About Mazon A Jewish Response to Hunger
MAZON A Jewish Response to Hunger centers its grantmaking on ending hunger through policy, advocacy, and local organizing rather than direct food distribution. Its recent awards show a strong commitment to building anti-hunger infrastructure: $160,000 to PEF Israel Endowment Funds, $155,000 to New Israel Fund, and $150,000 to Center for a New Economy Inc. The foundation also backs state-level legal and policy work, including $140,000 to Instituto del Desarrollo in San Juan and $110,000 to Hawaii Appleseed Ctr for Law in Honolulu. Across the recent grant list, the pattern is consistent: MAZON funds organizations positioned to shape public education, advocate for nutrition assistance, and strengthen community capacity around food insecurity. The grantmaking reaches across the United States and Israel, with recurring support for organizations working on hunger policy, legal advocacy, and community engagement. Named partners in the list include Alaska Native Tribal Health C, Alaska Federation of Natives, and Hawaii Public Health Institu, all funded for work described as working to end hunger.
What Mazon A Jewish Response to Hunger Funds
MAZON’s cause areas cluster around systems-level hunger work. In policy and advocacy, it awarded $110,000 to Office of KY Legal Services in Lexington for work to end hunger, and $95,000 to Georgia Budget & Policy Insti in Atlanta for the same purpose. Legal and public-interest advocacy also appears in its support for Hawaii Appleseed Ctr for Law in Honolulu, which received $105,000 in 2025. The foundation backs organizations serving specific communities as well: Alaska Native Tribal Health C in Anchorage received $110,000, and Alaska Federation of Natives received both $110,000 and $100,000 in separate years. MAZON also funds nutrition-related civic infrastructure, including Hawaii Childrens Action Netw in Honolulu at $100,000, reflecting a grantmaking model focused on policy, organizing, and public education rather than individual relief.
How Mazon A Jewish Response to Hunger Gives
Typical grant size sits in a fairly tight band: the 25th percentile is $63,750, the median is $80,000, and the 75th percentile is $90,000. Recent awards include repeated support to the same organizations across multiple years, such as Hawaii Appleseed Ctr for Law, Alaska Federation of Natives, Alaska Food Policy Council, Instituto del Desarrollo, and Hawaii Public Health Institu, indicating ongoing partnership-style funding rather than one-time-only awards. MAZON does not fund individuals and does not make program-related investments. Its Quick Reaction Fund is the clearest exception to the larger partnership model: it provides unsolicited, one-time rapid-response grants of $500 to $15,000 for time-sensitive advocacy and organizing.
