Tom.” PA State Rep. Tom Mehaffie. Accessed July 21, 2025. https://repmehaffie.com/about.
9. “Log into Facebook.” Facebook. Accessed July 21, 2025. https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=1105100454954627&set=a.499298518868160.
10. “Hershey Indivisible Team (@hersheyindivisible.Bsky.Social).” Bluesky Social. Accessed July 21, 2025. https://bsky.app/profile/hersheyindivisible.bsky.social.
11. “Tax Exempt Organization Search Details: Internal Revenue Service.” Tax Exempt Organization Search Details | Internal Revenue Service. Accessed July 21, 2025. https://apps.irs.gov/app/eos/details/.