California · Public charity
MAZON A Jewish Response to Hunger
Inspired by Jewish values and ideals, MAZON is a national advocacy organization working to end hunger among people of all faiths and backgrounds in the United States and Israel. See Schedule O for more details.
- $4.3M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 51
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 44
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 9%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $3.9M
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $80,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $160,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 35 to 53
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 25
- Total assets, FY2025
- $12M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 9% of the organizations MAZON A Jewish Response to Hunger funded were first-time grantees, receiving 5% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 95% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $160k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 49 | $3.7M | 12% |
| FY2024 | 44 | $3.1M | 9% |
| FY2023 | 44 | $3.2M | 14% |
| FY2022 | 35 | $2.5M | 49% |
| FY2021 | 39 | $2.1M | 3% |
| FY2020 | 39 | $2.2M | 18% |
| FY2019 | 35 | $1.8M | 26% |
| FY2018 | 53 | $1.9M | 30% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of Arkansas Fayetteville | $579,500 | 8 | n/a |
| William E Morris Institute for Justice | $555,000 | 7 | 23% |
| Childrens Action Alliance Inc | $525,000 | 7 | 4% |
| Tennessee Justice Center Inc | $500,000 | 8 | 4% |
| Arkansas Advocates for Children and Families | $490,000 | 7 | 4% |
| Alabama Arise | $458,460 | 6 | 6% |
| Opensky Policy Institute | $444,000 | 6 | 6% |
| Nebraska Appleseed Center for Law in the Public Interest | $441,500 | 7 | 2% |
| Arkansas Hunger Relief Alliance Inc | $427,000 | 8 | 2% |
| Indy Hunger Network Inc | $424,000 | 6 | 9% |
Show all 181 grantees
Plus 1 recipient with no EIN on record ($20k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
MAZON A Jewish Response to Hunger supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 6 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 158 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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How this is measured
Co-funders
Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
Open a dossier: Food Research & Action Center · Center on Budget and Policy Priorities · Share Our Strength · Annie E Casey Foundation Inc · American Heart Association Inc · Economic Policy Institute · New Venture Fund · Center for Law and Social Policy · Community Catalyst Inc · Feeding America · The Albertsons Companies Foundation · WK Kellogg Foundation
How this is measured
About MAZON A Jewish Response to Hunger
- How much does MAZON A Jewish Response to Hunger give?
- MAZON A Jewish Response to Hunger reported 51 itemized grants totaling $3,889,500, out of $4,261,500 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 35 and 53 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does MAZON A Jewish Response to Hunger fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Food & Nutrition (90%), Crime & Legal (6%), International (2%).
- Who are MAZON A Jewish Response to Hunger's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: University of Arkansas Fayetteville ($580k), William E Morris Institute for Justice ($555k), Childrens Action Alliance Inc ($525k).
- Does MAZON A Jewish Response to Hunger fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 9% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as MAZON A Jewish Response to Hunger?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Food Research & Action Center, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, Share Our Strength.
- Where is MAZON A Jewish Response to Hunger based?
- MAZON A Jewish Response to Hunger is based in CA.
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