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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by ELIE WIESEL FOUNDATION FOR HUMANITY INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$479,814
Total expenses
$1,657,145
Contributions and grants received
$132,152
Grants paid
$275,100
Program service revenue
$24,448
Investment income
$278,461
Other revenue
$44,753
Total assets, end of year
$10,457,688
Total liabilities, end of year
$82,828
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$10,374,860
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,207,383
Management and general expenses
$425,759
Fundraising expenses
$24,003
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,207,383

Program services were 72.9% 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.

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $132,152

  • 2f · All other program service revenue

    total $24,448 · related or exempt $24,448

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $233,260 · related or exempt $233,260

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $3,334,787

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

    securities $3,289,586

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $45,201

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $45,201 · related or exempt $45,201

  • 11a · Other revenue: INVESTMENT RECOVERY

    total $44,753 · related or exempt $44,753

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $44,753

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $254,100 · program services $254,100

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $21,000 · program services $21,000

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $280,692 · program services $148,816 · management and general $122,287 · fundraising $9,589

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $35,962 · program services $19,066 · management and general $15,667 · fundraising $1,229

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $24,318 · program services $12,893 · management and general $10,594 · fundraising $831

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $35,481 · management and general $35,481

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $35,247 · management and general $35,247

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $15,080 · management and general $15,080

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $229,996 · program services $111,729 · management and general $118,267

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $436,845 · program services $436,565 · management and general $280

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $14,785 · program services $5,899 · management and general $6,920 · fundraising $1,966

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $7,540 · program services $3,829 · management and general $2,435 · fundraising $1,276

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $92,598 · program services $46,299 · management and general $39,685 · fundraising $6,614

  • 17 · Travel

    total $100,776 · program services $92,315 · management and general $8,461

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $6,766 · management and general $6,766

  • 24a · Other expenses: ESSAY READERS/JUDGES, E

    total $49,736 · program services $49,736

  • 24b · Other expenses: BANK FEES

    total $6,530 · program services $15 · management and general $5,020 · fundraising $1,495

  • 24c · Other expenses: MISCELLANEOUS

    total $5,532 · program services $1,780 · management and general $3,159 · fundraising $593

  • 24d · Other expenses: PRINTING AND PUBLICATIO

    total $4,161 · program services $3,341 · management and general $410 · fundraising $410

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    end of year $1

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $1,081,702 · end of year $287,544

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $221,334 · end of year $5,000

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $42,223 · end of year $72,617

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $9,191,884 · end of year $9,748,615

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $325,285 · end of year $343,911

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $45,248 · end of year $82,828

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $9,485,524 · end of year $9,343,204

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,331,656 · end of year $1,031,656

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

ELIE WIESEL AND HIS WIFE ESTABLISHED THE ELIEWIESEL FOUNDATION FOR HUMANITY, INC SOON AFTER ELIE WAS AWARDED THE 1986 NOBEL PRIZE FOR PEACE. IN EARLY 2024,THE ELIE WIESEL FOUNDATION, INC CHANGED ITS NAME TO THE ELIE WIESEL FOUNDATION, INC (FOUNDATION). THE FOUNDATION'S MISSION ROOTED IN THE MEMORY OF THE HOLOCAUST, IS TO COMBAT IGNORANCE, INTOLERANCE AND INJUSTICE THOUGH INTERNATIONAL DILAOGUE AND YOUTH FOCUSED PROGRAMS THAT PROMOTE ACCEPTANCE, UNDERSTADNING AND EQUALITY.

Activities or mission (Part I)

COMBAT INDIFFERENCE, INTOLERANCE AND INJUSTICE.

  • THE ELIE WIESEL PRIZE IN ETHICS ESSAY CONTEST: AN ANNUAL COMPETITION THAT CHALLENGES COLLEGE STUDENTS IN THE U.S TO SUBMIT ESSAYS ON THE URGENT ETHICAL ISSUES THAT CONFRONT US IN TODAY'S COMPLEX WORLD. THE CONTEST IS OPEN TO FULL-TIME JUNIOR & SENIOR UNDERGRADUATES IN AN ACCREDITED UNITED STATES FOUR-YEAR COLLEGE/UNIVERSITY. FIVE (5) PRIZES ARE AWARDED.

    Expenses $163,107 · Grants $21,000

  • OTHER PROJECTS TO EXPAND THE FOUNDATION'S MISSION TO COMBAT INDIFFERENCE, INTOLERANCE AND INJUSTICE.

    Expenses $1,044,276 · Grants $254,100

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Marion Wiesel

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10

  • Marc Winkelman

    SECRETARY/TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Elisha Wiesel

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Bruno Cohen

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Dov Seidman

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

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.

Grants on this return

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
29 October 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202533079349300748

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