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CHARITY REVIEW
Issued: January 2026 Expires: January 2028

MAZON: A Jewish Response to Hunger

Standards Not Met
Standards Not Met
6 7
(800) 813-0557
Post Office Box 6095
Albert Lea, MN, 56007
https://mazon.org/
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Standards For Charity Accountability

Governance

  1. Board Oversight
  2. Board Size
  3. Board Meetings
  4. Board Compensation
  5. Conflict of Interest

Measuring Effectiveness

  1. Effectiveness Policy
  2. Effectiveness Report

Finances

  1. Program Expenses
  2. Fundraising Expenses
  3. Accumulating Funds
  4. Audit Report
  5. Detailed Expense Breakdown
  6. Accurate Expense Reporting
  7. Budget Plan

Fundraising & Info

  1. Truthful Materials
  2. Annual Report
  3. Website Disclosures
  4. Donor Privacy
  5. Cause Marketing Disclosures
  6. Complaints

MAZON: A Jewish Response to Hunger does not meet the following 2 Standards for Charity Accountability:

Standard 6 (Board Policy on Effectiveness)
Have a board policy of assessing, no less than every two years, the organization's performance and effectiveness and of determining future actions required to achieve its mission.

MAZON does not meet this Standard because:

  • The organization's effectiveness assessment policy does not specify that this assessment will take place at least once Every 2 Years.

Standard 7 (Board Approval of Written Report on Effectiveness)
Submit to the organization's governing body, for its approval, a written report that outlines the results of the aforementioned performance and effectiveness assessment and recommendations for future actions.

MAZON does not meet this Standard because:

  • The organization has not completed an effectiveness assessment in the last two years.

MAZON: A Jewish Response to Hunger meets the remaining 18 Standards for Charity Accountability.

Stated Purpose:
"to end hunger among people of all faiths and backgrounds in the United States and Israel."

Year, State Incorporated:
1985, CA

MAZON: A Jewish Response to Hunger (MAZON) reports that it is committed to ensuring that vulnerable people have access to the resources they need to be able to put food on the table while working to develop and advance long-term solutions to hunger. The organization does this by providing training and resources to anti-hunger organizations in food insecure areas in the United States, maintaining a network of hundreds of partners, and developing strategic initiatives to advance policies that end hunger and the systems that allow it to persist. MAZON educates communities across the country about the scope of hunger and how to work together to end it, using tools ranging from tailored curricula to postcard campaigns to the organization's virtual Hunger Museum to empower people of all ages to speak out for the food insecure. Lastly, the organization states that it works with legislators to protect and strengthen the federal nutrition programs that help people put food on the table, and that it advocates for food security at every level of government.

For the year ended June 30, 2025, MAZON: A Jewish Response to Hunger's program expenses were:

Program services $8,896,768
Total Program Expenses $8,896,768

Chief Executive
Abby J. Leibman, President and Chief Executive Officer

Compensation*
$324,171

Chair of the Board
Carolyn Schwarz Tisdale

Chair's Profession / Business Affiliation
President, Hebrew Free Loan Detroit

Board Size
17

Paid Staff Size
31

*2024 compensation includes annual salary and, if applicable, benefit plans, expense accounts, and other allowances.

Method(s) Used:
Direct mail appeals, Invitations to fund raising events, Grant proposals, Internet, Planned giving arrangements

Fundraising costs were 10% of related contributions. (Related contributions, which totaled $10,022,226, are donations received as a result of fundraising activities.)

This organization is tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. It is eligible to receive contributions deductible as charitable donations for federal income tax purposes.

The following information is based on MAZON: A Jewish Response to Hunger's audited financial statements for the year ended June 30, 2025.

Source of Funds
Contributions and grants $10,022,226
Realized and unrealized gain on investments, net $588,864
Interest income $234,750
Total Income $10,845,840

Programs: 82% Fundraising: 9% Administrative: 9%

Total Income $10,845,840
Total expenses: $10,911,243
  Program expenses $8,896,768
  Fundraising expenses $1,017,824
  Administrative expenses $996,651
  Other expenses $0
Income in Excess of Expenses $-65,403
Beginning Net Assets $9,217,564
Other Changes In Net Assets $0
Ending Net Assets $9,152,161
Total Liabilities $2,506,073
Total Assets $11,658,234

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Report completed by:
BBB Wise Giving Alliance