The Foundation's mission, rooted in the memory of the Holocaust, is to combat indifference, intolerance and injustice.

Elie Wiesel and his wife, Marion, established The Elie Wiesel Foundation for Humanity soon after he was awarded the 1986 Nobel Prize for Peace. The Foundation's mission, rooted in the memory of the Holocaust, is to combat indifference, intolerance and injustice through international dialogue and youth-focused programs that promote acceptance, understanding and equality.


In Israel, the Foundation operates two Beit Tzipora Centers for Study and Enrichment, which enroll close to 1,000 boys and girls in after-school programs. These Centers, in Ashkelon and Kiryat Malachi, focus on educating the Ethiopian-Jewish community and giving Ethiopian-Israeli students the opportunity to participate fully in Israeli society. In the United States, the Foundation offers the Prize in Ethics Essay Contest which challenges college juniors and seniors to analyze the urgent ethical issues confronting them in today's complex world. Internationally, the Foundation’s Nobel Conferences serve as a catalyst for change. In 2014, the Foundation held our Tomorrow’s Leaders Conference in Dublin, Ireland, where students from across the globe joined together in a discussion of ethics in today’s world.