New York · Public charity
The Elie Wiesel Foundation Inc
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…
- $569k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 2
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 5
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $540k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $290,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $290,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 6
- FY2017 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 2
- Total assets, FY2025
- $10M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 0% of the organizations The Elie Wiesel Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 2 | $540k | 0% |
| FY2024 | 5 | $254k | 0% |
| FY2023 | 6 | $498k | 83% |
| FY2021 | 1 | $250k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 1 | $250k | 100% |
| FY2017 | 1 | $2.5M | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Women's International Zionist Organization | $3,050,000 | 4 | 22% |
| The Young Men's and Young Women's Hebrew Association | $500,000 | 2 | 1% |
| The Witness Institute | $477,500 | 3 | 29% |
| Uyghur Human Rights Project | $114,100 | 2 | 10% |
| Gratz College | $80,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Ana Care and Education Uyghur Programs | $50,000 | 2 | 32% |
| Valley Beit Midrash | $20,000 | 1 | 2% |
Co-funders
Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
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How this is measured
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About The Elie Wiesel Foundation Inc
- How much does The Elie Wiesel Foundation Inc give?
- The Elie Wiesel Foundation Inc reported 2 itemized grants totaling $540,000, out of $569,000 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 6 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2024.
- What does The Elie Wiesel Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are International (75%), Arts & Culture (15%), Religion (6%).
- Who are The Elie Wiesel Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Women's International Zionist Organization ($3.0M), The Young Men's and Young Women's Hebrew Association ($500k), The Witness Institute ($478k).
- Does The Elie Wiesel Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The Elie Wiesel Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, Amazonsmile Foundation.
- Where is The Elie Wiesel Foundation Inc based?
- The Elie Wiesel Foundation Inc is based in NY.
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