MAZON: A Jewish Response to Hunger

MAZON’s Endowment Fund

Launched in 2000, the Endowment was started by Dr. David Altman, a passionate MAZON supporter, who was dedicated to ensuring that MAZON’s critical hunger-relief work would continue for generations to come.

Determined to shine a light on MAZON’s anti-hunger efforts, Dr. Altman embarked on a bike ride across the United States, attracting sponsors along the route. In addition to raising several hundred thousand dollars, Dr. Altman’s concern about hunger in the United States and abroad raised the consciousness of thousands of people who subsequently became MAZON supporters.

MAZON is an organization that must raise every dollar it spends to fight hunger. The Endowment creates a trust fund that generates interest; that interest helps defray MAZON’s operating expenses, which in turn allows MAZON to concentrate its energies on its vital hunger-relief mission.

Donate to the MAZON Endowment:

Check with your tax or legal adviser to confirm the anticipated tax benefits to you and/or your estate.

Cash, Securities and Real Estate

Cash, readily marketable securities – particularly appreciated securities – and real estate generate immediate income for MAZON. This is the most direct and effective gift to either MAZON or the MAZON Endowment.

Life Insurance

You may name MAZON as beneficiary or contingent beneficiary of a life insurance policy or, if you transfer ownership of the policy to MAZON, you may receive an immediate income tax deduction equal to the policy’s cash value as well as tax deductions for the premiums you pay thereafter.

Wills and Bequests

The donor has the use and enjoyment of the intended gift during the donor’s lifetime. At death, the gift passes to the MAZON Endowment and results in an estate tax charitable deduction.

Charitable Remainder Trust

Charitable remainder trusts offer excellent opportunities for donors to make gifts of appreciated assets, while retaining the right to receive a percentage of the value of the assets during their lifetime and, if desired, the lifetime of their spouse. The value of MAZON’s future right to receive the assets of the trust will be an income tax charitable deduction after the designated lifetime.