Public Charity

THE ELIE WIESEL FOUNDATION INC

THE ELIE WIESEL FOUNDATION INC is a Public Charity headquartered in NEW YORK, NY. Financial data from the 2025 filing: $1.2M revenue, $1.9M expenses, $10.3M total assets. 27 publicly reported grants to this organization, totaling roughly $1.4M, appear in IRS filings.

EIN: 133398151 NEW YORK, NY Arms Control & Peace NTEE: Q41 Latest filing: 2025
Total Revenue$1.2M
Total Expenses$1.9M
Total Assets$10.3M
Grant Records27
Funding Total$1.4M
Filing Years2020–2025

Mission

ELIE AND MARION WIESEL FOUNDED THE ELIE WIESEL FOUNDATION IN 1987, SHORTLY AFTER ELIE WON THE NOBEL PEACE PRIZE. THEY LAUNCHED EDUCATION AND HUMAN RIGHTS PROJECTS ALIGNED WITH THEIR MORAL VISION FOR A MORE HUMANE AND ETHICAL WORLD. TODAY, THE FOUNDATION CARRIES THAT MISSION FORWARD BY PROMOTING HUMAN DIGNITY, DEFENDING PERSECUTED COMMUNITIES, AND FOSTERING ETHICAL LEADERSHIP ACROSS GENERATIONS.

Where $100 goes at The Elie Wiesel Foundation Inc

How The Elie Wiesel Foundation Inc divides every $100 it spends, from its own Form 990 filings, averaged across 8 years.

$69 Programs the work itself
$27 Management running the organization
$4 Fundraising raising the next dollar

Inside the $69 for programs

$49
Programs / special projects:beit tzipora centers - the centers in ashkelon and kiryat malachi serve 600 ethiopian-israeli students and families annually with a holistic, family-centered model
72% of program spending · Reported in the filing: 600 students
$20
Ethics prize
28% of program spending · Reported in the filing: 10,000 students
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Source: Form 990 filings with the IRS, latest fiscal year 2025. Shares are from the organization's reported expenses. Data by Imperigo; not affiliated with the IRS.

Sample Grants Received

2024
INTERNATIONAL HUMANITARIAN PROGRAMS
$73,500
2024
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
$21,934
$20,000
2024
COMMUNITY OUTREACH & ENRICHMENT PROGRAMS
$6,000
$5,873

Showing up to 5 of 27 total records — full history available with membership.

Officers & Directors

DIRECTOR Bruno Cohen
DIRECTOR Dov Seidman
CHAIRMAN & PRESIDENT Elisha Wiesel
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Lizann Eisen
SECRETARY/ TREASURER Marc Winkelman
VICE PRESIDENT (OUTGOING) Marion Wiesel

Officer compensation and complete director data available with membership.

Top Grant Purposes

General Support
$760,632 21 grants
International Aid & Development
$350,599 4 grants
Education
$330,300 2 grants

Financial Trends

Year Revenue Expenses Assets
2025 $1.2M $1.9M $10.3M
2024 $480K $1.7M $10.5M
2023 $1.2M $1.3M $10.9M
2022 $417K $666K $10.0M
2020 $1.5M $781K $10.1M

Between 2020 and 2025, reported annual revenue declined from $1.5M to $1.2M (-20%), with total assets most recently reported at $10.3M.

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