The Foundation.

Welcome to the foundation website! We hope to provide you with information about our origins, goals, and what we’ve achieved thus far.

After Alexandra’s untimely death in an automobile accident, a decision was made to donate her organs so that others might live. In her honor the Alexandra Rose Tozzi Memorial Foundation was created. The foundation contributes to a variety of charitable organizations throughout the country, and also donates to community improvement projects in impoverished areas around the world. Its main focus is to support organ donation awareness efforts, environmental/clean ocean efforts, and to allow children in need access to educational opportunities.

Zan’s Garden of Life, located at the Jersey Shore University Medical Center, was created to honor Zan and other organ donors and their families. Funded in part by the foundation, its purpose is to inspire those who visit to reflect upon the gift of organ donation. 

Every year, four girls at the Mercy Center Sisters Academy in Asbury Park, NJ receive direct financial assistance from the foundation, which sponsors the girls in an effort to break the cycle of poverty that affects their lives.

Other charitable efforts supported by the foundation include construction, education and health care projects in the Dominican Republic; the Center for Discovery, a non-profit agency that provides people with significant disabilities a self-sustaining community in which to live and work; emergency donations to relieve victims of catastrophes such as the tsunami in Thailand and Hurricane Katrina; medical missions to South America; and collaborations with The Center for Coastal Studies and Slide Ranch, two non-profit environmental organizations. More information about the most recent recipients of our financial support can be found on our News & Updates page.

Since its inception in 2004, the foundation has raised close to 4 million dollars in contributions. The charitable distributions of the Alexandra Rose Tozzi Memorial Foundation amount to almost $100,000 per year. As of 2014, the Foundation stopped “actively” fundraising. However, it continues to receive countless donations from its many generous supporters. The remaining principal of the foundation has grown over the last 11 years even after all distributions have been deducted. The goal is that Zan’s foundation will continue its mission in perpetuity.

The Alexandra Rose Tozzi Foundation is a 501(c)3 tax-exempt organization.  Our Federal ID# is 20-6130205.