About Us

The HIAS Foundation was officially formed in the State of New York on October 27, 2021, as a 501(c)(3) public charity with the purpose of building a permanent endowment to provide support to HIAS, Inc. in carrying out its mission to provide vital services to refugees and asylum seekers around the world and advocate for their fundamental rights so they can rebuild their lives.

The HIAS Foundation will focus on attracting bequests and planned gifts thereby building capacity in several program areas and strengthening HIAS’s ability to respond to humanitarian emergencies in perpetuity.

The HIAS Foundation’s goals are to:

• Steward, conserve and grow a permanent endowment via sound investment for the purpose of supporting HIAS.
• Leverage the power of gift planning to promote tax efficient vehicles for donors to support the HIAS Foundation, and thus the future of HIAS through gifts of assets via various creative charitable mechanisms.
• Engage individuals to consider supporting the HIAS Foundation endowment to have long-lasting permanent impact on HIAS’ annual operations.

By building an endowment, the HIAS Foundation furthers HIAS’s mission. Every year, income from HIAS Foundation’s endowments are made available to HIAS to help refugees and asylum seekers around the world realize their rights and rebuild their lives in safety and freedom.

While donations to HIAS are put to immediate use, gifts made to the HIAS Foundation are invested for the future.