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Form 990 for tax year 2025

Filed by ELIE WIESEL FOUNDATION FOR HUMANITY INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$1,161,480
Total expenses
$1,947,463
Contributions and grants received
$662,551
Grants paid
$569,000
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$413,757
Other revenue
$85,172
Total assets, end of year
$10,346,264
Total liabilities, end of year
$41,715
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$10,304,549
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,074,860
Management and general expenses
$840,482
Fundraising expenses
$32,121
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,074,860

Program services were 55.2% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 1a · Federated campaigns

    $36,000

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $626,551

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $10,918

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $194,301 · excluded $194,301

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $3,275,261

  • 7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses

    securities $3,055,805

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $219,456

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $219,456 · excluded $219,456

  • 11a · Other revenue: INVESTMENT RECOVERY

    total $43,792 · excluded $43,792

  • 11b · Other revenue: OTHER INCOME

    total $41,380 · related or exempt $41,380

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $85,172

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $550,000 · program services $550,000

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $19,000 · program services $19,000

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $150,433 · program services $120,346 · management and general $15,044 · fundraising $15,043

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $312,341 · program services $111,949 · management and general $191,735 · fundraising $8,657

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $4,423 · program services $2,014 · management and general $2,216 · fundraising $193

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $41,811 · program services $20,068 · management and general $19,752 · fundraising $1,991

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $44,653 · program services $22,315 · management and general $20,067 · fundraising $2,271

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $47,824 · management and general $47,824

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $40,515 · management and general $40,515

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $9,189 · management and general $9,189

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $452,217 · program services $92,732 · management and general $359,485

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $50,712 · program services $39,466 · management and general $11,246

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $16,908 · program services $6,892 · management and general $9,516 · fundraising $500

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $15,052 · program services $7,889 · management and general $6,332 · fundraising $831

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $88,680 · program services $48,260 · management and general $38,235 · fundraising $2,185

  • 17 · Travel

    total $46,370 · program services $11,130 · management and general $35,240

  • 20 · Interest

    total $75 · program services $29 · management and general $46

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $5,200 · program services $2,725 · management and general $2,188 · fundraising $287

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $12,761 · management and general $12,761

  • 24a · Other expenses: ESSAY READERS/ JUDGES

    total $18,500 · program services $18,500

  • 24b · Other expenses: MISCELLANEOUS

    total $12,654 · management and general $12,654

  • 24c · Other expenses: DUES AND SUBSCRIPTIONS

    total $5,197 · management and general $5,197

  • 24d · Other expenses: PRINTING AND PUBLICATIO

    total $2,948 · program services $1,545 · management and general $1,240 · fundraising $163

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $1 · end of year $138,473

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $287,544 · end of year $529,202

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $5,000 · end of year $11,247

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $72,617 · end of year $17,030

  • 10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

    $105,815

  • 10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

    $96,724

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $9,091

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $9,748,615 · end of year $9,339,609

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $343,911 · end of year $301,612

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $82,828 · end of year $41,715

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $9,343,204 · end of year $9,522,893

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,031,656 · end of year $781,656

Mission and programs · 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.

Activities or mission (Part I)

PROMOTING HUMAN DIGNITY, DEFENDING PERSECUTED COMMUNITIES, AND FOSTERING ETHICAL LEADERSHIP ACROSS GENERATIONS.

  • 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. WHILE 1 IN 3 ETHIOPIAN-ISRAELI STUDENTS NATIONALLY DO NOT FINISH HIGH SCHOOL, 4 IN 5 BEIT TZIPORA PARTICIPANTS GRADUATE.THE MARK PODWAL PRIZE - INVITES ARTISTS NATIONWIDE TO EXPLORE HERITAGE, MEMORY, AND RESILIENCE, WITH WINNERS EXHIBITED AT THE HELLER MUSEUM IN NYC. IMMIGRATION & REFUGEES - THE FOUNDATION ADVOCATES FOR SAFE, LAWFUL PATHWAYS TO REFUGE FOR THOSE FLEEING PERSECUTION AND MASS ATROCITIES, PLACING HUMAN DIGNITY AT THE CENTER OF POLICY.ATROCITY PREVENTIONIN COLLABORATION WITH THE AUSCHWITZ INSTITUTE FOR THE PREVENTION OF GENOCIDE AND MASS ATROCITIES, THE FOUNDATION STRENGTHENS THE CAPACITY OF GOVERNMENTS AND CIVIL SOCIETY TO IDENTIFY WARNING SIGNS AND BUILD RESILIENT INSTITUTIONS.

    Expenses $769,076 · Grants $550,000

  • ETHICS PRIZE - A NATIONAL ESSAY COMPETITION AND LEADERSHIP PROGRAM CHALLENGING UNDERGRADUATES TO GRAPPLE WITH URGENT MORAL QUESTIONS. THE PROGRAM HAS ENGAGED OVER 10,000 STUDENTS FROM HUNDREDS OF COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES, AWARDING SCHOLARSHIPS AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT FELLOWSHIPS TO FOSTER A NEW GENERATION OF ETHICAL LEADERS.

    Expenses $305,784 · Grants $19,000 · Revenue $41,380

As filed on the 2025 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Bruno Cohen

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Dov Seidman

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Elisha Wiesel

    CHAIRMAN & PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10

  • Marc Winkelman

    SECRETARY/ TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Marion Wiesel

    VICE PRESIDENT (OUTGOING)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10

  • Tami Rosen

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Lizann Eisen

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $150,433
    From this org
    $147,025
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $3,408
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $147,025
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $654
    Nontaxable benefits
    $2,754
    Filer's total
    $150,433

  • Marissa Daniel

    PROGRAM COORDINATOR

    Total calculated
    $112,582
    From this org
    $110,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $2,582
    Hours/week
    40

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.

Schedule J

Answered yes

  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee

Answered no

  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
  • 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement
  • 5a · Pay contingent on this organization's revenues
  • 5b · Pay contingent on a related organization's revenues
  • 6a · Pay contingent on this organization's net earnings
  • 6b · Pay contingent on a related organization's net earnings
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.

Grants on this return

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2025
Filed
26 August 2026
IRS schema version
2025v4.2
Source object
202612399349301821

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